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Lietuvos studentai nelieka abejingi švietimo aktualijoms

Lithuanian students do not remain indifferent to educational issues

On November 30, students from all over Lithuania were bustling in the small hall of Vytautas the Great University (VDU). They were eagerly waiting for the second round of the final academic knowledge test Enlightenment 2017. Representatives from the Lithuanian Higher Maritime School, Kaunas University of Technology, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Aleksander Stulginskis and Vytautas the Great universities competed for the name of the winner. After the test, a conference was held where VMU Student Affairs Department...

Moksleiviai, išbandę studijas Lietuvoje, į užsienį nebenori

Students who have tried studies in Lithuania no longer want to go abroad

Discussions about the consolidation of universities and the strengthening of higher education institutions in Lithuania are not silent. Changes are being sought, but more and more graduates are choosing to study abroad. The Student Representative Office of Vytautas the Great University (VDU), in order to show how a student studying in Lithuania lives and feels, traditionally invited 10-12th grade students to experience student life for a week. This autumn, the project "Student, be a student" included almost 100...

VDU Studentų atstovybės pozicija dėl aukštųjų mokyklų konsolidacijos

The position of the VMU Student Representation regarding the consolidation of higher education institutions

To the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania J. Petrauskienei To the members of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania To the Conference of Rectors of Lithuanian Higher Schools The Conference of Directors of Lithuanian Colleges To the Lithuanian Student Union The Student Representation of Vytautas the Great University supports the resolution of the Seimas regarding the optimization of the network of higher education institutions. Seeing discussions, disagreements and even conflicts not only between the Government and the academic community, but also between different academic communities...

Greta Šmaižytė: Artes Liberales idėjų panaikinimas – žingsnis atgal

Greta Šmaižytė: Abolishing the ideas of Artes Liberales is a step backwards

Recently, there have been various talks in the society regarding actions to optimize the network of higher education institutions in Lithuania. At first, it was about the initiatives of individual universities, then the statements of the country's leaders about the necessary transformation began to be heard more clearly. I have always supported the idea of consolidation. In order to improve the quality of the offered study programs, it is necessary to reduce the number of higher education institutions in Lithuania. Our - Vytautas the Great's - university...

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A festival that will help to look at social problems through a different prism

On May 10-11, Kaunas will host the annual "Spring Festival" organized by the Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) Student Representative Office, which will invite people not to remain indifferent to social problems. The motto of the festival this year is "Not the same for everyone!". According to the organizers, such a topic was chosen because recently society has been extremely concerned about bullying, gender inequality, the integration of disabled people into the environment close to us and others...

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The most anticipated awards of the year - V2!

The annual community awards evening of Vytautas the Great University (VDU), which has become a tradition, is approaching - "V2". This year, the awards will be presented on March 14. In the VDU's great hall, where the most deserving teachers, student organizations, departments will receive nominations, the university teams will appear. The organizer Viktorija Šaulytė says that "V2" is an event that brings together the whole community and gives the most beautiful moments, meaningful...

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15th Spring festival will entertain Kaunas city!

Vytautas Magnus University Students' Representative council organizes the annual, already the fifteenth, Spring Festival. This is an academic student festival in Kaunas, which is published as one of the Kaunas city ceremonial events. Spring Festival lasts two days. This year the event will take place May 11-12, during which students from Kaunas and guests will have the opportunity to participate...