1. Entrepreneurship Summer School Lean Startups
The core goal of the programme is to gain increased understanding of how emergent innovations translate into commercial reality and might transform society. Students will work in teams to analyze an opportunity and create a business model to solve a market based problem. They will survey case examples of both successful and failed businesses and generally grapple with the difficulties of deploying and diffusing products in order to simulate the entrepreneurial, startup journey. The class will include live case studies of established and emerging businesses through talks by invited business speakers and explore a range of business models and opportunities.
- Organiser: Jyväskylän yliopisto
- Location of the mobility: University of Jyväskylä, Yritystehdas Startup Factory Kympinkatu 3 C, 40320 Jyväskylä, Finland
- Programme dates: 02.09.2024 – 06.09.2024
- Type of mobility: physical
- Type of scholarship: FORTHEM scholarship
2. Civic Engagement Summer School
The participants of the summer school will have the chance to attend presentations, workshops, field visits and cultural activities related to the topic of civic engagement. They will also work in groups on a project that will be presented at the end of the week. The summer school aims to provide students with an opportunity to learn about different aspects of civil society and to develop their own projects using a creative approach. Students who participate in the summer school will learn: what are public and private bodies and how they relate to civic engagement; how to use Design Thinking as a methodology to identify and solve social problems, how to work in teams and present their projects to peers and experts, how to appreciate the cultural diversity and heritage of Sibiu and its surroundings and how to apply their knowledge and skills to real-life situations involving public and private actors.
- Organiser: Universitatea „Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu
- Location of the mobility: University of Sibiu, ULBS EduHub Sibiu, Romania
- Programme dates: 09.09.2024 – 13.09.2024
- Type of mobility: physical
- Type of scholarship: FORTHEM scholarship
3. Summer School on Chemistry for sustainable development
Summer School on Chemistry for Sustainable Development will offer the opportunity, to Master and PhD students in Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, to deepen the knowledge about some of the Sustainable Development Goals. Topics addressing goals 3,6,7 12 and 13 will be taken in consideration. This should be of a certain relevance, both from an educational and professional point of view, also taking in consideration the interest of the European Countries on these topics.
- Organiser: Università degli Studi di Palermo
- Location of the mobility: University of Palermo, Botanical Garden, Palermo, Italy
- Programme dates: 23.09.2024 – 27.09.2024
- Type of mobility: physical
- Type of scholarship: FORTHEM scholarship
4. Building bridges between music teacher training programmes to enhance the future roads of music education
The course is built upon two trends: (1) exploring a variety of teacher training systems in music education, supported by student presentations, and observing lessons in a Finnish school; (2) discussing key aspects in music education such as folk music, inclusive education, and global music; in an interdisciplinary and international context.
- Organiser: Jyväskylän yliopisto
- Location of the mobility: University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
- Programme dates: 30.09.2024 – 04.10.2024
- Type of mobility: physical
- Type of scholarship: FORTHEM scholarship
5. International Winter School in Responsible Sport Management – Special Focus on Exercise in Medicine
The Int’l Winter School in Responsible Sport Management is an intensive 11-day study programme in Sport Management intended for undergraduate and graduate students as well as staff from academic and other sport organisations. The aim of the programme is to promote a sustainable international network between students and professionals by providing top-quality teaching, research knowledge and international networking opportunities in the field of responsible sport and leisure management.
- Organiser: Jyväskylän yliopisto
- Location of the mobility: University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
- Programme dates: 07.01.2025 – 17.01.2025
- Type of mobility: blended
- Type of scholarship: Erasmus+ scholarship
Application
The applications for short-term mobilities are now open for the period from September 2024 to February 2025. Please apply by filling this online form until April 8th 2024. The results of applications will be sent per email around mid-June 2024.
Participating students need to be enrolled as degree students in one of the FORTHEM partner universities, both during the application period and during the actual mobility.
More information here.
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This programme gives you the opportunity to spend five days on site with a mentoring professor from the host university. The applications for short-term mobilities is now open for the period from September 2024 to February 2025.
The programme enables students to carry out an individual research stay of max. five days at a FORTHEM university. During the individual mobility, the student will be accompanied by a mentoring professor from the host university. Students have to organise their stay themselves, from finding a mentoring professor to organising their travel and accommodation.
Here are some examples of eligible projects:
- Field work
- Experimentation
- Research for a thesis (Bachelor, Master or PhD)
- Form new ties with a student association at a FORTHEM university
- Work with a group of students at a FORTHEM university on a current or future project
Participating students need to be enrolled as degree students in one of the FORTHEM partner universities, both during the application period and during the mobility period.
Students can apply for a maximum of one individual mobility programme and one collective mobility programme or two collective mobility programmes – students selected for the individual mobility programme will also be able to attend one collective mobility. The number of places for individual short-term mobility stays is limited to approximately 4 participants per university per year. Students who have never participated to a FORTHEM short-term mobility will be prioritized. Each university is responsible for selecting their students, depending on the quality of their application.
Find further information here.