UNICA at the EAIE Conference in Istanbul, 11-14 September 2013

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23 representatives from 12 UNICA universities gathered at an informal UNICA meeting during the 25th EAIE Conference: Weaving the future of global partnerships, Istanbul, 11-14 September 2013. As in previous years, the meeting provided an occasion to brainstorm about the topics and format of the next IRO meeting and discuss UNICA's current activities.

 
This year, the programme of the EAIE Conference featured 3 "UNICA" sessions:
Time
Session
Speakers & Chairs
Wednesday 11 Sept
 14:00-16:00
 
ACCESS Opening Event
How to promote the mobility of students with disabilities: Perspectives from Europe and the USA
Chair: Eva Reina, UNICA, Belgium
Speakers
Trine Kvernmo, University of Oslo International Education Office, Norway; Michele Scheib, Mobility International USA; Agnes Sarolta Fazekas, Erasmus Student Network Hungary, Hungary
Thursday 12 Sept
16:00-17:15
 
European Higher Education institutions and networks promoting academic freedom
Chair:
Antoinette Charon Wauters, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Speakers
Marit Egner, University of Oslo, Norway; Sinead O'Gorman, Scholars at Risk, New York University, USA; Herbert Grieshop, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Friday 13 Sept
11:00-12:15
The uneven path to a joint degree: how to correctly pave the way
Chair:
Raimonda Markeviciene, Vilnius University, Office of International Relations, Lithuania
Speakers:
Trine Kvernmo, University of Oslo International Education Office, Norway; Mattea Capelli, Università di Roma la Sapienza, Italy; Hsiao-Wei Yuan, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (ROC)

 

Dates: 
Wednesday, 11 September, 2013 to Friday, 13 September, 2013
Venue: 
Istanbul Congress Centre
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