PROJECTS

Transformation of Educational Value in Cultural and Economic Growth of Social Community (IzVeTSKKEI)

The aim of the project is to explore the impact of education as a value for the growth of Latvian society in the socio-economic and cultural context, assessing the social return of the population to economic development and achieving a higher quality of life, ensuring a contribution to the productivity of humanitarian capital in the Latvian regional context.

The project aims to study the impact of the value of education in the socio-economic and cultural context of the growth of Latvian society, ensuring a contribution to the productivity of humanitarian capital in the regional context of Latvia.

It is intended to study the value of education from the following aspects:

awareness of the value of education in Latvian society (focus groups - teachers, teachers, social work and cultural professionals, entrepreneurs);
the value of education and culture (education through cultural activities and the contribution of cultural institutions to education);
the value of education and entrepreneurship (impact of education in the business community; potential contribution of entrepreneurs to the development of the education system);
the value of education and IV and social services in building an inclusive society;
research into methodological approaches to human capital social return research and the experience of their implementation in the international context.

Three Latvian regional universities shall cooperate in the course of the study, thereby highlighting the need in the country for polycentric development, by burying the results at international scientific conferences, publications and educational events. The resulting study data will be used to improve the content of the study process in higher education, and recommendations will be developed for policymakers in the regions involved in the study. Research will be presented and explained to the public in order to build a modern-day understanding of education as a value needed for the spiritual and economic growth of society.

Project period: 2020 - 2023

Funding source: Fundamental and applied research programme, Latvia

Project lead: Liepaja University

Project partners: Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences

ViA peroject team: Maira Leščevica, Aigars Andersons, Vija Melbārde, Santa Lemša, Līga Zariņa

Total budget: 300000.00 EUR

Erasmus+ programme KA1 “Higher education student and staff mobility between Programme and Partner Countries”

Goal of the project: Increase international mobility of students and staff as well as international cooperation with partner countries

Number: 2023-1-LV01-KA171-HED-000127100 (-LV)

The target group: Students and staff at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences and its partner institutions

The leading partner: Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences

All project partners:

Albania - UNIVERSETI SHKODRES LUIGJ GURAKUQI
Albania - UNIVERSITETI ALEKSANDER MOISIU DURRES
Albania - UNIVERSITETI FAN S NOLI KORCE
Bosnia and Herzegovina - JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET U ZENICI UNIVERSITAS STUDIORUM ZENICAENSIS
Kosovo - UNIVERSITETI NDERKOMBETAR PER BIZNES DHE TEKNOLOGJI UBT SHPK
Montenegro - UNIVERZITET DONJA GORICA PODGORICA
Armenia - BRUSOV STATE UNIVERSITY
Georgia - IVANE JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY
Georgia - SHOTA RUSTAVELI STATE UNIVERSITY
Georgia - THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Republic of Moldova - Technical University of Moldova
Ukraine - BOHDAN KHMELNYTSKYY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY AT CHERKASY
Ukraine - CHERNIHIV NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Ukraine - Cherkasy state business-college
Ukraine - National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic"
India - Dr. YSR National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management
India - PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY
Kazakhstan - KOKSHETAU ABAI MYRZAKHMETOV UNIVERSITY
Chile - UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Project implementation period: 01.08.2023. – 31.07.2026.

Main activities: Student and staff exchange

Study directions: Business administration, information technologies, communication and journalism, political sciences, tourism

Total budget: EUR 413 545,00 (EUR 345175,00EU; EUR 68370 Latvian national co-financing)

Project funding: EU funding, Latvian national co-financing Erasmus+ Charter: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/erasmus-charter-for-higher-education Information for partners: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/resources/documents/erasmus-international-credit-mobility_en

The selection process of students takes place at SENDING university based on following criteria - academic performance and achievements, adequacy of exchange study content to the study programme, already used abroad study and internship opportunities (preference is given to students who have not participated in Erasmus+ exchange), study semester, motivation, english or particular national language skills, involvement in various professional activities and projects, other criteria of the partner university.

Student selection has to be documented (including criteria used), after the selection partner university provides an official protocol in order to participate in the particular Erasmus+ KA 171 project. After the selection, university nominates the selected student and only final chosen student has to apply at ViA university for studies (fill in the online application), not all potential candidates.

The selection process of staff takes place at the HOST university (Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences)

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Contacts:
Project manager at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences: Mārīte Balaņuka
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Phone: +371 22042022

Erasmus+ programme KA1 “Higher education student and staff mobility within programme countries”

Goal of the project: Increase international mobility of students and staff as well as international cooperation within programme countries

Project number: 2023-1-LV01-KA131-HED-000118278 (-LV)

The target group: Students and staff at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences and its partner institutions in programme countries

The leading partner: Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences

Project implementation period: 01.06.2023. – 31.07.2025.

Main activities: Student and staff exchange

Study directions: Business administration, information technologies, engineering, communication and journalism, tourism

Total budget: EUR 246627,00 (EUR 204060,00 EU; EUR 42567,00 Latvian national co-financing)

Project funding: EU funding, Latvian national co-financing

Erasmus Charter for Higher Education 2021 - 2027: https://va.lv/sites/default/files/ECHE%202021-2027.pdf

The selection process of students takes place at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences based on following criteria - academic performance and achievements, adequacy of exchange study content to the study programme, already used abroad study and internship opportunities (preference is given to students who have not participated in Erasmus+ exchange), study semester, motivation, English or particular national language skills, involvement in various professional activities and projects.

The selection process of staff takes place at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences.

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Erasmus+ initiative "European Universities" project Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University as Driver for European Smart and Sustainable Regions (E³UDRES²)

Erasmus+ EUDRES

Vision:
E³UDRES², the Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University as Driver for European Smart and Sustainable Regions, promotes the development of small and medium-sized cities and their rural areas into smart and sustainable regions and shapes a prosperous future with the best possible quality of life for a self-determined people in a progressive European society.
E³UDRES² promotes outstanding ideas and concepts for future universities, integrates challenge-based learning, mission-oriented research, human-centered innovation as well as open and engaged knowledge exchange as interrelated core areas with and establishes an exemplary multi-university campus across Europe.

Parnership:
St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences (Austria)
Polytecnic Institute of Setubal (Portugal)
Polytechnical University Timisoara (Romania)
Szent Istvan University (Hungary)
UC Leuven-Limburg (Belgium)
Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (Latvia)

Project duration (exptected) 1.10.2020 – 30.9. 2023
Total funding: 6 241 667 EUR (4 993 333 EUR EC funding)
Project participants: 6 Universities, 9 Associated Partners, 55.700 students, 7.600 university staff (teaching, research and administration), 43 faculties or departments

Project coordinator: St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences
Project coordinator at ViA: Iveta Putniņa
Project team: Gatis Krūmiņš, Maira Leščevica, Alvis Sokolovs, Vera Grāvīte, Iveta Putniņa, Oskars Java, Agita Līviņa, Linda Lancere, Aigars Andersons

Extended reality in biomedical settings (REEB)

ERASMUS+ REEB

The general objectives of the project are: to bring closer together the reality of biomedical companies and health training centres through mixed reality, augmented reality and virtual reality and to improve the knowledge acquisition of our Students in health care training. During the project, remote student training, virtual rendering of a professional biomedical environment will take place: the aim is to truly and quickly create virtual working environments using BIM technology that can be used on a variety of platforms (mobile, tablet, PC...) or even 3D printing. Holographic simulators will be developed: in this direction, the aim is to create virtual biomedical device simulators using virtual and mixed realities with functionality similar to a real device, with opportunities to enrich experience with didactic elements.

ViA team: Arnis Cīrulis, Laura Ozoliņa, Toms Amsons

Project period: 09.01.2021. - 31.08.2023.

Project budget: EUR 289699.00 (ViA budget EUR 34533.00)

Project No. 2020-1-ES01-KA203-082244

Project homepage: Reeb – Realidad extendida en entornos biomédicos