Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences, in collaboration with the Technology Park in Bjelovar (founded by BUAS), held 17 meetup lectures on current technological topics in 2023 and 2024.
The goal of holding meetup lectures is to bring together experts and enthusiasts from the IT and technology world in order to encourage the exchange of knowledge, experiences, and collaboration across various areas within this dynamic industry.
Below is a list of the held meetup lectures. You can check out the atmosphere at the meetup lectures and the after party in the gallery at the end of the post.
Sidy Diallo, a physician 🩺 from Bjelovar 🏡 and a member of the teams of Doctors Without Borders 🌍 and Doctors of the World 🤝 in Africa 🌍, was a guest at the Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences 🏫. His engaging topics were presented in a guided discussion 🎙️ led by Dean Tatjana Badrov.
He explained to the students of the professional graduate nursing program 👩⚕️👨⚕️ how collaboration between doctors 🏥 and nurses 🌟 functions under challenging working conditions in Africa. He also discussed how knowledge and skills 📚💡 required for work in harsh and often dangerous environments ⚠️ are acquired and transferred.
The B:IT.con 2024 conference has concluded with countless positive comments! 😊 This year’s conference had 300 registered participants. 🎉 We held 8 lectures with outstanding speakers, supported by the main sponsor, the City of Bjelovar, and 27 sponsors. 🤝 The conference was organized by Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences. 🏫 Co-organizers of the conference were the City of Bjelovar and the Bjelovar Technology Park. 🌐
The mission of the B:IT.con conference is simple – to bring together experts and enthusiasts from the IT and technology world to encourage the exchange of knowledge, experiences, and collaboration across various areas within this dynamic industry. At the conference, 8 speakers presented a total of 8 topics in a consecutive series. The speakers came from renowned companies and startups, including Martina Silov (CroAI), Ratko Ćosić (FactoryX), Barbara Arbanas Ferreira (FER), Luka Orelj (Sigit Agency), Ante Javor (Memgraph), Denis Štogl (b.robotized), Darko Crha (Data Link), and Goran Vukšić (syntheticAIdata).
We would like to thank the main sponsor of the conference, the City of Bjelovar, and all the previously mentioned sponsors who supported the organization of the B:IT.con 2024 conference, making it possible for this conference to be held without any registration fees.
The sponsors are as follows: gold sponsor Factory X, AXESS Cro, Pro-Ping Telekom, FF5, SIGIT Agency, Heellp obrt za servis industrijske elektronike, Optimus Drive, Mi Maris, Erste banka, Fina, Enseso, Autegra, SMIT, Euroherc, Starlight2, Resilix, Data Link, syntheticAIdata, b.robotized, MEMGraph, CroAI, Instar, Caffe i bistro Franz, Klikni.hr, CekyGSM, Binel, Too Cool produkcija, and for the first time, an individual sponsor Ivan Franjić.
For more details about the conference, visit our website 🌐👉 www.bitcon.hr.
📸✨ Check out the atmosphere, share your photos, and tag yourselves! 👫🎉 Enjoy the captured moments! 😄📷 You can view all the pictures in the Facebook album.
Expertise in action: 🚑 A guest lecture and practical exercises were held in the course “Emergency Medical Procedures in Out-of-Hospital Conditions” 🏥
On Saturday, December 14, 2024, nursing students had the opportunity to learn live from Dario Gazić, a Master of Nursing with a specialization in out-of-hospital emergency medical care, whose theoretical part he attended at Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences. 📚 Along with an inspiring lecture covering the challenges and key aspects of fieldwork, practical exercises on basic life support (BLS) were also conducted. 💡
What did we learn?
🔹 A theoretical insight into decision-making in emergency situations.
🔹 Practical application of basic life support procedures – from proper chest compressions to using an automated external defibrillator (AED). 🩺⚡
The practical exercises provided students with not only theoretical knowledge but also the opportunity to experience through simulations the responsibility and quick reaction needed in emergency interventions. ⏱️💪
Once again, a big thank you to our guest for selflessly sharing knowledge and providing motivation to work in this dynamic and demanding field! 🙏✨
we are pleased to invite you to contribute to the second issue of the peer-reviewed, open-access online journal Pavilion: Journal of Applied Sciences. The journal accepts papers in the areas of biomedicine and health, technical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, offering a unique platform for publishing scientific and professional papers. The journal is indexed in Hrčak, the Portal of Croatian scientific and professional journals, which allows for the visibility and accessibility of published papers to the broader academic and professional community. We particularly encourage collaboration among established scientists, early-career researchers, lecturers, students, and alumni of the Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences.
Submission procedure and deadline Submissions for the second issue of the journal are open until April 30, 2025. All received papers, upon successful completion of the double-blind peer review process, will be published in an online-first format, making them immediately accessible to readers via the journal’s digital platform. The final version of the issue will be completed in October 2025. The editorial board accepts only original and previously unpublished papers written in Croatian or English. Should you wish to submit a manuscript in another language, please contact the editorial board in advance. In addition to original scientific papers, review articles, and professional papers, the journal welcomes reviews of new scientific books and higher education textbooks, conference papers, and other contributions relevant to the academic and professional community.
Instructions for the authors Detailed submission guidelines (template) are available on the journal’s website: https://vub.hr/paviljon/. Papers should be sent via e-mail to the journal’s editorial office: paviljon@vub.hr.
The journal is published annually as an open access digital publication, aimed at a broad audience within the academic and professional community. We invite you to submit your papers and contribute to the advancement of science and the exchange of knowledge. Sincerely,
Editorial Board Pavilion: Journal of Applied Sciences
Dear students, employees, external collaborators, and other stakeholders of BUAS,
We would like to inform you about the conducted Analysis of Quality Indicators for the academic year 2023/2024 and enrollment for the academic year 2024/2025. This annual analysis of quality indicators is one of the key documents generated at Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences (BUAS). The result of the analysis is a set of recommendations for improvement, which we regularly implement in our quality assurance and enhancement system. Over the years, we have reduced the number of recommendations from an average of 15 to just 6, indicating that we are actively addressing and resolving all challenges.
The Analysis of Quality Indicators presents quality indicators in the following areas:
• Student interest in the study programs at BUAS
• The number and structure of enrolled students at BUAS
• Student pass rates by individual years
• The number of graduates, their average duration of study, and their average grade
• Pass rates and grades on exams
• drop out
• The number of students who continued their education in the master’s program
The conclusions of this year’s analysis of quality indicators are as follows:
Interest in all study programs has slightly increased compared to the previous academic year.
The number of enrolled students at Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences is higher compared to the previous academic year when we look at enrollments in professional undergraduate programs.
We enrolled 90 new students in the professional graduate program in Nursing.
The proportion of students who have achieved higher-year status is greater compared to the previous academic year.
The number of courses with critically low pass rates at BUAS has decreased, but there are still three courses in the professional undergraduate programs in Mechatronics and Computer Science that have had critically low pass rates for several years.
The student dropout rate is lower compared to the previous academic year.
The number of students who continued their education in the master’s program has increased.
The employment rate of our graduates in Mechatronics and Computer Science is an incredible 100%.
The employment rate of our nursing graduates is an incredible 98.04%.
In general, the quality indicators in this analysis of quality indicators are significantly better compared to the indicators from previous analyses. We believe this is the result of successfully closing the “plan–do–check–act” cycle within our quality assurance and enhancement system.
Recommendations for improvement arising from the analysis of quality indicators are as follows:
Continue promotional activities and further enhance them (University Day and/or Open Day, visits to high schools, social media, media, etc.) for all study programs at BUAS.
Through promotional activities, continue to highlight the advantages of studying at BUAS with the aim of attracting higher-quality students from vocational schools and gymnasiums to the professional undergraduate programs at BUAS, as well as attracting higher-quality students from the professional undergraduate Nursing program.
Continue to encourage mentors to motivate students for whom the final thesis is the only remaining unpassed course, helping them in the preparation and defense of their thesis.
Study program leaders will review pass rates on exams by course and, together with course instructors, propose measures to improve pass rates for courses with consistently low and high pass rates (consistently high pass rates will only be considered for key professional courses).
Study program leaders will review the number of students who passed critical courses if they enrolled in the course during the academic years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024, and will propose urgent recommendations for courses where the overall pass rate is below 50%.
For critical courses where the overall pass rate is below 50%, mass consultations will be organized (consultations will take place just before the exam periods).
We thank everyone for working together to ensure and enhance the quality of all processes at BUAS.
🌟 A wonderful story about long-term collaboration with the Instituto Superior de Administração e Línguas (ISAL) from Madeira Island, Portugal.
📅 On Tuesday, December 3, Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences was visited by Sancha de Campanella, the Deputy Director of this partner institution.
👩💼 Dean Tatjana Badrov, Erasmus Coordinator Marina Marković, and the Head of the joint INCLUDE project, Ivana Jurković, discussed with the guest the results of completed projects, the continuation of the current BIP project, as well as future collaboration.
🎄 Naturally, we also showcased the beautiful Bjelovar Advent.
