Our mechatronics student, Nikola Tutić, is undertaking his Erasmus+ professional internship at the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana for the second time. During this four-month internship period, Nikola visited the Automation, Biocybernetics and Robotics, Systems and Control, and Intelligent Systems departments. The smile on Nikola’s face clearly shows how satisfied he is with the internship.
Lecturers from Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences, Goranka Rafaj and Živko Stojčić, visited Bulgaria from June 6 to June 10, 2022, at Medical University Sofia. During their visit, they met with the Dean, Professor Galina Chaneva, and the Erasmus Coordinator, Antoniyа Yanakievа, to discuss the continuation of their ongoing cooperation and the exchange of students and lecturers. As part of their professional development, the lecturers visited state-of-the-art hospitals – the largest gynecology and obstetrics hospital in Bulgaria, Maternity Hospital – Maichin Dom, and Tokusa Hospital – Acibadem City Clinic, where students conduct clinical exercises. Our female students also had placements in these hospitals. Special thanks to Tanja, Miglena, Iliana, and Diana for their warm welcome at the hospitals.
After the joint student conference held in May, representatives of Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences (Zrinka Puharić, Tatjana Badrov, and Tomislav Pavlic) exchanged experiences, presented current projects, and planned future activities with representatives of CEPS. The representatives of the University also visited TMP, a company for employing blind and visually impaired individuals, in Sarajevo. There, they discussed potential collaboration opportunities with Veselin Rebić, the company’s director, and Armin Hadžić, the executive director.
The Dean of Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences, Associate Professor Zrinka Puharić, PhD, the Vice Dean for Development, Tatjana Badrov, MSc, and the Head of the Library, Mirjana Bučar, visited the Faculty of Technical Sciences at Mother Teresa University in Skopje. During the visit, they signed an Erasmus+ bilateral cooperation agreement with their hosts, the Dean of the Faculty of Technical Sciences, Professor Agim Mamuti, PhD, and Zoran Trifunov, PhD. They also presented Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences’ current projects and discussed future collaboration opportunities.
This week, as part of the Erasmus+ project, we hosted representatives from CEPS Kiseljak Higher School, Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the visit, further student and staff mobilities were discussed and planned.
As part of the Erasmus+ project BADGE (Becoming a Digital Global Engineer), lecturers Ivana Jurković, Tatjana Badrov, and Krunoslav Husak, along with students from Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences (Iva Stanković, Sara Dvojković, Filip Savoric, Vedran Josić, and Leo Ružić), participated in the final workshops at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Thessaloniki. The intellectual outcomes, developed collaboratively by our colleagues and the Greek team, were finalized, including the handbook “Soft Skills for Engineering Students,” animated video materials, and video clips with examples of how to properly and improperly prepare and deliver presentations.
Our nursing students, Lorena Jakoubek, Doroteja Krizmanić, and Kristina Eljuga, have successfully completed their three-month Erasmus+ professional internship at the hospitals of the Medical University in Sofia, Bulgaria. After finishing their Erasmus+ internship, they are very satisfied and recommend all students to participate in mobility programs.
From 17 May 2022 to 21 May 2022 our Department of Nursing hosted apt. Junvidya Heroweti, M.P.H., M. Fatchur Rochman, M. Farm, apt. Malinda Prihantini, M. Si and apt. Risha Fillah Fithria, M. Sc from Universitas Wahid Hasim Semarang, Indonesia. During the mobility our guests delivered lectures:
“Drug route administration”, apt. Junvidya Heroweti, M.P.H
“Drug design product”, M. Fatchur Rochman, M. Farm
“Preformulation and biopharmaceutical consideration in drug development”, apt. Malinda Prihantini, M. Si
“Extraction of Medicinal Plants”, apt. Risha Fillah Fithria, M. Sc
The Dean of the University, Zrinka Puharić, and lecturer Goranka Rafaj visited Antalya, Turkey, from May 23 to May 27, 2022, at Akdeniz University. During their visit, they discussed future collaboration with the Dean and Erasmus Coordinator. They also visited the clinical hospital where students carry out their internships. Special thanks to our incoming students, Hilalgamze and Aysegul, for their warm welcome.
The Dean of Bjelovar University of Applied Sciences, Associate Professor Zrinka Puharić, participated in the Erasmus Week organized by Harran University in Turkey from May 9 to May 13, 2022. She presented the university’s programs and international exchange opportunities to interested students and lecturers.
