Arqus Publishes a Special Video on Twinning Experiences with VU Lectures

Arqus Twinning aims to strengthen the subject-related collaboration of staff and students and create possibilities for joint learning and teaching activities through piloting short-term mobility schemes. In practical terms, Twinning implies the mobility of a team, consisting of 1 teacher and 3 to 6 students, moving to another partner institution within the same subject area during 3-5 days.

The Alliance has just released a special video about some Twinning experiences in partner universities. The video, which can be watched on the Arqus YouTube channel, presents the following 4 Twinning projects: Vilnius University and the University of Granada in the area of translation studies and text linguistics/discourse analysis, the University of Bergen, Vilnius University and the University of Padua in methodological findings and perspectives of MA thesis/studies, Vilnius University and the University of Padua in children's education at the pre-school stage and, finally, Leipzig University and the University of Granada in the area of European Constitutional Law and Fundamental Rights in the EU.

Multiple academic, cultural and professional activities took place during these Twinning projects. A particularity of this initiative is the combination of traditional training methodologies with other extra-curricular tasks, such as visits to companies, outdoor training or "learning-by-doing" exercises. As shown in the videos, the students could acquire key technical and soft skills required in their specific fields through the diverse Twinnings activities. These projects are also the basis for establishing networking and long-term ties between the academic communities that can result in future cooperation actions.

Academics can apply for Twinning activities by submitting applications to each university's Arqus Twinning contact person when the call is announced. Information about the call for proposals and requirements is published on the Arqus webpage.