On 26–29 September, Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution’s (HEI) Head of Unit for International Relations Povilas Beseckas and International Partnership Development Coordinator Jolanta Valiaugienė visited Rotterdam, where the 33^rd annual conference of the European Association for International Education (EAIE) was held.

The event, which attracted more than 6,700 international higher education specialists from more than 100 countries, became a platform not only for establishing relations with new partners, but also for strengthening existing partnerships and discussing prospects for joint applied research.

“Participation in the conference is a great opportunity to meet existing and potential partners and expand contacts. In meetings with colleagues from Europe, we discussed joint applied research and the prospects for the development of strategic partnership, and with partners from Africa and Asia, we planned the possibilities of academic mobility and cooperation in study fields,” shares P. Beseckas.

“Most importantly, participation in the conference allowed us to improve skills in the field of internationalisation of higher education. One of the highlights of the EAIE annual conference is the array of workshops and sessions, where experts from around the world offer interactive workshops and sessions on topics ranging from compiling study content and marketing to strategic planning for internationalisation and hybrid mobility, designed to help professionals develop the skills their institutions need to internationalise,” says P. Beseckas.

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