In November of 2019 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) lecturer of the Faculty of Business Management Department of Business Technology and Entrepreneurship Giedrius Čyras did participate in international staff week and international Teaching forum.
The University of Clermont Auvergne is committed to developing a range of courses suitable for international students (double degrees) and to promote its research at the global level. These twin goals are supported by a University-wide policy involving schemes to consolidate the University's position globally through its participation in consortia in the framework of European programs, its active presence in university cooperation associations such as AUF, EUA, etc., and by its increasing participation in international research and cooperation projects.
The University of Clermont Auvergne has therefore been pursuing the two major policy goals set by Europe for 2014-2020 through the Erasmus + and Horizon 2020 programs since its creation. It heads up the Erasmus Intern Consortium at the Clermont site. As proof of its reputation, UCA has been included since 2014 in the international Shanghai ranking for its results in physics and, since 2015, in the Times Higher Education ranking as 193rd university worldwide for its international development.
The aim of the visit was teaching program quality improvement and new pedagogical practices of knowledge acquisition. Meetings were held with Professors Cecilia Brassier and Pascal Brassier. The professors discussed about their subjects and G. Cyras subjects general aspects and program development and good practice options.
As another purpose lecturer named VGTU opportunity to take students from France under the Erasmus program. During the visit G. Cyras participated in 4th International teaching forum organized by the University of Clermont Auvergne, Utah Valley University from USA and Shanghai Normal University from China. In between of meetings lecturer gave a presentation for possible VGTU Erasmus students.
Additional goal was to search for potential partners, discussing possible areas of cooperation, joint publications options. All Erasmus week participants from 20 different universities were introduced with VGTU VVF conferences and journals. They did discuss the possibility of cooperation, particularly with the Faculty of Business Management, as some universities already have existing contracts, but with other VGTU faculties. It is noted that one potential partner may be the Clermont Auvergne university as it has very strong business school and no existing cooperation. Meeting with international relations representative Bettina Aboab allowed to discuss possible cooperation.
During the visit cooperative relations were established not only with the University of Clermont Auvergne, but also with several universities, such as: Hochschule fur Angewandte Wissenschaften Munchen Germany; Haci Bayram Veli University Ankara – Turkey; Hochschule fur Wirtschaft, Technik und Kultur Berlin – Germany; Aalen university Germany; University of Sheffield United Kingdom; Utah Valley University USA; University Complutense Madrid Spain; University Guadalajara Mexico; Shanghai Normal University China.
Professor Jobst Goerne told about their ongoing project „structur.e“, and left contact potential future cooperation. With all of them, Faculty of Business Management will try to develop cooperative relations.
Another objective was to find potential university partners. For this purpose, G. Cyras visited the company Michelin, French tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. It is the second largest tyre manufacturer in the world after Japanese Bridgestone and larger than both American Goodyear and German Continental. In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the Kléber tyres company, Uniroyal-Goodrich Tire Company, SASCAR, Bookatable and Camso brands. Michelin is also notable for its Red and Green travel guides, its roadmaps, the Michelin stars that the Red Guide awards to restaurants for their cooking, and for its company mascot Bibendum, colloquially known as the Michelin Man. During the visit, G. Cyras coordinated VGTU students outbound practices possibility’s under the Erasmus opportunities.
Internship experience gained by the lecturer will be integrated into the subjects taught in VGTU Business Technology and Entrepreneurship department.
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