As an academic who has trained abroad and obtained your PhD in communication from that country we invite you to apply to the Marius Jakulis Jason Foundation for a scholarship. The successful applicant will be based in the Faculty of Creative Industries at VGTU where you will find innovation, creativity and originality. Our work is helping to grow and strengthen Lithuanian cultural life at home and abroad.
Through its quality teaching and learning programmes, as well as engagement with external collaborators, Faculty is developing a new generation of creative communication, business and technology professionals.
The position is full time and involves research in the field of communication, as well as a teaching component. A salary for up to three years is payable monthly.
If you wish to apply, please go to:
http://mjjfondas.lt/en/about-the-foundation/, http://mjjfondas.lt/en/kryptys/science/
Please note an independent panel will assess your application.
On a personal note: from Ron Ringer, lecturer
Hello and welcome,
I’m delighted to have been asked by my colleagues at the Faculty of Creative Industries to share something of my experience at VGTU.
First, something about Vilnius, a charming city of approximately 410,000 people who are especially welcoming to newcomers and visitors, if my experience is anything to go by. And if English is your language, whether as a native speaker or otherwise, you’ll find common ground with locals who are always eager to try out their English, which is often impressively fluent. You’ll also find that many people speak Polish and Russian, both countries being near-neighbours and who have shared a common history over many centuries. A polyglot sort of place.
Vilnius is almost unique; at least that’s my firm belief. Its centuries-old fascination with Baroque churches continues with a rich tradition of music and worship. Cobbled streets, marvellous food, classical music, entertainment precincts and, of course, the many beautiful forest and parkland areas that surround this unusual city. A hidden gem, to use a somewhat well worn expression, but so true. An inland city, Vilnius sits at the geographical centre of Europe, is close to anywhere and everywhere, and within easy reach of all major capital centres of commerce, industry, and learning and culture. Prices are generally quite reasonable as you might find by reference to any of the city comparison apps.
About me and why Vilnius…… I’m a UK-born British citizen who emigrated to Australia several decades ago where I continued my teaching career in modern history at senior school level. I left the profession after being invited to write textbooks by a major published, worked with several large organisations, established my own business, and continued to research and write commissioned works of history. Then came an involvement from the early 1990s in teaching and learning projects at the School of Business at The University of Sydney. Much of this put me alongside non-native English speakers–academics who were undoubtedly brilliant scholars, but who needed assistance in preparing their journal articles and monographs for publication. This constitutes much of my work for colleagues in the Faculty here at VGTU.
So, what can I say about working with people who I was yet to meet in July 2018 when my wife and I arrived here in Vilnius? Six months earlier I had reached out to the Dean of the Faculty, mentioned that we had visited the city for the first time in March 2017, explained my purpose, what I could offer as a part-timer, and in due course received an invitation.
Any regrets? None whatsoever. My colleagues are open, intellectually inquisitive and challenging academics from whom I have learned much, and hopefully contributed a good deal. Here in Lithuania, a learning culture is deeply rooted in its ancient and proud traditions. Whilst there are the usual issues every teacher/lecturer has to contend with (mobile phones in class, distracted young people!), there is respect and acceptance. There is much to delight and surprise about academic life, in any faculty or in any country. Indeed, novelists in the English-speaking world have had much fun with the predicaments and absurdities that present themselves in our own working environment and social milieu.
Fun? Yes, you can expect to have a lot of fun conversations, friendships, seminars, lectures and research opportunities here in the Faculty of Creative Industries at VGTU.
I wish you all the best.
Ron Ringer
Faculty of Creative Industries – 2019 key facts
| Bachelor's Degree | Study programs in: Creative Industries; Entertainment Industries; Event Engineering. |
| Master's Degree | Study programs in: Communication of Creative Society; Communication of Innovation and Technology. |
| Creative labs | Incubator facilities for creative media content include: Creative Technology Lab and VGTU LinkMenų Factory, which has all the equipment for filming, photography, audio recording, and the ability to carry out projects together with business. Since 2018 the Faculty has operated its own student TV station. |
| Research and innovation | Research fields – We conduct research in various scientific fields, as well as interdisciplinary research on the subject of creativity including: humanitarian and social sciences; communication and information; sociology; educational studies; philosophy; art criticism; philology and political science methodology. We participate in cultural, linguistic, socio-linguistics, education systems research that analyze other aspects of social life and history. Priority research areas – Our priority research area is communication with a focus on creative industries. Key research includes:
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Please feel free to discuss the details of application as well as of possible position at VGTU with dr. Vytis Valatka, Vice-Dean for research of the Faculty of Creative Industries, vytis.valatka@gmail.com
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) acording to QS World University Rankings 2020 is among the top 2.1% of universities globally. It is also ranked 32nd in the Emerging Europe and Central Asia region
