Summer schools

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Summer schools

• The way how to develop international cooperation
  (experience of Euroleague for Life Sciences)
• ICA Regional Network for Central and South
  Eastern Europe (CASEE)
• BOKU Vienna (20-21 May 2010)
• Michal Lošták, CULS Prague

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Why Summer Schools

• The most simplest form of joint programmes (ECTS)
  with the potential to build networks for future
  sophisticated cooperation (example
  BOKU-CULS-WULS)
• Very efficient (short) and flexible (easy to
  tailor to the needs of the students)
• International milieu of teachers and students
  (different cultures) international feedback to
  the students and teachers (first steps towards
  international science for the students)
• Additional form of education (however problem of
  the time in summer)
• Supports short term mobility
• Social networking
• Easy enrollment
• IP Erasmus (wetland water management summer
  school)

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Benefits of summer schools

• Lectures for students (shorter)
• Presentations of students papers about their
  degree thesis (reactions of students and
  teachers)
• Individual works of the students
• Use of university labs and facilities
• Practical training (solving real problems)
  field trips
• Presenting the findings to the stakeholders
• Cultural experience