Sumă uriașă, în valoare de 8 milioane de euro, câștigată prin proiecte de USAMV Iași în cadrul competiției „Innotech Student” pentru susținerea planurilor de afaceri în rândul studenților
5 proiecte în valoare de 8 milioane de euro depuse de USAMV Iași în cadrul competiției "Innotech Student"
O nouă reușită pentru Universitatea de Științe Agricole și Medicină Veterinară „Ion Ionescu de la Brad” din Iași. Instituția a depus 5 proiecte, care însumează peste 8 milioane de euro, în cadrul programului „Innotech Student” lansat de către Ministerul Fondurilor Europene. Dintre cele 5 cereri de finanțare, Universitatea de Agronomie are calitatea de coordonator principal în trei proiecte, iar în două va fi partener
Suma de 8 milioane de euro a fost câștigată în cadrul „Innotech Student” de către Universitatea de Științe Agricole și Medicină Veterinară (USAMV) „Ion Ionescu de la Brad” din Iași. Instituția a depus 5 proiecte în cadrul programului lansat de către Ministerul Fondurilor Europene (MFE). Dintre cele 5 cereri de finanțare, USAMV are calitatea de coordonator principal în trei proiecte, iar în două va fi partener. Acest lucru înseamnă că aproximativ 1.700 de studenți vor beneficia de cursuri de anteprenoriat, iar din rândul acestora vor fi selectați cei cu planurile de afaceri cele mai potrivite pentru finanțare.
Cel mult 40 de mii de euro vor fi alocați pentru minimum două locuri de muncă create; între 40 mii – 60 mii de euro pentru trei locuri de muncă create; iar maximum de 100 de mii de euro pentru cel puțin cinci locuri de muncă create
În cadrul programului „Innotech Student” lansat de către Ministerul Fondurilor Europene, în funcție de valoarea granturilor de care vor beneficia, viitorii antreprenori vor asigura crearea a două până la cinci locuri de muncă. Astfel, cel mult 40 de mii de euro vor fi alocați pentru minimum două locuri de muncă create; între 40 mii – 60 mii de euro pentru trei locuri de muncă create; iar maximum de 100 de mii de euro pentru cel puțin cinci locuri de muncă create.
„«Innotech Student» este un program de finanțare din fonduri europene nerambursabile ce se adresează studenților, masteranzilor și doctoranzilor pentru a începe o afacere nouă, iar în momentul de față are loc selecția administratorilor de schemă de antreprenoriat. Mai exact, programul de finanțare «Innotech Student» nu poate fi accesat direct de către tineri (studenți, masteranzi sau doctoranzi), ci se accesează prin intermediul unor «administratori de schemă de antreprenoriat», iar Universitatea noastră are acest statut. În primăvara anului viitor vom avea posibilitatea să selectăm studenții care vor fi implicați în activitățile propuse de programul de finanțare și sperăm ca propunerile lor de afaceri să contribuie la dezvoltarea zonei de Nord-Est a României”, a declarat prof. univ. dr. Vasile Stoleru, prorector cu activitatea studențească la Universitatea de Științe Agricole și Medicină Veterinară „Ion Ionescu de la Brad” din Iași.
Lista proiectelor finanțate în cadrul apelului Programul Operațional Capital Uman și a administratorilor de schemă selectați va fi publicată în martie 2021
Potrivit anunțurilor realizate de către Ministerul Fondurilor Europene, lista proiectelor finanțate în cadrul apelului Programul Operațional Capital Uman (POCU) și a administratorilor de schemă selectați va fi publicată în martie 2021. Apoi, administratorii de schemă vor selecta tinerii care vor beneficia de pregătirea în domeniul antreprenoriatului. Astfel, în acest mod, Universitatea de Agronomie se implică în susținerea tinerilor în a se dezvolta, dincolo de pregătirea academică, și pe plan profesional și în carieră. Un deziderat al USAMV Iași este tocmai acela de a încuraja și susține concret antreprenoriatul și activitatea spre afaceri, în principal pe zona Agronomică și a zonelor conexe, pentru noua generație.
Publicație: Bună Ziua Iași și Ziarul de Iași
Rectorul UMF avertizează studenţii să respecte regulile de protecţie sau activitatea va fi mutată integral online
Diplomele UMF: risc de nerecunoaştere în spaţiul UE din cauza pandemiei?
În contextual creşterii cazurilor de infecţie cu noul coronavirus în Iaşi, care se păstrează pe primele poziţii în topurile naţionale după numărul zilnic de infecţii, rectorul Universităţii de Medicină şi Farmacie „Grigore T. Popa” din Iaşi, prof.dr. Viorel Scripcariu, îi avertizează pe studenţi să se protejeze pentru ca să se poată desfăşura cursurile după programul stabilit deja.
„Am început şcoala de o săptămână şi simt nevoia să revin la voi cu un mesaj: Protejaţi-vă pentru a-i proteja pe ceilalţi! Tot ce aveţi de făcut este să respectaţi câteva reguli de bază: purtaţi corect masca de protecţie, păstraţi distanţa, evitaţi aglomerările, păstraţi o igienă riguroasă a mâinilor şi dezinfectaţi obiectele folosite în comun”, a declarat prof.dr. Viorel Scripcariu.
Acesta a precizat că, dacă studenţii nu vor respecta regulile şi vor fi multe cazuri de infecţie cu noul coronavirus la UMF, atunci activitatea practică la sediul facultăţilor se va suspenda, mutându-se integral online, însă acest lucru vine cu riscul lipsei practicii. „Lipsa activităţii practice în învăţământul medical poartă riscul de nerecunoaştere a diplomei voastre atât în spaţiul european cât şi cel internaţional. Responsabilitatea este în mâinile voastre!”, a explicat prof.dr. Viorel Scripcariu.
Publicație: Ziarul de Iași
Covid: three universities halt face-to-face teaching as UK strategy unravels
At least 5,000 confirmed cases reported among students and staff at campuses across country
Efforts to reopen universities in the midst of the pandemic appeared to be unravelling tonight, as three of the country’s largest universities called a halt to face-to-face teaching.
More than 80 universities in the UK have reported at least 5,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 among students and staff, including more than 1,000 at the University of Manchester, which announced that it was suspending in-person teaching.
It came as 14,542 new cases were confirmed across the UK on Tuesday, up 2,000 on the previous day. Seventy-six Covid patients were confirmed to have died and 2,833 were in hospital with the virus.
With Manchester among the worst-hit parts of the country, both the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) said they would stop classes and seminars, except for a handful of specialist courses, and move to online teaching until at least the end of October.
“Manchester’s universities are moving online to manage outbreaks that could have been prevented had they listened to us sooner,” said Martyn Moss, a regional officer for the University and College Union (UCU), which called 10 days ago for all university classes to be held online.
The University of Sheffield, which reported nearly 600 confirmed cases among students and staff, also said it would stop face-to-face teaching other than for clinical courses until 19 October.
“We will use this transition period to put in place additional risk-mitigation measures that will allow for the resumption of face-to-face teaching,” Sheffield’s vice-chancellor, Koen Lamberts, said in an email to staff.
Staff at Northumbria University – which announced 770 confirmed cases among its students on Friday – voted in an emergency meeting on Tuesday to hold a strike ballot, as well as calling for the university’s vice-chancellor, Andrew Wathey, to resign immediately.
Northumbria’s UCU branch has begun formal dispute proceedings after it accused the university’s management of failing to address health and safety concerns. Newcastle is also one of the worst-affected areas in the UK, with more than 1,200 new coronavirus cases over the last seven days.
Other universities also said they had mounting outbreaks two weeks after students moved into campuses at the start of the new academic year.
MMU revealed that it had 500 confirmed cases on 27 September, shortly after it ordered 1,700 students to go into isolation at its halls of residence. Ninety one of its students have been fined £50 and received a warning after breaking social distancing rules or attending parties in student residences, while another 39 have received warnings.
Outbreaks continue to rise around the country, with Aberdeen reporting a total of 122 cases, and Exeter University saying it was at the centre of nearly 300 new cases reported in the town. The University of Birmingham is said to have about 300 cases among its students.
The number of state schools in England having to partially close because of Covid-19 infections among pupils and staff also rose again last week, according to the latest figures from the Department for Education.
While the number of pupils in attendance improved, the proportion of schools without significant numbers of pupils for coronavirus-related reasons continued to rise, from 6% to 7%, or more than 1,500 schools in total.
In his speech to the Conservative party conference, Boris Johnson said he wanted to extend the use of one-to-one tuition currently being planned to help pupils catch-up with the learning lost because of the coronavirus.
“We can all see the difficulties, but I believe such intensive teaching could be transformational, and of massive reassurance to parents,” Johnson said, without giving further details.
But teaching unions poured cold water on Johnson’s ambition, questioning how many pupils would benefit and whether the money could be better spent.
“Untested, rushed plans will always lead to dysfunction. What is presented as a magic solution for disadvantaged young people could result in less time being spent with qualified teachers,” said Kevin Courtney, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union.
Publicație: The Guardian
Manchester students organising 'Covid Positive' parties
Infection incidence rate in 17-21 age group is six times higher than the rest of the city
Dress codes are nothing new to students going out in Manchester – no trainers, no football shirts and, increasingly, no man bags. But one student party this weekend had a special entry requirement: Covid.
According to one fresher at the University of Manchester, the “Covid Positive” party in the university’s Fallowfield campus halls of residence was broken up by security on Saturday. It is just one of the increasing instances of students’ risky behaviour during lockdown restrictions.
“There was a flat party a few days ago which had a policy that you could only get in if you were positive. It was like their health-and-safety measure,” the 18-year-old physics student said.
Had security not arrived it could have been a big party. According to David Regan, Manchester’s director of public health, the incidence rate in the city’s 17-21 undergraduate age group is now 2,935 for every 100,000 people – almost six times higher than the rest of Manchester, which itself now has the highest rate in the UK.
By Sunday, 1,041 University of Manchester students had tested positive, most of them living in halls, plunging thousands of others into isolation. A smaller outbreak at nearby Manchester Metropolitan University in late September was deemed serious enough to force 1,700 students into a two-week quarantine, with 531 positive cases in the first two weeks of term.
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Across the UK, university cities have seen large flare-ups since students arrived last month, lured by the promise of face-to-face teaching that has already been cancelled as Covid rips through campuses. Confined to their flats instead of painting the town red, some halls have turned into 24-hour party palaces, prompting fears not just of further contagion but also of risky behaviour.
In Newcastle, where more than 800 cases have been reported across its two universities, three students died last weekend after apparently taking drugs in halls. While the circumstances of the deaths are unclear, some students wonder if they would have occurred had the students been able to go to pubs and clubs.
For Prof Fiona Measham, chair of criminology at the University of Liverpool and a world expert in club drugs, it was a tragedy waiting to happen.
“This is something I have been warning about all summer to anyone who would listen,” she said. “Everyone was so busy with coronavirus and no one was thinking about what would happen when the students came back. There’s no nightclubs and pubs close at 10pm. Nightclubs are a semi-safe space, they have registered door staff and security, the bigger clubs often have paramedics, they have chillout spaces. If you don’t have nightclubs open, you lose that safety net.”
At Northumbria University’s Trinity Square campus, parties are still taking place despite many students isolating, said one 19-year-old. “There are still messages in the group chat asking where the next party is,” he said.
The atmosphere in halls is “surreal”, he said: “Me and my flatmates walk by flats that have sticky notes on their windows displaying they have corona, like the red plague marks during the Black Death, and the silence from the uni is deafening.”
He complained that students self-isolating were still going outside to smoke, touching doors and lift buttons to leave the buildings.
“I’ve talked to a few people here and there waiting for the lift and stuff and it’s all the same message, that the uni got us to come back just to take our money,” he said.
The University of Nottingham, which is running its own testing programme, said 425 students had active confirmed cases of the virus in the week ending Friday 2 October. Sheffield University has reported 583 student cases since 28 September.
Back in Manchester, both universities announced the cancellation of all face-to-face teaching on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Covid continues to run rampant among the University of Manchester’s 40,000 students. One social sciences student isolating in Richmond Park halls said she was keeping a spreadsheet showing how many cases there were in Poplar Court, where she is living. “Twenty-five out of 32 flats are isolating,” she said. “Six out of eight of my flat have tested positive. I didn’t have a test but I’m pretty sure I’ve got it now.”
Local MPs Jeff Smith and Afzal Khan both said they received fewer complaints about student parties than in a “normal” freshers week. But students say there have been “big flat parties”, with students gathering in huge groups outside their dorms. One “rave” made the local media after a video of hundreds of students dancing to a sound system transported in a shopping trolley went viral.
Things have calmed down now teaching has started, said the social sciences student, though Covid Positive parties seem to be spreading like the virus: “There are always invitations flying around on WhatsApp saying stuff like: ‘Come to flat 8, we’ve all got ’Rona.’ It’s hard to know how serious they are because I haven’t been, but some people do feel quite a lot of pressure to go out. There’s a massive amount of insecurity in freshers week, with everyone wanting to make friends. There’s a fear if you don’t go out you will be alone.”
A University of Manchester spokesperson said: “The university is aware of this incident and we strongly condemn this irresponsible behaviour and conduct.
“We are investigating this as a matter of urgency and will deal with the students responsible via our internal disciplinary processes. The universities are meeting daily with Greater Manchester police and Manchester city council to review incidents and respond accordingly.
“The vast majority of our students are behaving responsibly, and we are supporting them if they are self-isolating. As a university we will continue to do all we can to keep our students, staff and the wider Manchester community safe.”
Publicație: The Guardian
Isolating students offered food, toiletries but no financial support by UK universities
UUK produces ‘care checklist’ but critics say it has come too late for many in lockdown
Students in lockdown must have access to food and basic toiletries, university leaders have said, as the government made deliveries of just one litre of hand sanitiser to campuses in England.
Universities UK (UUK), which represents 139 higher education institutions, published a “checklist” of measures for universities supporting students who were self-isolating after Covid-19 exposure, several weeks after teaching restarted at some sites.
But the checklist makes no mention of financial support or refunds for costs incurred during lockdowns ordered by university authorities. It was also criticised as too late to help thousands of students already self-isolating, including 824 confirmed Covid cases at Manchester University, more than 770 at Northumbria University, and 800 among students at Sheffield’s two universities.
Students isolating at the University of Leeds have complained they were being offered an “emergency food box” costing £15, including three sachets of dried soup and a bottle of Lucozade as well as pasta and a loaf of bread.
Hillary Gyebi-Ababio, the National Union of Students’ vice-president, said the NUS had warned of the dangers of mass lockdowns but had been ignored by the government and universities.
“For those students who are locked down, or will face being locked down, we must make sure that they are being treated fairly. This must include rent reimbursement for lockdown periods and free internet access, care packages with food, household products, wellbeing materials and general necessities,” Gyebi-Ababio told MPs on the all-party group for students.
“These are basic necessities that all students need and given what they have had to face over the past few weeks, the very minimum that they deserve.”
University leaders in England reported receiving shipments of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the government. In one case a university with more than 20,000 staff and students received 800 face masks, gowns and gloves – and a single litre of sanitiser.
“They’d have been better sending it to a local care home. The challenges at the moment are huge but the one thing that we’re not short of is PPE and cleaning materials,” one senior university executive said.
Asked about students in isolation left without food or outdoor access, Prof Julia Buckingham, president of UUK, told the BBC: “I’m sure there are cases where things haven’t gone quite as well as we would have hoped but I am confident that the vast majority of students have been very, very well supported by their universities.”
Jo Grady, general secretary of the University and College Union, said: “These outbreaks could have been prevented had UUK listened to us when we warned against in-person teaching during a pandemic.
“Instead it chose to cooperate with the government in encouraging students to return to campus. It is scandalous for UUK to now say it is committed to students’ wellbeing when thousands are isolating without their familiar support network due to its actions.
“If UUK is really committed to students’ wellbeing it needs to tell its member institutions to allow students to safely return home if they wish to, without fear of financial penalty for leaving their student accommodation, and join us in calling on the government to provide the financial support to make that possible.”
The checklist requires universities to ensure “students have access to a range of necessities during self-isolation – food or food delivery services, where possible allowing for religious or dietary requirements, laundry services, cutlery and dishes, personal hygiene products, cleaning materials and bin bags, tissues and toilet rolls – which might include a basic care package”.
It says institutions should stay in “regular, proactive and personal contact” with self-isolating students but contains no mention of financial support.
Publicație: The Guardian
Malgré un faible nombre de cas de Covid-19, les universités d’Ile-de-France contraintes d’accueillir moins d’étudiants
A partir de mardi, les établissements d’enseignement supérieur situés à Paris et en petite couronne ne peuvent plus accueillir que la moitié de leurs effectifs.
En salle de cours, en amphithéâtre, dans les bibliothèques mais aussi dans les restaurants universitaires, la règle sera la même. A compter de mardi 6 octobre, seuls 50 % des étudiants pourront y prendre place s’ils fréquentent une université à Paris, dans sa proche banlieue, à Aix-Marseille et en Guadeloupe, zones placées en état d’alerte maximale pour quinze jours afin de faire face à la progression de l’épidémie de Covid-19. La restriction touche aussi les établissements des zones d’alerte renforcée, comme Lille, Lyon ou Bordeaux.
Selon plusieurs sources, les universités ne sont pas passées loin d’une mesure plus drastique, Matignon ayant envisagé une fermeture totale durant les trois prochaines semaines. Samedi à midi, une cinquantaine de présidents d’université ont été convoqués par le ministère de l’enseignement supérieur pour recenser le nombre exact de cas confirmés dans leurs établissements. « Nous avons tous fait le constat que nous n’avions que très peu de cas », relate un des participants, président d’une université parisienne, courroucé d’entendre la maire de la capitale, Anne Hidalgo, dénoncer une « situation catastrophique dans les facs ».
L’accueil des étudiants varie d’une université à l’autre. Et depuis la mi-septembre, un mouvement de protestation baptisé #balancetafac, dénonce sur Twitter, photos à l’appui, les conditions d’enseignement dans des amphithéâtres sans aération, bondés d’étudiants. Une polémique que balaie Jean Chambaz, président de Sorbonne Université, où un millier d’étudiants ont signé une pétition pour que les cours magistraux se déroulent à distance : « Faut-il le Covid pour se rendre compte que, comme chaque année, les moyens d’accueil sont insuffisants dans les universités ? »
« Un peu de présence est indispensable »
Lors de l’annonce de la restriction de l’accueil à 50 % des effectifs lundi, le recteur de Paris, Christophe Kerrero, a pris le contre-pied du préfet de police et du directeur de l’agence régionale de santé qui venaient de faire état du fort taux d’incidence (nombre de personnes infectées sur une semaine, pour 100 000 habitants) dans la tranche d’âge 20 à 30 ans, atteignant 500 à Paris et 200 en proche banlieue. Il a pour sa part souligné que dans les universités, « les chiffres sont en baisse ».
A ce jour, 796 cas ont été recensés sur 705 000 étudiants franciliens et 144 sur 52 000 personnels. Pour la journée de vendredi, 55 nouveaux cas ont été enregistrés dans la première catégorie et seulement 5 dans la seconde. « Les établissements ont anticipé la situation et nombre d’entre eux ont déjà une part de cours à distance. Un peu de présence est indispensable pour éviter que nos étudiants ne décrochent », a indiqué Christophe Kerrero.
Publicație: Le Monde
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