Institutional seminar "Higher Education cooperation between South Africa and Europe"
Exhibition: Study in Europe Fair South Africa
Location: Cape Town, Radisson blu Hotel Waterfront
Registration deadline: 12 February 2016
Institutional seminar on Higher Education cooperation between South Africa and Europe
Representatives of South African and European Higher Education institutions were invited to participate in the institutional seminar to discuss higher education cooperation. The programme included round table discussions, parallel sessions on cooperation in higher education and research as well as student mobility. Participants had numerous opportunities to network and to discuss common and future cooperation.
Additional information
The seminar "Higher Education cooperation between South Africa and Europe" took place at the
Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront, Cape Town
Beach Road, Granger Bay, Cape Town, 8002
The seminar programme took place from 9 am to 5 pm (tbc). The networking reception started at 6.30 pm.
More than 60 European institutions, including higher education institutions, national agencies and embassies were present during the European events in South Africa in February 2016. Click here to see the list of European exhibitors during the Study in Europe Fairs in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
A reception was organised on the evening of the 17th of February to initiate networking among participants. It was a great opportunity for European and South African higher education institutions to meet colleagues and to exchange experience and information in an informal setting.
The reception took place at the Harbour View boardwalk of the Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront.
Please see below some impressions of the seminar sessions and the networking reception
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Session 'Student mobility between South Africa and Europe":
Presentation Robert Kotze, Stellenbosch University
Presentation Eija Kujanpää, Aalto University
Session 'How to make most of EU funding opportunities?:
Presentation Dr Graham Wilkie, European Commission
Presentation Professor Lucius Botes, University of the Free State
Session 'How to address South African and European priorties in higher education cooperation?":
Presentation Merle Hodges, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Session "Research cooperation":
Presentation Dr Aldo Stroebel, National Research Foundation