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Prof. Ketikidis at the Judging Committee of the Education Business Awards 2017
Prof. Panayiotis Ketikidis, is among the members of the Judging Committee of the Education Business Awards 2017. The event takes place for a second consecutive year aiming at reward Educational Organizations and institutions that systematically invest and innovate human resources of Greece to provide to society with all the knowledge, skills and talents that may lead to innovation and progress. Ex Minister of Education in Greece, Ms Marietta Giannakou will be the President of the judging committee, that comprises many distinguished individuals, mainly from the sector of education. More information about the Education Business Awards 2017.
14/02/2017
Professional Seminar Series by the Computer Science Department
This academic year, the Computer Science Department of the International Faculty has been running a successful Professional Skills Seminar Series at our main campus in Thessaloniki aiming at enhancing our students’ practical skills and employability profile. So far the series has featured contemporary topics, including Website boost with SEO; Open source on GitHub using Git and Image Processing with Photoshop, presented by guest lectures who are experts in their field. All speakers brought their expertise in the classroom giving students first-hand industry insights and latest trends with their lively presentations. The seminars are mainly addressed to 3rd level Bachelor students of Computer Science Department, but also open to all students. The diversity of the considered topics aims at providing high coverage on a wide area of ICT-oriented subjects. Along with skills enhancement, the series also aims at that improve students professional attributes by addressing various issues related with the acquisition of a professional position. In view of the radical developments in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector the Computer Science Department puts efforts at better preparing graduates for the job market’s demands for well-equipped professionals. The rapid evolution of all individual ICT fields has given rise to new methodologies, tools, and applications. The series is designed to furnish our students’ skills with more practical and technical knowledge and prepare them for real life challenges in their future working environments. New seminars will be scheduled and announced for the Spring semester.
14/02/2017
A successful ‘Psychology for all’ talk on Panic Attacks
A successful ‘Psychology for all’ talk on ‘Panic Attacks: The Gestalt perspective’ took place with great success drawing a full house at the Auditorium of our main campus in Thessaloniki. The guest speaker, Ms Elisavet Parthenioti, Gestalt Foundation graduate and Counselling Trainer shed light on panic attacks, an anxiety symptom that is widespread today. Ms Parthenioti discussed the Gestalt perspective on panic attacks and explained that although panic attacks are a personal experience they can be a social problem with political and cultural roots. Through this perspective the treatment does not only focus on ‘personal empowerment and support’, but also to contemporary relational frame. The audience found the presentation particularly informative. This was the first Psychology for all event for 2017. The series features a range of psychology topics to be covered by future events throughout the spring semester. Stay tuned! Watch the talk online
14/02/2017
The International Faculty supports Startup Europe Week Thessaloniki 2017
One of the biggest events in entrepreneurship in Europe CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield was proud to host one of the biggest events in entrepreneurship in Europe, the Startup Europe Week Thessaloniki 2017. The event took place successfully at the Auditorium of our main campus in Thessaloniki on Friday, 10 February 2017. Mr Vassilis Tsoulis, our Director of Career, Employabilty and Enterprise Centre joined the event's opening with a welcome speech. Also, Prof. Panayotis Ketikidis, Vice-Principal of the International Faculty, CITY College, held a presentation on 'HEBAN -The Angels Community in Greece” while Dr. Dimitrios Nikolaidis, Head of the Business Administration and Economics Department and the Marketing Club spoke at the event on the topic “Design a product that customers want”. The event featured 3 panels, Q&A sessions and networking drinks. The topics of the event mainly focused on the stage before starting a start-up: the strategy, the preparation, the decision as well as the best practices and the financial tools available from local and European, public and private resources. Startup Europe Week (SEW), was held for the first time in 2016 simultaneously in different cities in the EU under the auspices of the European Commission and the Startup Europe Network. This year, SEW2017 (6-10/2/2017) exceeded 280 events across EU to hundreds of cities in Europe!
14/02/2017
International Faculty alumnus shortlisted at the British Council Alumni Awards
Congratulations to our alumnus, Mr. Nikolaos Tsokanos who has been shortlisted for the Study UK Alumni Awards 2017 and is among finalists for the Entrepreneurial Award! Mr. Tsokanos completed the BA (Hons) in Business Studies (Accounting and Finance) at CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield and is General Manager of Tsokanos SA. His outstanding achievements as an entrepreneur earned him a place at the finals of the British Council Alumni Awards. The event will be held on March the 1st at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Athens. You can find all information about the event here: https://www.britishcouncil.gr/en/study-uk/alumni-awards Nikolaos Tsokanos’short CV Nikolaos Tsokanos is the General Manager of Tsokanos SA, a leading company in Livestock Identification in Greece. Nikolaos’ job was instrumental in providing Greek farmers with diversified and innovative animal identification products to help them improve their farm management and export quality products. Nikolaos’ aspiration is for the company to become the first Greek company to export diversified Livestock Identification products. He highlights that studying at the University of Sheffield provided him with all the essential skill-sets to become more efficient and results-oriented, kick-start innovative projects with an entrepreneurial spirit and implement theory in a reallife business context. He holds a BA (Hons) in Business Studies (Accounting and Finance) from the University of Sheffield.
14/02/2017
Interview with Dr Paschalia Patsala on 'Radio Thessaloniki'
Listen to the interview that Dr Paschalia Patsala gave on Radio Thessaloniki regarding the Honorary Plaque awarded by the Municipality of Thessaloniki to the International Faculty, CITY College, in recognition of our social action. The interview is in Greek.
10/02/2017
Dr Dimitriadis and Ms. Kosior invited as Guest Speakers to the “Teaching Techniques and Classroom Management for Diverse Pupils” Conference
Dr Giorgos Dimitriadis and Ms. Margarita Kosior from the English Studies Department participated as Guest Speakers in a one-day Conference on teaching techniques and classroom management skills for diverse pupils. The seminar aimed at familiarising teachers with class environments that include refugee and immigrant student population. The event was organised for English and Greek language teachers in public schools by the Regional Administration of Education of Central Macedonia in collaboration with Doctors of the World (Médecins du Monde) and was held on Saturday 28 January. Dr Dimitriadis and Ms. Kosior delivered a presentation titled "Film Meets ELT: Making the Best of the Multicultural Classroom," in which they elaborated on the effectiveness of using cinema as a tool for language teaching and also provided participants with ideas on how they can use movies in their teaching within the specific thematic context of the seminar.
10/02/2017
Event by CITY College and YMCA 'Emotion and Logic' by Dr Chrysochoou
The following event is going to take place in Greek. FREE ENTRANCE Online Participation Form Information / Registrations: The University of Sheffield International Faculty, CITY College T: 2310 224 421 E: acadreg@citycollege.sheffield.eu Y.M.C.A. T: 231 600 1000 E: socialaction@ymca.gr
08/02/2017
An interesting internship: Computer Science students work as IT consultants for Business students
A very special internship was successfully completed by a team of computer science students who had the opportunity to work as IT consultants for fellow-students from our Business Department who were their ‘clients’. During the internship entitled ‘Technology Consulting Services for Entrepreneurial Endeavors’ the computer science team, comprised Galica Dielleza, Arieta Shabani, Diamant Hasani, Erigon Kastrati and Athanasios Doulgeris, acted as IT consultants to a team of business students who had to develop a business plan within the frame of the unit Entrepreneurship and Small Business". Throughout the fall semester CS interns assisted business students to define and realize technology-oriented services and proposed appropriate technical solutions and trends, as well as ways that these could be applied to the business processes they chose to follow within the business plan. Part of their responsibilities also was to advise on options, risks, costs, benefits, impact of alternative technological solutions. The students worked under the supervision of Mr. Thanos Hatziapostolou, Senior Lecturer at the Computer Science Department. It was the first time for the Computer Science Department to offer this type of inter-departmental internships which proved to be mutually beneficial both for the student interns and for the ‘client-students’ from the business department. This was only one within a series of internships run this academic year by our Computer Science Department offering students an immense educational experience and an opportunity to build professional skills and build their employability profile. The internships are designed towards career preparation and carry all the benefits of experiential learning: applying classroom knowledge in real-life cases, advancing self-awareness and self-confidence, working in teams, developing skills in interacting and understanding others (especially when they come from non-IT related industries) in a working setting, exploring career interests, developing soft skills and many other. Currently there are another three internships running for Computer Science students in the frame of the department’s internship scheme expected to be completed by the end of the academic year. The members of the Internship team commented: "Business students asked our guidance regarding the technological issues involved with their products, and we were there to help! Suggestions were mostly about the kind of technology they would use, the people they should recruit,expected costs, the projects feasibility, etc. These suggestions were given in detail by our team – this was proven by the successful presentations that they delivered in the end." "The biggest challenge with the internship was trying to find the best solutions possible for the clients, within the range of their resources. Some ideas were advanced, and it was very hard to provide accurate estimations, therefore, we had to do serious research." "We helped the students design their ideas, make them more realistic so that the result would be a more suitable and find application in the real world. "We got a glimpse of how it is to work with people outside our field of study. So, cross-disciplinary work was a new and exciting experience for us!" "We were proud that we managed to assist BAED students with their projects and we are looking forward for another opportunity to help our fellow students."
03/02/2017
Our psychology students explore their personalities behind masks
Our postgraduate students had the opportunity to participate in a very powerful experiential learning activity called ‘The Masks’, during which identity-related issues were explored. The students were asked to design and create a mask for themselves that they would wear during the exercise. Students wear their masks and talk with their fellow-students about their hidden desires, thoughts and feelings. The masks exercise is highly interactive as fellow students can ask questions and discuss points raised by the student wearing the mask. The activity presents participants with the opportunity to go deeper into themselves and identify their personality issues or repressed desires. The activity proves to be quite revealing for many students and fun for everyone. Nikos Sapkaris, one of the students that participated in the activity said: "It was an interesting experience because using the masks enabled us to express and comment deeper thoughts and feelings. Hiding our faces (literally) encouraged us to reveal insights. Each student projected emotions and Dr Savvidou, helped us create an interesting story which was related to personal 'unfinished business'." The exercise takes place within the context the ‘Personal and Professional Unit’ of the MSc/MA in Counselling Psychology programmes, led by Dr Suzie Savvidou. Dr Savvidou said: “Students find these exercises very helpful in getting a deeper insight in who they are at personal and professional level, and they also become aware of aspects of themselves that they need to explore further before practicing as counsellors in the future. Also it enables us to move from theory to practice, since students can actually experience what they have been studying in their texts.” This was just one of the many experiential activities taking place in the Psychology Postgraduate Programmes, as part of the taught part. These activities are used for reflection - an approach used in applied fields to bring trainees in touch with their thinking and feeling patterns and to help them acquire self awareness, which is a critical skill in such fields.
30/01/2017
Poster Exhibition and Competition on IT by our Business students
A remarkable Poster Exhibition themed ‘Information Technology (IT)” took place at our main campus on 18-19th January in Thessaloniki, where 2nd level business students had the opportunity to participate in the competition and showcase a creative series of posters on a range of IT-related topics. The exhibition was organized in the frame of the unit "Decision Making with Technology’ led by Dr Andrew Salisbury. The posters were displayed in the Auditorium on the 5th floor, and many students and staff took the opportunity to visit the exhibition and admire our students’ work. Dr Salisbury commented “In modern times, it is imperative that students are given the opportunity to communicate their work with industry, so an event like this benefits them two-fold, that is innovation though expression (poster presentation) and connection with their future workplace. I hope that this event brings about initiatives enabling students’ assignments to be inextricably linked with industry bringing both parties involved even closer. Special thanks to my friend Mr Vassilis Tsoulis (Director of Career, Employability and Enterprise Centre) who made all this possible.” On the last day of the exhibition two leading IT companies (IP.gr - IP Digital & StoneWave) were invited to judge the posters based on their own unique professional experience and the competition winners were chosen. Overall company representatives were impressed by our students’ posters, their creativity, ideas and professional approach. They gave students valuable feedback and an essential guide to today’s industry requirements. Poster Competition results 1st prize Anastasiia Akimenko and Sofia Zgkouro Poster topic: ‘Why a Gannt chart is the best tool for planning’ 2nd prize Milena Kalina and Gavana Stella Poster topic: DBM’s in construction companies. 3rd prize Giorgos Ioakeimidis and Christos Leontis Poster topic: Artificial intelligence. Wining teams received their certificates and awards from Mr Vassilis Tsoulis, Director of Career, Employability and Enterprise Centre. The organisers of the exhibition, Dr Salisbury and Mr Tsoulis A big thank you to Theofano Kyriakou, Vassilis Tsoulis, Kyranthi Lito Mylona and Giorgos Ioakeimidis.
30/01/2017
Academic staff of the International Faculty aims towards Professional Qualification in Teaching & Learning
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching Units 1 & 2 The Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching (CiLT) is a course specifically designed to meet the needs of staff in higher education teaching. On the week starting 16th of January, two workshops took place for Unit 1 and Unit 2 of the course. The workshops were attended by 26 academics of the International Faculty. Successful completion of the course will lead to the award of the PG Certificate by the School of Education. Unit 1: “Effective Learning and Teaching Environments” Unit 2: “Curriculum Design and Assessment” CiLT is formally accredited by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and graduates become Fellows of HEA. Dr Nigel Russel, Dr Karen Ford, Dr Sarah Moore and Dr Rachael Bovill, all Professional Development Managers for Learning and Teaching of the University of Sheffield offered a unique experience to colleagues who attended the workshops. Units 1 and 2 will also run next year for the majority of the academic staff of the International Faculty. The International Faculty places particular emphasis on continuous professional development and considers the particular course important for its staff members. The Faculty aims to contribute to this process by offering a stimulating work environment and training possibilities to all its staff. More information about CiLT can be found at: www.sheffield.ac.uk/lets/cpd/cilt
26/01/2017
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