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Prof. Ketikidis to participate as member of the Scientific Committee of the UIIN Conference in Barcelona
Prof. Panayiotis Ketikidis Prof. Panayiotis Ketikidis, Vice Principal of Research, Innovation & External Relations at the International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, CITY College, has been invited to join the scientific committee of the ‘University-Industry Interaction Conference’ which will take place in Barcelona, 24-25 April 2014. The scientific committee comprises distinguished academics coming from all over the world. View all members of the scientific committee. This international conference will focus on entrepreneurship and university-industry interaction by the local higher education institutions. The conference is hosted by the University Industry Innovation Network (UIIN) in cooperation with the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP) which represents eight universities in Cataluña with more than 200.000 students and 15.000+ teaching and research staff. During the conference 300 participants will engage in rich dialogues with researchers, lecturers, technology transfer professionals, industry representatives, entrepreneurs and policy makers over three days full of discussions, workshops, presentations, networking and idea sharing.
18/09/2013
Student from the International Faculty undertakes internship opportunity at the University of Sheffield USE, UK
Mr George Sakkiadis What better place for a university student to gain work experience that his University? George Sakkiadis, third level student at the BA (Hons) in Business Studies (Accounting and Finance) programme recently returned from Sheffield, UK where he completed a three-month internship at the University of Sheffield Enterprise Unit (USE) . Aiming at gaining work experience in the field of enterprise, George applied for the internship posted by the University and was selected among other applicants. Over the summer he worked at the University of Sheffield Enterprise Unit were he had the opportunity to assist and contribute in projects undertaken by the USE team. USE is an organisation of the University of Sheffield that helps students and graduates to ‘make their ideas happen.’ It runs events and competitions to improve their skills and help students and graduates to start their own businesses/social enterprises. The USE team works closely with academics to develop enterprise in the curriculum so that all students have access to enterprise education. The Student Affairs Department ensures that students from the International Faculty have access to all these useful resources provided by the University. At Sheffield George enjoyed this skills development opportunity presented by USE. increased his skills outside of his degree course by gaining hands-on real-life experience through the responsibilities he assumed and his involvement in project work. While at Sheffield George enjoyed meeting people and fellow-students from different places and working with them. George said: "It’s been great pleasure for me to be a part of the USE Team this summer. Working at USE as an intern has given me the chance to meet really nice people and to do a lot of interesting and exciting stuff. In my first few months working here I learnt how to deal with new things such as the Open Days at University of Sheffield, the social enterprise events and the start-up Weekend.I learnt so many new things and I have become more confident about my skills and abilities. Perhaps the most important thing I gained while working at USE is to not be afraid to think big, and to be courageous enough to dream that I can achieve whatever I set my mind to. In other words the often used phrase, 'To make my ideas happen'. With this mindset, I am more ready than ever to embark on new challenges and try new things! I look forward to meeting and working with the USE team again." The University aims at providing its students with opportunities to develop their employability skills even before completing their studies and become competitive by demonstrating work experience in the challenging employment market. Read George’s posts on USE website.
12/09/2013
Our Psychology graduates can apply for registration to the HCPC and officially receive the title of Practitioner Psychologist
Further to the legislation of Acts passed in October 2012 in Greece our psychology graduates are now eligible to recognise their degrees as well as gain professional rights and work officially with the regulated title of ‘Psychologist’ in Greece. All our Bachelor alumni from the Psychology Department have eligibility to be licensed as ‘psychologists’, if they have extended their training at postgraduate level and/or have acquired further practical experience that can be documented, and, thus, to make use of the title 'psychologist' in Greece by first applying to the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), the British regulating organisation. Applicants that meet HCPC’s requirements and succeed in becoming registered ‘Practitioner Counselling Psychologists’ may then proceed to transfer their professional rights to Greece and acquire their license. HCPC is a regulating organisation in the UK set up to protect the public. The Council keeps a register of health and care professionals who meet high standards for their training, professional skills, behaviour and health. Any graduate that becomes registered practitioner psychologist by HCPC be eligible to work and practice the profession of psychologist and legally use the protected title of ‘practitioner psychologist’ in the UK and in Greece (or any other European country). He/she will have the same employment rights as holders of Greek public university degrees. Ms. Athanasia Halatzouka We are proud to report the first case of a graduate of the University of Sheffield International Faculty, CITY College, Ms. Athanasia Halatzouka, who became a registered ‘Practitioner Counselling Psychologist’ by HCPC after her successful application and is currently in the process to recognise her degree in Greece to officially acquire the professional title of ‘psychologist’. Athanasia completed the BSc in Psychology at the International Faculty, CITY College and furthered her knowledge by specialising in counselling psychology with the MSc in Counselling Psychology course offered by our Psychology Department, graduating in 2006. For the last three years she has her own office and works as ‘mental health professional’ in Thessaloniki practicing systemic psychotherapy and counselling. She also works at our research centre, SEERC. We believe this is a very important development for our psychology graduates and we encourage them to follow the required procedures in order to recognise their degrees and become licensed ‘psychologists’ in Greece. For further information graduates may contact Academic Director of Postgraduate Studies in our Psychology Department at ssavvidou@citycollege.sheffield.eu or at 2310-224421, 224521 or Mr. Evaggelos Ergen, Head of Administration at ergen@citycollege.sheffield.eu or at 2310 275575, 224186. Example of HCPC Certificate
06/09/2013
SEERC PhD Candidate participates in Global Workshop in New Delhi, India
Our alumnus and currently PhD student and research associate at our research centre, SEERC, Mr Adrian Solomon travelled to New Delhi, India on 8-9th August 2013 together with another colleague from the university, Dr Andrea Genovese, in order to attend a workshop on Next Generation Sustainable Freight Transportation in the framework of the NEX-GIFT project, in which the University of Sheffield is the lead partner. The NEX-GIFT project is closely related with the aims of Mr Solomon’s PhD thesis. For this reason, Dr Alok Choudhary and Prof. Panayiotis Ketikidis, the main PhD supervisor of Mr Solomon from SEERC, suggested that he took part in this global project where he would have the opportunity to become exposed to international, high quality best practices from the freight transportation field and he would get the opportunity to visit other academic institutions and network with experts and peers from this sector. The team prepared and delivered a presentation about the status of green freight transportation in the UK as compared to USA and India. Additionally, the team had to engage the workshop participants in interactive discussions and collect the emerged best practices. Furthermore, during the networking sessions, Mr Adrian Solomon discussed the topic of his PhD “Knowledge Based Simulation Framework for Resilient Green Supply Chain - Freight Transportation in South Eastern Europe” and highly stressed the importance of his research for the progress of the South East European region as well as the importance of the efforts of TUOS International Faculty and SEERC for the same purpose. The participants were highly impressed by the collaboration between the University of Sheffield and its International Faculty, CITY College and SEERC and admired the internationalisation efforts, as well as the remarkable opportunities provided to early stage PhD students. Mr. Solomon’s participation in this workshop was fully supported by the University of Sheffield through the NEX-GIFT project and so will be his participation in two forthcoming workshops in Sheffield-UK and Philadelphia-USA. Adrian commented on his experience in New Delhi: “Being offered the opportunity to participate to such an international event, even from the first year of my PhD, was more than just an exceptional educational opportunity which SEERC and the University of Sheffield offered me. It was a ground-breaking experience which significantly helped my PhD research by providing me further knowledge in my field and by exposing me to global practitioners from the logistics field, as well as from academia and policy making. I am highly thankful to my PhD supervisors for offering me this opportunity and for enabling all the mechanisms for me to take the best out of it, since acting local by thinking global may be one of the key success factors of nowadays research, industry and government issues. To this end, SEERC, the International Faculty, CITY College, and the University of Sheffield have always excelled in offering me a great deal of support even during my undergraduate studies (through early engagement in funded research opportunities, funded conferences, etc) and this is why my belief that pursuing a PhD at SEERC would help me take the best out of this excellent environment has already been confirmed through this project. I am really looking forward to participating on the next two workshops where I will be able to present the progress of my PhD”.
27/08/2013
2013 European Entrepreneurship Summer School at the International Faculty
Exploring Entrepreneurship at the Heart of the European Economy 19-23 August 2013, Thessaloniki, Greece Entitled “Exploring Entrepreneurship at the Heart of the European Economy” the European Entrepreneurship Summer School took place with great success at the University of Sheffield International Faculty. CITY College, 19-23 August 2013. All participants of the 2013 edition of the European Entrepreneurship Summer School were warmly welcomed on at our main campus in Thessaloniki, Greece. Prof. Alexander Chepurenko, Higher School of Economics The Summer School delegates comprised 38 students from seven European universities representing 13 different nationalities, ten presenters from five universities, amongst them Professor Aard Groen, University of Twente and Prof. Alexander Chepurenko, Higher School of Economics (HSE) and five coordinators from each partner institution. Also, a successful entrepreneur Mr. Christos Papanikolaou, Owner and CEO of OPTO Hellas addressed as keynote speaker the students at a formal dinner which took place on Thursday, 22 August. The European Entrepreneurship Summer School is a collaboration between the Higher School of Economics (Russia), University of Twente (Holland), University of Sheffield (UK) and CITY College-International Faculty of the University of Sheffield (Greece). The programme is taught in English and is addressed to at bachelor and master students from partner and non-partner universities. The Summer School included a variety of lectures by experts and practitioners, discussions, and workshops, as well as a number of cultural and social activities in Thessaloniki. Students had the opportunity to develop an understanding and discuss topics related to Entrepreneurship & Public Policy, High Growth Entrepreneurship, Lifestyle Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship and the Crisis, among others. The programme is designed to promote students’ active participation in all the discussions and practical exercises. Participating students worked in groups with members from a range of other countries, subject areas and expertise. Representatives from the University of Sheffield, UK included Dr. Tim Vorley and Dr. Nick Williams, Lecturers in Entrepreneurship, Management School, University of Sheffield, UK and Ms. Maria Barluenga Enterprise Learning Development Officer at the University of Sheffield Enterprise (USE). Dr. Lambros Lazuras, Lecturer at the Faculty’s Psychology Department Representing TUOS International Faculty Prof. Panayiotis Ketikidis, Vice Principal of the International Faculty, Dr. Dimitrios Nikolaidis, Head of the Business Administration and Economics Department of the International Faculty, Mr. Nikos Zaharis, Director of the Faculty’s research centre, SEERC, Dr. Lambros Lazuras Lecturer at the Faculty’s Psychology Department and Mr Andreas Bofinger, Researcher, held presentations on their field of expertise during the Summer School. Visit at the Domaine Gerovassiliou During their visit in Thessaloniki participants visited Domaine Gerovasiliou, one of the most famous wineries of Greece and had the chance to get a flavour of the Greek wine culture. Group presentation by students The Summer School concluded with a group presentation at the end of week. Photo gallery from the 2013 European Entrepreneurship Summer School
21/08/2013
New Undergraduate Programmes in Computer Science
Keeping up with the latest trends, our Computer Science Department introduces two new programmes recently added to its undergraduate portfolio: The BSc (Hons) in Computer Science (Internet Computing) and the BSc (Hons) in Computer Science (Business Informatics). Computer Science is an exciting, challenging and dynamic discipline. These two innovative programmes give students the opportunity to acquire - starting from an undergraduate level- specialized knowledge and skills of the most advanced theories and techniques currently under consideration. The programmes will be offered at our main campus in Thessaloniki, Greece. More information about the programmes Admissions period now open! Contact our Admissions Office for more information about the tuition fees and scholarship opportunities for academic year 2013-14
15/07/2013
New Postgraduate Programme in Digital Marketing and Social Media
Keeping up with the latest trends in marketing field, our Business Administration & Economics Department (BAED) introduces a new postgraduate programme recently added to its postgraduate portfolio: the MA in Digital Marketing and Social Media.
15/07/2013
Congratulations to Ms. Dialechti Fotopoulou
Congratulations to Ms Dialechti Fotopoulou, PhD student at our research centre, SEERC, for successfully defending her PhD entitled ‘The Impact of Foreign Higher Education on Management Practices: The Case of MBAs in Greece’. Ms. Fotopoulou’s supervisors are Dr Alexandros Psychogios, Senior Lecturer at the International Faculty’s Business Department and Prof. Geoffrey Wood, Professor in Human Resource Management at the Management School of the University of Sheffield.
11/07/2013
Annual MBA Study Week at the University of Sheffield
In June-July 2013 our Executive MBA students of Cohort 20 from Thessaloniki, Belgrade, Bucharest, Kyiv and Istanbul visited the University of Sheffield in the UK for the Annual Study Week. Like every year the study week was a mix of classes, seminars, company visit activities, free time and exciting outings for the first year MBA students.
11/07/2013
BAED participates in 'Strategica International Conference' in Bucharest
Lecturers and postgraduate students from our Business Administration & Economics Department (BAED) participated in the first edition of the Strategica International Academic Conference that took place in Bucharest, Romania, representing the International Faculty. The event took place at the National University of Political and Administrative Studies, June 27-28, 2013.
08/07/2013
Our research centre, SEERC, among top research organizations in Greece
According to the ranking recently published by ResearchRanking.org, our research centre, the South East European Research Centre (SEERC) ranks number 18 among the top 50 Greek public and private research organisations, outnumbering many well-reputed Greek universities.
08/07/2013
Graduation party 2013
Graduation is a time to celebrate! On 21 June graduates of year 2013 celebrated the conclusion of their studies and said ‘goodbye’ with a party organised by our Students’ Union (CSU). The graduation party was held at ‘Les Zazous’ Bar restaurant in Thessaloniki.
02/07/2013
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