> 50 years OeAD | 17.11.2011

In its anniversary conference the OeAD dedicates itself to its changeful success story but also to central topics that will determine the future of internationalisation and education. Central actors of the last few decades will talk about the establishment and development, goals and mission (1961-1974), about conflicts with the Student Union and financial problems (1975-1986), about consolidation and new tasks (1987-2005) and finally about the change from the ÖAD association to a limited liability company (GmbH) (2006-2011).
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> OeAD AlumniTalks | 2.12.2011

Former OeAD scholars present & discuss their personal and professional experiences before and after their stay in Austria.
Our guest will be Dr. Steve Omondi Odour, Kenya: "Impact of changes in rainfall patterns on the flamingo populations in two Kenyan Rift Valley lakes".
In case you are an OeAD alumni and you come back to Austria, please get in touch with us. We will be pleased to invite you as our next guest!
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> Exchange of views: International students show their personal view of Vienna

The Exchange of Views is a photo project. The aim of the project is to depict a personal view of the city of Vienna from the perspective of international students. The photos will be presented in an exhibition at the OeAD.
You are invited to record moments in Vienna, to take photos of sections from your environment or details of how you cope with everyday life in the city.
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> Welcome Day | 20.10.2011

On 20 October 2011, the second Welcome Day at the new OeAD House took place. Aim of this event was to provide the new incoming scholars with relevant information and to give them an opportunity get to know each other.
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> Appear: Call for submissions

The objective of appear (Austrian Partnership Programme in Higher Education and Research for Development) is to strengthen institutional capacities in higher education, research and management in the key regions of the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) through academic partnerships with Austrian academic institutions and Master's and PhD programmes as a contribution to sustainable reduction of poverty. The third call for proposals will close on 31 December 2011.
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> Appear: Project portfolio

PROSOWO – Promotion of Professional Social Work towards Social Development and Poverty Reduction in East Africa
This appear project was successfully launched with a kick-off meeting in Dar es Salaam in March 2011, which served as a platform to establish common ground, discuss the research agenda and plan the realization of the first project activities. These activities included the development of questionnaires and interview guidelines designed to elicit data from a variety of target groups (e.g. social work practitioners, educators, students, experts) in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda. The project was furthermore presented at the first International Social Work Symposium of the University of Nairobi.
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> ERAfrica: Second News Bulletin published and online

"New Knowledge Partnerships" is the slogan of ERAfrica which aims to serve as a template for interactions between Europe and Africa in the field of science and technology research, and as a model for future cooperative ventures between the two continents.
Besides from general information about ERAfrica the second edition of the News Bulletin gives insights into latest developments and future prospects of ERAfrica and answers the most frequently asked questions.
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> The Kef annual report 2010

The Commission for Development Studies (KEF) at the OeAD-GmbH obtains a bridging function in uniting scientific questions with development-political objectives. The basic idea is to embed the development-political approach into the realm of science and research. KEF thus perceives itself as a multi- and interdisciplinary platform for all persons and institutions occupied with scientific questions of development cooperation (DC), as well as part of the European and global scientific community. Since 1989 the KEF has been publishing annual reports. In concise form they summarise the most important positions, budgetary development, as well as events and activities within the reference period and describe the contents and objectives of KEF projects.
>> The annual report 2010 for download

> ERASMUS MUNDUS – application for courses open now

Applications for ERASMUS MUNDUS Masters Courses and ERASMUS MUNDUS Doctoral Programmes for the academic year 2012/13 are open now. ERASMUS MUNDUS master students can apply for a scholarship up to 48.000 Euros, ERASMUS MUNDUS PhD students can apply for a scholarship up to 129.900 Euros. Deadlines for the applications are expected to end by December 2011. More information can be found on the new ERASMUS MUNDUS students website
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> ERASMUS MUNDUS - new website

The ERASMUS MUNDUS students website is especially created for interested students wishing to gain information about the ERASMUS MUNDUS Masters Courses and ERASMUS MUNDUS Joint Doctoral Programmes. It displays general information about the ERASMUS MUNDUS programme, gives an overview over scholarships and offers an information folder as download
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> EDULINK Conference | 26. – 28. October 2011, Brussels

The joint conference on EDULINK and ACP Science and Technology took place in Brussels from 26. - 28. October 2011. Stakeholders have been invited to present their projects, to talk about challenges they have faced and results that have already been achieved. The online EDULINK compendium provides an overview of all 66 EDULINK projects that have been selected so far. At the conference topics of high interest to participants in both programmes such as sustainability, effective institutional networks and successful partnerships were discussed. Furthermore issues of technical and financial reporting were touched upon as well. The next EDULINK call is expected by the end of this year.
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> New: Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme

The Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme promotes cooperation between higher education institutions (HEIs) and supports mobility in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) regions. The programme aims to increase access to quality education that will encourage and enable ACP students to undertake postgraduate studies, and to promote student retention in the region along with mobility of staff (academic and administrative), while increasing the competitiveness and attractiveness of the institutions themselves.
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> OeAD Lectureship Programme: Experiences by a lecturer

Elisabeth Wielander was an OeAD lecturer at Aston University in Birmingham, Great Britain for the last four years. After her four-year lectureship in the UK, she can look back on one of the most enriching and valuable sections of her professional and personal life. >> read her whole report (only in German)