On 11 December, 2014, Vilnius University and UAB “CSC Baltic” began their official partnership by signing a bilateral cooperation agreement.

I am Sintija Kivlina, a fourth-year student of Cultural Management in VU Kaunas Faculty of Humanities. During my third year of studies I went to Middlesex University in London via Erasmus Student Exchange Programme. I am very proud of this fact since it encapsulates an incredible experience I had.

The people I met in that miraculous Island have brought fresh and new breeze into my daily life. On the other hand, this trip tested me on some challenging occasions when I had to make rational and immediate decisions alone.

If being honest, I made my decision to apply for the programme a day before the deadline. I thought to myself: “nothing ventured, nothing gained in London”. And I did it: two months later I was in London, Middlesex University.

I was excited since I did not know what the destiny had in store for me – I was about to live alone for six months without the people I knew. I also felt a bit concerned about courses on politics which were carried out in English. Yes, politics! Yet, now I can confirm, it sounds worse than it actually was. It was very useful to attend such lectures where the targets for discussion were the EU, global, economic, educational and ecologic problems.

I was relieved that the lecturers regarded me, a student of Cultural Management, and other „erasmusers“, very positively and thoughtfully, always considering the fact that we had never had any courses on politics in our curriculum. Yet, over time I came to understand that through these courses my days were becoming more and more interesting, loaded with new information and knowledge.

This at first alien environment became so homely to me that I did not even notice how my studies in London came to an end. Every day London offered me something new and enriching. I made friends with locals, as well as foreigners from exotic countries. For the first time in my life I spent so many hours in a library. The reasons might be the load of work I had to do for studies and the environment itself. You could almost live in that library: it was open 24/7!

It is difficult to name the greatest advantage of Erasmus studies… On top of it all, this experience changes the way people perceive the environment, strengthens your values and tests you on various occasions.

If there are still those who doubt about this venture, please answer yourselves: “If not now, when?” The essential thing is to be open for new challenges!

From 1 to 11 December, we invite everyone to bring their used books to the faculty – let us bring those books back to life by donating them to the Lithuanian communities located outside the Lithuanian boarders.

We invite all who “joined their paddles“ and participated in a historical trip in kayaks from Vilnius to Kaunas, as well as those who supported the adventurers, to remember the best moments of the Regatta and reunite once more on 26 November (Wednesday) 5pm in the Council Hall (Lith. Tarybos menė).

Join us!  We will remember how we “paddled our way” to Kaunas to bring the Light of Vilnius University.

On September 16–17, 2014, Head of the Department of the German Language and a professor at the Dicle University (Diyarbakir, Turkey) Mehmet Sıraç İnan paid a visit to Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty of Humanities on the basis of Erasmus Exchange.

The Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies that includes the Cultural Management study program pays constant attention to the quality of the study process and is in search for more diverse possibilities when it comes to students’ practice. Professor Virginija Jurėnienė and Associate Professor Aistė Urbonienė are sure that the cross-European opportunity provided by the Erasmus program is a perfect way to not only deepen one’s professional knowledge and acquire new skills, but also get acquainted with another country’s culture and broaden the outlook.

This autumn marks the 50^th anniversary for the only Vilnius University faculty in a different city, i.e. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities (VU KFH). The Faculty’s community who have cherished the Alma Mater traditions in Kaunas since 1964 will meet this anniversary in an unconventional way. On October 14-16, an anniversary regatta “Keep swimming” (Lith. “Nelauk plauk!”) will be taking place: http://www.khf.vu.lt/apie-fakulteta/vu-khf-50.

The Faculty has received good news from Nordplus Higher Education and Nordplus Horizontal Programmes: two of the Faculty’s projects that include Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty of Humanities as both coordinator and partner have been approved funding for 2014-2016.