From 24 to 28 July, the University Centre for Foreign Languages (UCJO) hosted students from YUFE partner universities in Antwerp, Rijeka and Cyprus, as well as students of the Faculty of Law and Administration and the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, who took part in the onsite part of the blended intensive language course entitled:"English for Entrepreneurship", implemented as part of the+ BIP program.
The five-day stay in Toruń is a follow-up of the online part, which was run from 6 March to 7June by UCJO lecturers: Kamila Szczepanowska, Joanna Ososińska-Ciechomska, and Agnieszka Pawlikowska.
Lecturers from partner YUFE Universities and YUFE language centers were invited to participate in the project by the Course Coordinator - Kamila Szczepanowska. Classes in Toruń were taught by: Mikko Hill from the University of Eastern Finland, Stephanie Hughes from the University of Antwerp, Andreas Athanasiades from the University of Cyprus and Ivana Edmonds from the University of Rijeka. As part of the project, students in international teams developed the concept of their own startups and learnt how to correctly write a business agreement in English.
The project was implemented with the support of the Centre for Academic Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer of the Nicolaus Copernicus University and in connection with the Inno4YUFE project.
Tekst: Kamila Szczepanowska