What’s your function at Université Paris Cité in reference to Circle U. ?
I play the function of “interface” between the Circle U. Group at Université Paris Cité and my very own division. Since 2016, along with one other colleague, we’re answerable for Worldwide Relations for our personal division. Particularly, I’m accountable for the Worldwide Relations for our Grasp of Science Programme in Chemistry. I assist our grasp college students discover an internship overseas and I accompany them alongside their administrative journey. My colleague does the identical for the scholars of the bachelor diploma programme. I present my division with any data associated to the alliance and reply to their questions. I additionally put them involved with the best individual on the central administration ought to they’ve a selected query or drawback to be addressed. I’m additionally the coordinator for the actions within the Empowering Analysis and Innovation Motion (ERIA) mission in work bundle that entails Citizens and Society in research and innovation.
Why did you get entangled?
I bought concerned as a result of I strongly consider within the European Union ambition of making a typical European College. In the middle of my profession, I had the chance to dwell in several international locations: Italy, america, the UK, France and Switzerland the place I had the possibility to do my analysis but additionally to review. These experiences modified my life, not solely when it comes to information of international languages (which is apparent) however particularly as a result of they allowed me to expertise totally different views, and navigate totally different cultures. That is primarily why I bought concerned: to assist present college students to take pleasure in the identical alternatives and even higher alternatives.
Why did you reply to the seed-funding name?
The Listing Board of our Grasp Programme has all the time promoted the internationalisation of our college students when it comes to intervals spent overseas (examine and internship mobility) particularly, however not completely, throughout the Circle U. alliance. So when my colleagues and I heard about this opportunity we thought it might be an ideal likelihood to develop the internationalisation of our Grasp Programme throughout the framework of Circle U.
What’s the goal of the mission?
The objective of the mission is to succeed in 4 companions throughout the Circle U. alliance, specifically the departments of chemistry on the College of Pisa, College of Belgrade, Aarhus College, and at UCLouvain. The objective of every journey is twofold. Firstly, we meet the listing board of their grasp programmes in chemistry to confirm if the programme is appropriate with ours when it comes to educational calendar, quantity and forms of instructing items, variety of ECTS related to every instructing unit, chance to do an internship and so on… The second objective is to fulfill the native college students, particularly those that are finishing their bachelor’s diploma. This allows us to advertise our personal grasp programme and to tell them that they will be a part of us by way of the SMARTS-UP scholarship, for instance or just by way of a examine or an internship mobility.
How does the mission result in new analysis or instructional alternatives ?
The programme allowed us to debate with our counterparts within the international locations mentionned, which then led to the creation of 4 bilateral ERASMUS+ agreements particularly addressed to the scholars of our division. We’re additionally working with our worldwide colleagues to develop a joint instructing unit which is named “Worldwide Collaborative Analysis Challenge”. This instructing unit is obligatory for our second 12 months grasp college students. It teaches them the way to write and submit a European mission funding proposal on a topic assigned by the academics, after which to defend it in entrance of a jury. The concept is to contain our worldwide companions and their college students to create teams of scholars coming from totally different international locations, a scenario which is way nearer to the truth of worldwide mission funding.
What are the subsequent steps?
Within the fast future, the objective will likely be to extend the variety of joint instructing items, utilizing the hybrid (presence and distant connexion) format. Ideally, we wish to create a joint grasp programme involving as many companions as attainable, although we all know this can be very difficult, particularly from an administrative perspective. Finally, this may strongly contribute to the alliance as a result of it can strengthen scientific and instructing collaboration between companions.
Prof Mattana wish to thank all of the colleagues who’ve contributed to the mission notably, the Listing Board of the ‘Frontiers in Chemistry’ Grasp Programme in addition to the companions Listing Boards of the Grasp Programmes in Chemistry and Bioengineering.
