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YOUREUROPEANSTUDYEXPERIENCE
Presented by Prof. Dr. Lutz Graeve at Warsaw
Agricultural University 2006/10/25
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ELLS is the
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ELLS is a quality network of leading European
universities cooperating in the fields of

• Natural Resource Management
• Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
• Life Sciences
• Animal Sciences
• Food Nutrition Sciences
• Environmental Sciences
• Social and Economic Sciences

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The aim of the network is to give
students international experience and to enhance
their chances on the global job market by
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• Joint teaching and learning
• Student and lecturer mobility
• Joint study programmes
• Quality assurance and benchmarking

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ELLS activities and benefits for you

• Summer schools
• ICT and distant learning projects
• Mutual recognition of study courses
• Joint curricula and Master programmes
• ELLS scholarships
• Simple procedures for student exchange
• Easily accessible information

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History of ELLS
September 2001 Letter of Intent December
2002 Signing of the Memorandum of
Understanding November 2003 Adoption of the
Policy Document February 2004 ELLS-Conference on
Internationalisation and Quality Assurance,
University of Hohenheim Guidelines for Subject
Areas June 2004 ELLSNA Conference on
Transatlantic Cooperation in Education,
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois July 2005 Accession
of CUA and SGGW October 2005 ELLS-Conference on
The ELLS Concept of Life Sciences, SLU
Uppsala June 2006 ELLSNA Conference on
Transatlantic Cooperation in Education, KVL
Copenhagen
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Structure of ELLS
Board of Rectors Current chair UHOH
Euroleague Student Association ELSA
Euroleague For Life Sciences
Task Force Current chair UHOH
Support Teams IRO QA ICT
Subject Areas
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Subject Area
Definition

• ELLS joint activities are developed and
  implemented by the Subject Areas which
  concentrate on a thematic subject

• For each Subject Area a lead university is
  designated with the responsibility of
  coordinating the jointly developed activities

• At the annual meeting of Board, Task Force and
  Subject Areas coordinators an activity plan and
  the achieved progress is reported.

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Guidelines for Subject Areas

• Formation process of subject areas is a stepwise
  procedure
• proposal of a subject area
• preliminary approval by the Task Force
• 1 year pilot phase
• final approval as ELLS subject area

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Criteria for Subject Areas

• societal relevance and European dimension

• educational need important field of knowledge/
• innovative/interdisciplinary field

• added value complementing competence,
  improvement of education of the ELLS partners

• participation of at least 3 ELLS universities

• no extension of study period/ mutual recognition
  of ELLS study courses by all ELLS universities

• operational efficiency

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List of Subject Areas
Animal Science Biostatistics/Bioinformatics Envi
ronmental Science Forestry Horticulture Insect
ecology GIS/ICT Organic Agriculture Safety in
the Food Chain Economics and Management
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Quality assurance

• Quality assurance is implemented at all member
  universities
• The systems and the design of the processes are
  quite different
• Development of common criteria for evaluation of
  summer schools and master
  courses
• Development of admission criteria for ELLS MSc
  courses

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IRO project ELLS framework for joint MSc
programmes

• The admission regulations, study course
  establishment procedures and legal requirements
  are quite different at the ELLS universities
• IRO compile a comprehensive overview of academic,
  legal, administrative and financial issues to
  identify constraints
• Manual for planning and implementing joint ELLS
  MSc programmes Golden Rules

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InformationCommunicationTechnology in education
and research

• Support for Subject Areas in ICT
• Video conferences for Subject Areas, Task Force
  and Board
• Overview of available ICT tools advantages and
  disadvantages
• Solving of technical barriers between partner
  universities
• Formulate policies on the use of ICT in education
  and research within ELLS

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Current Activities
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ELLS intensive courses 2006
Quality in international horticultural
production chains 3/4-14/4 SGGW Organic
livestock farming 24/5-21/6 UHOH Natural
disaster prevention and reduction with emphasis
on floods and droughts 21/6-29/6 CUA Participat
ory forest policy planning and management 1/6-1/
9 SLU Soil-plant-microbe interactions
Fundamentals and applications 27/6-7/7 BOKU Pa
thogens, parasites and their hosts Ecology,
molecular interactions and evolution 17/7-2/8 U
HOH
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ELLS intensive courses 2006 continued
European field excursion in environmental
science (EFEES) 31/7-19/8 SLU Experimental
assessment of changes in soil organic matter
pools in Mountain forests 22/9-30/9 BOKU
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Summerschool Pathogens, Parasites and their
Hosts
Ecology, Molecular Interactions and Evolution of
Animals, Plants and their Antagonists
University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany July 17
- August 4, 2006
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Interactions between trophic levels
Hosts
Pathogens/parasites
animals plants
parasitoids herbivores parasites bacteria
viruses

• How do they meet?
• Host resistance?
• Overcoming host resistance?
• Coevolution?

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Where when
- University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
- Lectures, seminars, practical courses
excursions - Duration three weeks - July 17 -
August 4, 2006 - 6 ECTS - Please check
www.euroleague-study.org
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Joint Curricula and Joint Master Programmes
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SAFETY IN THE FOOD CHAIN
University of Ljubljana
W. Kneifel S. Apprich
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The Food Chain Perspective
Soil science
Envir. factors
Pesticides
Biolog. agents
Storage
Fertilizers
Nutritive value
Transport
Information
Microbial production
Agrochemicals
Safety operations
Sell-by date
Plant production
Processing
Distribution
Consumer
Organic
Animal production
Training
Utility factors Water, Steam Air, Packaging,
Buildings
Vet. drugs
Feed additives
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Employment fields Enterprises of the food
supply chain National and international food
safety agencies and authorities, EC Food and
feed producing companies Distributors Consultants
etc.
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Common structure of MSc SIFC

• Duration 2 years, 120 ECTS
• Structure 4 module blocks 30 ECTS each
• A Basic subjects in food safety
• B Special subjects in food safety, 2 B module
  blocks mandatory (one at home university)
• C Master thesis

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Find more details about contents and structure
ofMSc Safety in the Food Chain at www.safetyin
thefoodchain.com
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ENVEURO

• Joint European Master
• in
• Environmental Science
• Soil, Water and Biodiversity the European
  Approach
• KVL SLU BOKU UHOH

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General structure of the MSc ENVEURO
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www.euroleague-study.org
provides general information about ELLS and a
survey of study programmes