INTRODUCTION

 

IMPROvE-AGRO is an EU funded project under Key Action 2: ‘Capacity-Building in the Field of Higher Education’ of the Erasmus+ Programme.

 

The project is aiming at strengthening regional cooperation in the area of educating specialists for Agriculture and Forestry via internationalizing Master programmes and development of inter-institutional partnership. The project will integrate the efforts of universities and companies in Germany, Greece, UK, Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. The goal of the project is: to contribute to modernization and to increase the quality and availability of higher education in Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia via internationalizing Master programmes in Agriculture and Forestry, by bringing them to the EU quality standards, introducing English Medium Instruction (EMI) and blended.

 

To that end, the following specific objectives are set:

 1. Contribute to development of a new model for internationalizing Master programmes in the area of Agriculture and Forestry, based on English Medium Instruction (EMI) and blended learning delivery.

2.      Enhance teaching capacities at the PC HEIs via staff development and modernization of teaching resources, using a multidisciplinary approach.

3.      Design a trans-institutional e-platform for master students to improve access to teaching/learning resources internationally.

4.      Create potential for internationalization via increasing international academic mobility.

• The Specific Project Objectives (SPO):
  

 

1. Develop a new model for internationalizing graduate programs in the area of Agriculture and Forestry based on English Medium Instruction (EMI) and blended learning delivery.
2. Enhance teaching capacities at the PC HEIs via re-training staff and modernizing teaching resources using a multidisciplinary approach.
3. Design a multi-lingual e-learning capacity for master students to improve access to teaching/learning resources internationally.
4. Develop and introduce new modules into the PC HEIs’ masters’ curricula, to be delivered via English Medium Instruction (EMI) and blended learning, in accord with the EU quality standards.
5. Create potential for internationalization via increasing international academic mobility.