On 26 March 2021, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences is organizing International Scientific Conference “SOCIETY. TECHNOLOGY. SECURITY”. The aim of the conference is to stimulate discussion and provide a platform for researchers to share ideas on recent trends and developments in disciplines such as secure society and secure technologies.

Beāte Putniņa is studying in the Tourism Strategic Management program. She is currently using Erasmus+ opportunities and studying at Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia. Beāte says Erasmus is not for everyone - why? Read the interview and find the answers!

Līna Petrova, a 3rd-year student of Tourism Organization and Management at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, has gone for an exchange study period to sunny and carefree Portugal. She likes to talk about the most exciting adventures, the people who inspired Līna to go for exchange studies, and whether the studies take place on-site at her chosen Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the beginning of February, the students of the study programme “Wooden Houses and Eco-Building” who are now already graduates defended their final theses at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences. Graduate Niks Samauskis had developed his work with special care. The topic and quality of his qualification work surprised also the professionals. In his work, Niks focused on “The new production building of "Byko-lat” Ltd.”.

In the spring semester of the academic year 2020/2021, six students from France and Spain study at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences in the framework of the exchange program. Students who have arrived at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences acquire the following professions in their countries – computer science, programming, tourism and leisure, business and administration, tourism management, and others.

Within the framework of the project “Simulation Games in Strategic Communication” (SimGames), from February 1 to 3, Vilnius University in cooperation with partners from Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences and University of Tartu organized an online training with the aim to develop lecturers' skills in communication studies.