6th VoiceS-Conference: European Teachers Network - Conference "Get Connected" - A short review

 

 

VoiceS Conference (c by University of Milan Bicocca)

23th – 24th of Mai 2019 – The 6th VoiceS-Conference "Get Connected" at the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy was a big success: A large number of international colleagues from all over Europe stayed in Milano from Mai 23th – 24th to strengthen existing cooperation, to explore new ways of collaboration and to boost internationalization.

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Provisional Programme 6th Conference

Wednesday 22 May 2019

Steering group

16.00 Welcome
Coordinator Henny Oude Maatman (Saxion University of Applied Sciences, NL)
Caffè break
19.30 Dinner at Harry’s bar

Thursday 23 May 2019

9.00 Registration
9.30 Opening Piano Concert Prof. Emanuele Ferrari (University of Milan Bicocca)
10.15 Words of welcome Prof. Maria Grazia Riva, Director of the Department of Human Sciences
10.30 -11. 15 “The Connective teacher” Lecture Prof. Ellen van den Berg (Saxion University of Applied Sciences, NL)
11.15 to 11.45 Coffee break
11.45. 12.30 “From University to schools” Lecture Prof. Elisabetta Nigris
12.30 to 14.00 Lunch buffet
14.00-15.30 Parallel Workshops (presentation of pre-school, primary and secondary experiences)
Coffee break
16.00 Short presentation of Prof. Edmee Suasso “Duch connecting of teacher training and primary schools”
16.30 to 18.00 Parallel workshops (discussion about problems and solutions of novice teachers)
18.15 Bicocca Walking Tour
20.00 Dinner

Friday 24th May 2019

9.00 to 12.30 Visiting Italian schools (guided by a colleagues of the university)
13.00 to 14.30 Lunch (free choise)
14.30 to 15.30 Presentation of Ben Snijders and Paul Glaser “Dancing with the enemy”
15.30 to 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 to 16.30 Summing up: members of each group of the parallel workshops will pitch the outcomes of the group.
16.30 to 17.00 Next Steps Henny Oude Maatman (Saxion University of Applied Sciences, NL)
17.45 Closing the meeting Prof. Lilia Teruggi, Prof. Franca Zuccoli e Prof. Malatesta (University of Milan Bicocca)
18.30 Visiting exhibition of Anselm Kiefer in Hangar Bicocca
19.30 Dinner Hangar Bicocca

Accomodation and Travel to the 6th Conference

 

The following three hotels are recommended for the conference:

  • Hotel degli Arcimboldi (discounts are only available on direct request to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
  • Bicocca University Residence (in the Building U 12)
  • Residenza Cenisio Milan
    Details can be found in the PDF file: List of recommended hotels (pdf)

How to get to the conference

Things to do in Milan

University of Milano-Bicocca - A new University founded on research

VoiceS Conference (c by University of Milan Bicocca

The University of Milano-Bicocca was founded with the goal of making research, understood as the expansion of knowledge and training skills, as a way of connecting with the local territory, and as a means of contributing to the development of the productive system.
The University has stable and strong links with the business world and devotes particular attention to the local context in which it is set, whilst giving high priority to the international dimension.
In just a few years important results have been achieved as the high number of citations obtained at the international level by the publications of teachers and researchers.
In the Times Higher Education rankings for 2012 dedicated to the hundred universities established less than 50 years ago, the University of Milano-Bicocca was ranked 25th in the world, and 1st in Italy, and 8 out of 14 departments are defined “of excellence”.
Bicocca offers a wide range of degree courses in Economics-Statistics, Law, Medicine, Phycology, Science, Sociology and Education. The available training offered includes: 32 Bachelor’s Degree courses, 36 Master’s Degree courses and 5 Long-cycle Master’s Degree courses (5 or 6 years).
It is an inclusive university which shares, respects and protects diversity, as one of its main values.

History

In 1998 the old buildings of the Pirelli factory were turned into a state of the art complex including: extremely modern research laboratories, big study areas and common areas for students. A unique university campus in Italy with its 28 buildings spread all over Milan, Monza and the Maldives. In less than 10 years, the Campus quickly took shape and form. All the buildings were brought into play, with classrooms and laboratories, and many services for students were developed.
Since 1998 the University has built the future, turned its district around, and trained young students to become informed adults ready for the real world. The growth of the Campus, which has become an integral part of the surrounding area, continues today with new projects, the development of student residences and the steady improvement of services and infrastructures.

A multidisciplinary University

Today, the University of Milan-Bicocca University is a multidisciplinary institution that trains professionals in various disciplines: economics, law, science, technology, medicine, statistics, sociology, psychology and pedagogy.
Teaching is divided into 66 courses in seven broad areas: economics/statistics, law, medicine, psychology, sociology, pedagogy.
With the entry into force of the new statute on June 7, 2012, activity has been reorganized into 16 departments in which more than 900 professors and researchers and about 1,500 post-graduates in training (students, residents and fellows) carry out research and teaching. There are 33,000 enrolled students, of which over 2484 are international.
Student orientation is continuous during the course of study with guidance and tutoring and, after graduation, with job activity placements and internships that lead to the world of work and prepare students to meet companies in the best way possible.

The importance of the international dimension

Our university teaches its students to seize the world’s opportunities and not to be frightened to confront them and put themselves out there.
Internationalisation, in coordination with research strategies, is realized via 358 agreements with institutions in 41 countries which represent an important instrument for mobility of students, researchers and teachers. Dual degree programs are active with non-EU and EU Countries (France, Russia, United States, Argentina, Cuba).
In 2011, on the island of Magoodhoo in the Maldives, the MaRHE Center was opened. This center is dedicated to frontier research on coral reefs and the sustainability of the marine environment. It hosts also an International Master.

Culture, services and sport

Cultural activity is very intense with dozens of conferences, debates, exhibitions, concerts (amongst other things the University has a choir and three orchestras in which enrolment is free), which are always open to the public and local residents.
The campus is easily accessed by main lines of communication and transport. There is a nursery, and a Kindergarten coordinated directly by the Department of Educational Sciences, which is also open to the children of students, and spaces and services for the disabled.
For students coming from outside Milan (almost 16 per cent of students come from other regions), there are two large residences with furnished apartments, study areas, kitchens and areas for recreation. For sport there is a fitness centre, a gym-hall with basketball and volleyball courts and agreements with local major sports areas of such as Bicocca Stadium that has tennis courts and athletics tracks.

A modern and efficient campus

The campus consists of 25 modern buildings that span a total area of 290,000 square meters, distributed between the city center and the Monza Biomedical pole a few kilometers from Milan.
There are 200 wired and equipped classrooms 20,000 classroom seats of which 300 are for disabled people, and almost two thousand workstations. There is full WiFi coverage, dozens of equipped studio spaces, libraries, residences, canteens and transportation services (free bus shuttle service and a fleet of bicycles for moving between buildings).

 
 

Written Mention

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