The Accreditation and Quality Assurance Centre at UJ held an info day on December 22, 2016 to introduce the European funded projects under Erasmus+ Program.
The Erasmus+ projects in which UJ is a grant holder or a partner have been publicized to faculty members, students and the administration staff at UJ and also for external guests.
The general coordinator of METHODS project and the Chairman of Mechanical Engineering department at UJ, Prof. Ahmed Al-Salaymeh delivered a lecture entitled "How to write and apply for Erasmus+ Project".
The lecture targeted faculty members and graduate students and those interested in acquiring the needed skills that enable them to translate their ideas into proposals "projects" worthy to compete for.
The lecture also dealt with the financial management of these projects, and the typical distributions for the budget was displayed.
In addition; the METHODS project model and its successful story was introduced to the audience, to encourage them to apply for such projects.
Moreover; Prof. Al-Salaymeh presented the different benefits that might be offered by the Erasmus+ projects for universities, academic staff and undergraduate or graduate students, such as offering a golden opportunity to build the capacities of the staff in these institutions and giving them new experiences to modernize the teaching methodologies by transferring the European experience.