Establishing cooperation between UiB and UTP

About this project

<p>The main purpose of the Prof. A. Bukaluk visit at the University of Bergen is establishing contacts with the Staff of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The main area of ​​interest for visitor, who is an experienced specialist in the physicochemistry of materials, will be the didactic process, and especially the interdisciplinary education in the area of natural sciences. The attention of Prof. Bukaluk will be focused on teaching mathematics, physics and chemistry to students of technical and natural fields of study. He is also interested in the use of modern teaching methods, such as problem-based teaching, design thinking, teaching-by-doing, using media techniques in the teaching process. The process of evaluating the quality of education will be also a subject of his interest, Meetings with the UiB academic staff, visits to didactic and research laboratories, will be good opportunity to transfer Norwegian good practices to educate students at UTP in Bydgoszcz.</p>

Bilateral cooperation results

Contact with Prof. Helge K. Dahle - then dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MANAT) at the University of Bergen - was made at the proposal preparation stage. After learning that the project had been received, Prof. Bodil Holst of the Institute of Physics and Technology (IFT) was contacted and appointed as the contact person on behalf of UiB. She provided the most important information from the project's point of view about the operation of the University, the MANAT Department and the IFT institute in the first two months of 2020. The visit to Bergen is jointly scheduled for April 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this trip did not take place, and in 2 years the visit to Bergen was planned 6 times and canceled at the last moment. During this time, Prof. Bukaluk was in contact by e-mail. Prof. Holst sent answers to questions and provided information on topics of interest. The university's website also proved to be a very good source of information, as well as the teaching materials made available (e.g. study programs, course syllabi). As a result, over the course of two years, Prof. Bukaluk was able to obtain knowledge on topics of interest by correspondence. In this way, he learned about UiB's research and teaching cooperation with CERN in Geneva, UiB's participation in the Norwegian "Smart Ocean" program, and IFK's role in the Norwegian space program (Birkeland Center for Space Science). Information on strategic management, on the other hand, provided an orientation to the university's management system. The curricula of the subjects received (Quality Management, Quality in Analytical Methods, Data Analysis, Quality Assurance of Chemical Analyses) made it possible to get an idea of the modern teaching methods used. In preparing the visit in the period of 2-7.05. (canceled) and 13-17.06. the UiB staff was in current contact with Prof. Bukaluk. As a result, the visit to Bergen was perfectly planned and organized.

Project partners

• University of Bergen Donor project partner· Norway