Institute for Gender Studies of Siaulai University of Technology in Kaunas, cooordinator of the FP 7 project HELENA - "Gender and Interdisciplinary Education for Engineers - GIEE 2011"  is organizing its next conference in Paris at the Les Cordeliers, Conference Centre of the Paris University on 23-24 June, 2011.

Project objectives are:

1. To identify and analyse relevant interdisciplinary E&T degree courses in different European countries.
2. To analyse the student's perception of this interdisciplinary and traditional E&T degree courses.
3. To evaluate the effectiveness of existing pilot projects, developing and measuring indicators on the relationship between perception and study choice.
4. To share good practice identified through this experience, producing recommendations on the reorganisation of university curricula at European level (Bologna process).
5. To disseminate results through a 'how to' guidebook and monitoring indicators. 

Project Partners:

• Siauliai University  SU (Coordinator), Lithuania
• Fundación TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, Spain
• Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France
• University of Klagenfurt, Austria
• Loughborough University, United Kingdom
• Mihailo Pupin Institute, Serbia 
• Egalité des Chances dans les Etudes et la Profession d'Ingénieur en Europe, France 
  
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