VID is building bridges with South Africa through Erasmus+

VID has been granted project funds for Global Mobility through Erasmus+ to collaborate with two universities in South Africa.

To the right: University of South Africa. To the left: University of the Western Cape.

The collaboration with the University of the Western Cape has already been formalized through VID's Norpart project, while the new collaboration with the University of South Africa (UNISA) is aimed at PhD exchange and other possible collaborations.

The exciting journey began in Stavanger, where Rebecca Solevåg and senior adviser Maria Tendenes from VID travelled to the two universities in South Africa. In Cape Town, Rebecca participated in teaching bachelor students and also presented a paper for PhD students and staff.

Rebecca Solevåg during one of her presentations on the trip

Maria also had productive meetings with staff at the international office and staff in occupational therapy and social work, with hopes of expanding the collaboration and including the other two faculties in VID in the agreement with Western Cape.

In Pretoria at UNISA, the visit was more to get acquainted and to chart the course for collaboration. Here, there were meetings with academic communities, international office, and a paper presentation.

Maria Tendenes and Rebecca Solevåg with staff from UNISA.

VID is looking forward to collaborating with South Africa and welcomes its first PhD student on exchange, funded by E+ global funds, in the fall of 2023. It will be exciting to see what will come of this collaboration and what it will bring to the global community of students and researchers.

Date: 13. April 2023.