Glamorgan joins forces to deliver ERASMUS programme
The University of Glamorgan has joined forces with five other European higher education institutions from Germany, Cyprus, Finland, Italy and Spain to deliver a two-week intensive programme focusing on IT-security.
The intensive programme, entitled “Secure Web Applications: Best Practice for Protection and Development” is part of the ERASMUS scheme: an education and training scheme for European students.
With an annual budget of more than 450 million Euros, the European Union encourages student and staff mobility for work and study, and promotes trans-national co-operation projects among universities across Europe through the ERASMUS scheme.
EU-professors discussing their joint EU IP programme on ‘Secure Web Applications’ which will take place in Munich, Germany, in May 2012. The two-week programme, initiated and hosted by Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany, will include 20 EU-professors as well as representatives from the IT industry such as McAfee, Siemens and Optimabit who will provide a unique insight into their complex practical work; with case studies that demonstrate how they solve IT-security problems.
The programme is specifically designed for students of computer science and various other faculties dealing with network applications and software engineering. Each partner university can select 12 students based on their background in the area of computer networks, software engineering, data bases and web applications.
Gareth Davies (far right on the photograph above), Lecturer in the Department of Advanced Technology at the University of Glamorgan said: “We feel privileged to be able to participate in this EU-funded ERASMUS programme.
“The upcoming wide-ranging course in Munich offers a great opportunity for our students to study with other EU-professors and profit from their expertise. They will gain enormous knowledge of secure web applications in a short period which will put them in a favourable position when applying for jobs.”
The 10-day course will take place from May 6 to May 19, 2012 in Munich. The state capital of Bavaria is known as Europe’s Silicon Valley, while the surrounding region has become home to hundreds of small and medium-sized IT- and biotech companies.
Munich Professor Alexandru Soceanu said: “Our ERASMUS programme focuses on the security of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), one of the most strategic areas of the ICT. The knowledge of effective protection of applications must be top priority for today’s students: Europe’s future engineers.”
Those students who successfully complete the programme will receive a certificate with 5 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System credits. The ECTS ensures comparability of the academic performance of students at European level. Participating professors believe the certificate will be an asset to students’ CV when looking for a job.
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