The sixth edition of the traditional round table ‘Communication of Science: Social Sciences and Humanities’ organized by the Department of Communication and Foreign Languages jointly with the Department of Teaching Training on November 15, 2023, highlighted the main results achieved in 2023 by the young team of members of the Faculty of Communication Sciences. Among...
This year’ sports event organized by Politehnica University in partnership with the Sports Club Alergotura Association entitled “103 for Poli” (by the number of years since the foundation of the university) took place on Wednesday, November 8, at the Stadium “Știința”. Volunteers and supporters of the University Students Engaging in Responsible and Sustainable Energy Consumption...
The project team proposed and organized on November 10th 2023 the workshop “Technology and society: sustainability challenges” in the frame of the 14th International Conference TIMA23 on “Innovative Technologies for Joining Advanced Materials” (https://www.isim.ro/tima/index.php). The conference is organized by the National R&D Institute for Welding and Material Testing – ISIM Timisoara in collaboration with Politehnica...
The inter-dorm competition, which encourages the transformation of student energy into sustainable energy and the adoption of responsible behavior in dorm life, has a valuable supporter. Profi Rom Food SRL signed the partnership agreement with the project team and rewards students who, through their consumption behavior, bring their home to the top and obtain the...
In November, when Timișoara celebrates its European primacy through street lighting with electric light, which had come, in 1884, to replace lighting with gas lamps, the students from the Politehnica University dormitories were invited to reflect on the present (and future) of electric lighting through offering economical bulbs with light and motion sensors, as part...
The traditional “Career Days” event organized by the UPT Career Counseling and Guidance Center on October 18-19 invites polytechnic students to identify the most suitable practice, internship and employment opportunities. In the “treasure hunt” students also have the opportunity to discover a smart light bulb that will light their way… sustainably. The gift bulb is...
October 2023 adds new pages to the album of collaborations between UPT and Norwegian universities, creating platforms for exchange of experience, dissemination of results and identification of new cooperation opportunities. Thus, in the organization of UPT and Høgskulen for grøn utvikling (HGUt, Norway) on October 13, the international conference “Reimagining the city from my window”...
The training sessions within the project capitalize on the potential for action identified in the research stage and aim to develop competences in terms of sustainability both in dormitory administrators and in polytechnic students. The session for administrators (in July 2023) aimed at identifying support actions for incorporating the principles of responsible consumption in the...
September 22 is the opening of the academic year at UPT. The celebration at the Science Stadium created the opportunity to promote university activities, especially for polytechnic “freshmen”. The stand of the “USE-REC” project provided information about the possibilities for the student years to be the years of learning a sustainable way of life. For...
The partnership with QMS Norway eased the access to a valuable source of inspiration and learning: the exchange of experience with Norwegian universities. Between September 10-15, 2023, the project team had the opportunity to observe strategies, actions, examples of good practices undertaken by Norwegian universities with experience in incorporating sustainability into teaching, research, and campus...