A delegation from the Faculty of Health Sciences at Vincent Pol University visited HEPL University in Liege, Belgium, to discuss cooperation in the exchange of students and university staff, as well as opportunities for clinical placements.
The Belgian HEPL University in Liege was visited by a group of VPU staff consisting of Professor Magdalena Makarska-Białokoz, lecturer in the Department of Beauty Science, Dr Agnieszka Maruszewska, lecturer in the Department of Physiotherapy, Anna Adamiec, head of the planning department, and Małgorzata Palusińska, head of the dean’s office of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
A delegation from our University spent three days at the University of Liege – from 5 to 7 June 2024.
The HEPL University has 10500 students, 1200 staff and 11 locations. The campus of the Department of Motricity Sciences and the Department of Health Sciences includes 10 undergraduate courses, 2 postgraduate courses and 6 specialisations. The VPU delegation visited the Physiotherapy degree course delivered at HEPL in three modules: Bachelor of Occupational Therapy or Psychomotor Science and Master of Physiotherapy.
– The Liege Provincial Knowledge Centre, opened in 2022, which HEPL University students have at their disposal in the immediate vicinity of the campus, is hugely impressive. It is both a three-storey library with a breakdown of HEPL’s faculties, as well as a business incubator, friendly spaces for shows and events and a bistro – reports Malgorzata Palusinska, Head of the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
A delegation from Vincent Pol University met on site with Maryline Kapepula and Hoebeke Lionel, who act as International Relations Managers for the Department of Health Sciences, and Justine Malempré, International Relations Mmanager for the Department of Motricity Sciences at HEPL University in Liege.
A visit by a delegation of the VPU Faculty of Health Sciences to the Belgian university HEPL resulted in proposals for further cooperation in the exchange of students and administrative and teaching staff. The curricula of both universities, laboratory equipment and opportunities for clinical placements, mainly in the physiotherapy faculty, were discussed and compared.
This was another fruitful visit under the Erasmus+ programme.