A more than useful cooperation of the Trakia university and the university of southampton under. The Erasmus+ programme

PURPOSE: The aims of this Erasmus+ are to establish an academic partnership, to exchange practice in teaching and research. In September 2016 was signed an inter-institutional agreement for staff mobility for teaching between the University of Southampton, UK and Trakia University, Bulgaria for the period 2016-2021. Assoc. Prof. Dr Borislav Dimitrov, a former colleague from Stara Zagora working at the University of Southampton and Assoc. Prof. Katya Peeva from the Medical faculty were the contact persons for this contract. RESULTS: Until the year 2020 in the program have participated six professors from the University of Southampton, who delivered lectures and courses to teaching staff at Trakia University “Introduction into Biostatistics with R” and “Medical Statistics using SPSS”. From the Medical Faculty the participants were four professors with lectures, seminars, posters and taking part as a teaching assistant in a statistical course at the University of Southampton. CONCLUSIONS: Assoc. Prof. Dr Borislav Dimitrov created a fantastic opportunity. The plus in Erasmus+ signifies learning as more than just an academic exercise. I'm sure that Borislav would have hoped we learn that academic endeavour and partnership could be an area able to rise above the differences between individual countries.