International Collaborations

IMPACT (Inter-Mediterranean Peace And CollaboraTion)

The IMPACT project has launched a new International Leadership course.
Expert lecturers from different countries teach a wide range of English language classes online to Israeli, Greek, Polish, German, Dutch, Moroccan, and Norwegian students.
This course explores the core principles and practices that makes a leader. The students are exposed to ethical considerations in leadership, strategies for managing change and organizational dynamics, and the application of emotional intelligence in leadership practices.
In the course, students analyze and apply core leadership theories, hone their communication skills, learn techniques for motivating teams, apply critical thinking in decision-making, and techniques for conflict resolution and negotiation.
Thus, they gain insights into different leadership styles and develop their own personal leadership vision, while identifying areas for growth.
The last week of the course takes place in Chania, Greece, where all students are given the opportunity to meet, practice and experience what they have learned.
Each year the Yezreel Valley College holds a screening process and a number of students are selected to take part in the International course.

The IMPACT project has launched a new International Leadership course.
Expert lecturers from different countries teach a wide range of English language classes online to Israeli, Greek, Polish, German, Dutch, Moroccan, and Norwegian students.
This course explores the core principles and practices that makes a leader. The students are exposed to ethical considerations in leadership, strategies for managing change and organizational dynamics, and the application of emotional intelligence in leadership practices.
In the course, students analyze and apply core leadership theories, hone their communication skills, learn techniques for motivating teams, apply critical thinking in decision-making, and techniques for conflict resolution and negotiation.
Thus, they gain insights into different leadership styles and develop their own personal leadership vision, while identifying areas for growth.
The last week of the course takes place in Chania, Greece, where all students are given the opportunity to meet, practice and experience what they have learned.
Each year the Yezreel Valley College holds a screening process and a number of students are selected to take part in the International course.

Researchers in the Department of Nursing together with colleagues in Georgia and Estonia are investigating the assessment of nursing students in the area of distant care (telenursing) through the use of simulations.

The practice of telenursing has become more common in the care of various populations and in various situations both in Israel and abroad. The interaction between the nurse and the patient is designed to improve the condition of the person seeking health care. Remote treatment through telenursing is challenging as the nurse has no visual or physical contact with the patient. Health workers must have well-developed clinical and interpersonal skills as well as the necessary knowledge and abilities in order to construct an image of the patient and provide appropriate treatment. The Corona pandemic has shown that remote medical treatment will be a major option in the future. Thus, it is important that nursing students be prepared for this eventuality. This universally accepted understanding has prompted the nursing department to develop a training program in this field. The implementation of the program and its assessment are expected to lead to its inclusion in the core studies of the nursing program.

The aims of the study:

1. Examination of the necessary steps to develop a simulation-based training program in telenursing as part of the Nursing BA program.
2. Development of the program and its assessment component.

The current study will have two phases:

1. Qualitative study to include in-depth interviews with lecturers in the Department of Nursing, trainers in the department’s Simulation Center and key officials in the Nursing Administration in the Israeli Ministry of Health in order to identify obstacles, attitudes and ways in which to develop the subject of simulations in telenursing.
2. Cohort study of third year nursing students to examine the level of their knowledge, sense of self-efficacy, telenursing clinical skills and readiness to practice telenursing at three points in time: before training, after training, 6 months after graduation.

In 2020, the Department of Social Work hosted a group of colleagues from KSH in a visit to see first-hand the services provided to children of asylum seekers from Africa in the southern neighborhoods of Tel Aviv. In November 2022, a second visit was arranged for these faculty members along with their graduate social work students, which included a trip to Beit Ruth, a village for young women and girls at risk and a visit to YVC, where they met with professors and students from the department and discussed issues related to multicultural social work. They also met with peers studying Organizational Development and Consulting and with the initiators of the “Academic Puzzle” project, who presented its program to bring together Arab and Jewish students. The group was also hosted in the college’s television studio.

Plans for 2023-2024

• Hosting of KSH faculty and students at YVC
• Fall semester course to include 3 zoom meetings between KSH and YVC social work students, in which they will discuss the topic “Culturally Sensitive Social Work.” The final paper in the course will be based on the learning from these encounters.

ISUL (International Startup League), is an international entrepreneurship program  initiated by the Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences in Germany with by 14 partner universities in 8 additional countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Finland, Greece, Israel and Switzerland. The program is supported by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). Max Stern Yezreel Valley College is one of the founding partners.

The first goal of the program is to prepare students for the working and living environment of tomorrow by promoting international thinking, collaboration and networking. A second goal is to develop entrepreneurship skills.

The following three project objectives are pursued:

• Strengthening international cooperation
• Expansion of digital, international and practice-oriented study programmers
• Promoting networking between teaching, administration and research

On the basis of the objectives outlined, the following project results are sought:

• Established network in the context of startup/entrepreneurship
• Digital, international and practice-oriented study programs
• Networking of employees from teaching, administration and research.

The program includes a joint summer school and lectures offered by professors from partner institutions. Various possibilities exist within the program for student and faculty mobility. Long-term projects now at the planning stage include:

• A joint certificate on ‘international entrepreneurship’ that can be obtained by attending online lectures (more info to follow soon)
• A joint masters degree (90 ECTS) on ‘international entrepreneurship’ where students live in up to three different locations and attend lectures at the ISUL partner universities (projected to start in fall 2024).

More about the program can be found at: