{"id":68,"date":"2018-07-09T15:33:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T14:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/?p=68"},"modified":"2018-07-09T15:40:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T14:40:20","slug":"visit-to-the-university-of-siena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/2018\/07\/09\/visit-to-the-university-of-siena\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to the University of Siena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8985-e1531146468821.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8985-e1531146468821.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8985-e1531146468821.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8985-e1531146468821-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8985-e1531146468821-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8985-e1531146468821-1920x2560.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8973-e1531146328486.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8973-e1531146328486.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8973-e1531146328486.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8973-e1531146328486-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8973-e1531146328486-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8973-e1531146328486-1920x2560.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today I visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.unisi.it\/\">University of Siena<\/a>, Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Italy, established in 1240. The university now offers a significant provision of degree courses taught in English. Information on these can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/en.unisi.it\/teaching\/courses-taught-english\/degree-courses-taught-english\">here<\/a>. I am investigating the potential to set up a student exchange program between Kent and Siena, and also a short-period faculty swap for reciprocal lecture provision with Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmms.unisi.it\/en\/department\/teaching-staff\/montomoli-emanuele\">Emanuele Montomoli<\/a> from the Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8970.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8970-e1531146517284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8970-e1531146517284.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8970-e1531146517284-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8970-e1531146517284-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_8970-e1531146517284-1920x2560.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/2018\/07\/09\/visit-to-the-university-of-siena\/&amp;t=Visit to the University of Siena' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Visit to the University of Siena%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/2018\/07\/09\/visit-to-the-university-of-siena\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/2018\/07\/09\/visit-to-the-university-of-siena\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/2018\/07\/09\/visit-to-the-university-of-siena\/&amp;title=Visit to the University of Siena' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/mspvpuprepare\/2018\/07\/09\/visit-to-the-university-of-siena\/&amp;title=Visit to the University of Siena' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I visited the University of Siena, Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Italy, established in 1240. 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