Entries by Academia Maribor

Comparison of MongoDB and PostgreSQL for processing and analyzing Big Data

In recent times, we have witnessed tremendous growth and development in databases, which have become crucial building blocks in processing vast amounts of data, known as big data. Big data not only encompasses enormous volumes of information but often includes diverse types of data, such as text, images, sound, video recordings, and numerous other formats. […]

Final D-ChallengHE Partnership Meeting and Scientific-Practical Conference at Klaipeda University

On June 13, 2024, the vibrant city of Klaipeda, Lithuania, hosted the final partnership meeting for the “Digital Challenge in Higher Education” project, funded by ERASMUS+ programme. Meeting took place at the Klaipeda University Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Educators and experts from Italy (Link Campus University – coordinator, Entropy Knowledge Network), Greece (Hellenic […]

Civil Engineering students on a tour of the Rotovž Centre construction site

Students from the Construction & Civil Engineering higher education programme visited the construction site of the Rotovž Centre – an emerging Innovation Centre focused on the promotion of books, education, culture and digitisation – as part of the Construction 2 course. Currently, the largest project in Maribor, the construction of the Rotovž Centre, includes constructing […]

KEYS! final transnational partnership meeting in Finland

Final transnational partnership meeting of KEYS! project, co-funded by ERASMUS+ program, was held from 27th to 29th of May 2024 in the beautiful city of Turku, Finland.   The KEYS! project’s goal is supporting migrant learners in their educational and vocational pursuits.  Hosted by Axxell Utbildning – coordinator, the meeting took place at Aboa Mare […]

Students of Economics at the HR Conference of ŠGZ Maribor

Students of the Economist – HR Management & Commerce module took part in the Resource and Talent Planning course with the lecturer MSc. Rebeka Tramšek attended the HR Conference of ŠGZ Maribor, which took place on 23 and 24 May at the Grand Hotel Sava in Rogaška Slatina. On 23 and 24 May 2024, the […]

Lovro Mažgon, Staff software engineer at the US company Meroxa

As part of the Computer Science study programe Design and Application Development course, we hosted Lovro Mažgon, a Staff software engineer at the American company Meroxa, where he develops solutions for moving data in real-time. Lovro Mažgon, HR software engineer at MEROXA in the US, gave a two-hour guest lecture on 30 May 2024, focusing […]

Head of Ruše Administrative Unit Barbara Šarh

Within the Administrative Law course of the Security program we hosted mag. Barbara Šarh, Head of the Ruše Administrative Unit. On Thursday, 16 May 2024, at 16:30, we hosted a guest lecture for students of the Security Studies programme. The lecture was given by mag: Barbara Šarh, Head of Ruše Administrative Unit. Mag. Šarh first […]

Successful Academia Career Cocktail: a Taste of Career Opportunities

On 21 May 2024, between 14:00 and 15:30, Academia’s online Career Cocktail took place, bringing together students who wanted to gain valuable information about career opportunities in Slovenia and abroad. The event was organised to offer students the opportunity to network with successful professionals from different industries and gain insight into current trends in the […]

Director of Academia and Vice-President of the Association of Slovene Higher Vocational Colleges at the 33rd Annual EURASHE Conference in Austria

Žan Dapčevič, Director of Academia and Vice President of the Association of Slovene Higher Vocational Colleges attended the Annual General Assembly and the 33rd Annual Conference of EURASHE on behalf of Slovenian higher vocational schools at the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten in Austria on 22 and 23 May 2024. The two events brought together […]

Maja Lekš, employee of the insolvency administrator and alumni of VSŠ Academia

V sklopu predmeta Insolventni postopki programa Ekonomist – modul Računovodja smo 22. maja 2024 gostili našo alumno Majo Lekš, zaposleno pri stečajnem upravitelju. On 22 May 2024, as part of the Insolvency Procedures course of the Economist – Accounting & Finance, we hosted our alumni Maja Lekš, an employee of an insolvency administrator. In the […]