Call for FT UM tutors
The FT UM Student Council is inviting applications for five student tutors and two tutors for international students, among whom it will also select a tutor coordinator and his or her assistant for the 2022/2023 academic year.
Among the applicants, the Committee will select student tutors, two international student tutors, a tutor coordinator and his or her assistant at FT UM.
Students that meet all the suitability assessment criteria under Articles 8 and 11 of the FT UM Rules on the Tutoring System may apply for a tutor position at FT UM; specifically, this means that they:
– Have completed the second semester of a first-cycle Bologna degree programme;
– Have passed at least seven exams from the first two semesters of the programme;
– Are communicative and ready to work with their academic colleagues;
– Can accept and respect other people's opinions;
– Have a positive attitude towards tutoring;
– Are familiar with the wider student situation and issues;
– Actively engage in extracurricular activities;
– Have received a positive opinion from the FT Student Council;
– Are well acquainted with studying at FT.
In addition to meeting all the criteria above, applicants for international student tutors must also have a good command of the language used by the international students they tutor. The Committee will conduct an interview with individual applicants and obtain opinions about the
applicant's suitability if available.
Applications must be submitted on the prescribed form, which is enclosed with this decision (Form1), together with all other required enclosures and in a single copy to the FT UM secretary's office by Thursday, 10 October 2022, at 10 am in a sealed envelope labelled "FT student tutor application – do not open".
The applicants must submit the following:
– A completed and signed application form;
– A certificate of enrolment for the 2022/2023 academic year.
Late applications will be rejected.
At the beginning of the new academic year, we kindly invite you to read the letter of the Minister of Education, Science and Sports dr. Igor Papič and Minister of Health Danijel Bešič Loredan, in which they express their thanks for your tolerance and patience as well as responsibility and understanding during the difficult period of the last two years due to the consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic, and urge you to follow the recommended hygiene measures and recommendations to prevent the transmission and spread of the infection in education premises.
In order to ensure a safe educational environment in the new academic year, we kindly ask you to follow the following recommendations:
- only healthy students should attend lectures,
- self-testing for infection with SARS-CoV-2 and
- use of the #OstaniZdrav application according to the recommendations.
IMPORTANT: Students in Slovenia have 10 free self-tests per month available for pick-up at a pharmacy based on a health card, ID or student card/certificate of schooling.
In case of suspicion of infection, please act in accordance with the recommendations of the NIJZ Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) - key information | www.nijz.si.
In case of POSITIVE TEST, you should also inform the Student Affairs Department of the Faculty of Tourism at referat.ft@um.si.
We thank you in advance for your cooperation and contribution to ensuring a safe educational environment and wish you a successful start to the new academic year!
The University of Maribor (International Relations Office) organizes a Slovene language course for future international students. The course will be online and will take place on VZUMoodle.
All you have to do to join the classes is to register at the following website with your email address: https://vzumoodle.um.si/?lang=en. After the registration, you will receive a confirmation to the email address you have to confirm. After then, you can access the VZUMoodle and material at the link below: https://vzumoodle.um.si/course/view.php?id=21
The key to entering the group is: scfisum22
The online Slovene language course will start on September 21 (Wednesday) at 12.00. You will have enough time to check the lessons and do exercises. There will be two lessons every week. When you finish the first one (and if the test is successful), it will open the second one.
Students who successfully complete the first four lessons until October 6 can join lessons in conversation with the teacher. If you have any questions regarding the Slovene language course, feel free to contact us at erasmus@um.si.
Please note that the above online course is not a substitute for the course that will be organized in Brežice for first-year students studying in the Slovenian language.
We want to inform you that the timetable for the winter semester 2022/23 has been published.
There are possible minor changes to the timetable, as coordination with the classrooms is still ongoing.
Timetable available at:
Between 5 and 7 September the Faculty of Tourism held Welcome Days for its English-programme students in Ljubljana. The objective was to provide students with critical information for a smooth transition to academic life and an effective integration into the new environment.
It has been almost four years since the Faculty of Tourism of the University of Maribor has launched two Tourism programmes in the English language for part-time students. Our international students, who are currently predominantly Indian, are enrolled into Contemporary Tourism Practices and Tourism Destinations and Experiences, a Professional Bachelor and Masters programme, respectively. Both programmes are delivered in Ljubljana, at the Faculty’s dislocated unit, the Ljubljana student campus (ŠOU Kampus).
Experience has shown that these students, who come from a different cultural background, face certain challenges both on their academic path and in adjusting to life here. The three-day event was thus directed primarily to freshmen, to facilitate their smoother transition to studies in Slovenia.
On Day 1, students received core information about the study process at the University of Maribor and thus the Faculty of Tourism. We explained students’ rights and obligations, the ECTS system, student representation, extracurricular activities in Ljubljana, study and work exchanges, and much more. Day 2 was orientation. A team of the Faculty’s staff, together with the appointed Student Buddies, took students around Ljubljana, visiting among others the Central Economic Library to enrol and the Students Health Centre. Day 3 delivered workshops where freshmen tested their formal correspondence, academic writing and Moodle skills. Students were also given a broad introduction to IT services for students by the UM Computer Centre.
This newly obtained skills and information package will provide for a smoother transition of international students to academic life in Slovenia, paving the way for their academic success.
Dear Faculty of Tourism University of Maribor students!
Our Faculty is this year in the process of its strategy renovation. We want to design a modern strategy up to 2030, so the students will get the promised study experience, and our research groups will contribute to the scientific field of tourism.
Hence, we invite you to help us build our shared strategy. Please, answer the survey and contribute your ideas – click on the link: https://forms.office.com/r/LVqeVMFyst
Thank you for creating our future!
Faculty of tourism UM Strategy Team
Open positions at Faculty of Tourism:
SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE | EURAXESS (europa.eu)
RESEARCHER | EURAXESS (europa.eu)
Please send your application, along with proof that you meet the requirements, via e-mail to prijava.ft@um.si by September 17 2022 by 12:00.
We are publishing a call for student apartments of the Faculty of Tourism of the UM for the academic year 2022/23 in Brežice. The tender is available HERE (in Slovene).
More about accommodation options in Brežice: https://www.ft.um.si/bodoci-studenti/studentsko-zivljenje/#bivanje
A scientific monograph, Travel Writing for Tourism and City Branding: Urban Place Writing Methodologies, co-authored by our colleague Assoc. Prof. Dr Jasna Potočnik Topler will be published early next year by the prestigious British publishing house Routledge.
Pre-order of the publication is already possible at the website of the publishing house Routledge at a favourable price, and therefore we also publish a discount flyer.
The mentioned scientific monograph combines several years of research, project and pedagogical work of the authors, and it was intensively written by Dr Charlie Mansfield (University of Plymouth) and Dr Jasna Potočnik Topler (Faculty of Tourism UM) for the past four years.
Instruction for part-time students who had lectures in English.
WHEN - electronic registration in AIPS will be possible from 26 July to 19 September 2022. We must receive your physical documentation in the paper no later than 19 September 2022 by 10 am.
HOW - enrolment in a higher year and re-enrolment in the same year will be done by e-mail.
CONDITIONS - for enrolment in a higher year and repetition of the year:
1st cycle/BACHELOR:
- A student can progress to the 2nd year if he/she collects at least 48 ECTS with the completed obligations of the 1st year, whereby he/she must complete all obligations in the subject: Introduction to Tourism.
- A student can progress to the 3rd year if he/she has completed all the obligations of the 1st year and accumulated 48 ECTS from the 2nd year, whereby the student must complete the obligations in the following subjects: Events in Tourism and Sports Tourism.
2nd cycle/MASTER:
- A student advances to the 2nd year if he/she collects at least 45 ECTS with the completed obligations of the 1st year
PROCESS
ENROLLMENT IN THE HIGHER YEAR (for all who meet the conditions)
- Once you have met all the conditions for enrolment, you enroll electronically via the AIPS system.
- Print out the completed REGISTRATION FORM and sign it wherever necessary. If you do not sign the registration form, your registration is invalid.
- Please send the documentation per register post to the address: Fakulteta za turizem, Cesta prvih borcev 36, 8250 Brežice, footnote: for Students Affairs Office - enrolment in higher year.
- You will receive a student card sticker additionally.
- If you need a certificate of passed exams, you can also order it through the AIPS system.
EXCEPTIONAL APPROVALS OF STUDENT ENROLMENT
Students who will not have completed all obligations for enrolment in a higher year may, in accordance with Article 85 of the UM Statute, apply for enrolment in a higher year under special conditions. The student must submit a request to the Academic Affairs Committee Mandatory to enclose: form + relevant evidence + a proof of payment for the issuance of the decision. The documentation must reach the Student Affairs Office no later than 6 September 2022.
IMPORTANT: A student who submits an application for enrolment in a higher year and also meets the conditions for repeating the year is advised to submit an alternative application (item 8 on the form) if the enrolment in the higher year would not be approved.
REPETITION OF YEARS
In order to repeat the year, in accordance with Article 121 of the UM Statute, a student must submit a request to the Academic Affairs Committee no later than 6 September 2022 Mandatory to enclose: form + relevant evidence + proof of payment for the issuance of the decision.
https://www.ft.um.si/en/study/study/#student-status
EXTENSION OF STATUS / YEAR PLUS
Students who have other legitimate reasons may have their student status extended (Article 214 of the UM Statute), for one year between studies or at the end of studies. The student must submit a request to Academic Affairs Committee no later than 6 September 2022. Mandatory to enclose: form + relevant evidence + proof of payment for the issuance of the decision.
ENROLMENT IN THE ABSOLVENT YEAR
Instructions are the same as for the enrolment in the higher year. Students can check if they can enroll in the absolvent year at the Student Affairs Office (https://www.ft.um.si/en/study/study/#student-status).