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The Student Exchange Officer in Latvia : Anete Laizane
The name and abbreviation of the association : Latvian Pharmaceutical Students' Association LPSA
Total number of places per year? (approximately) : Approximately 10
Area possibilities?
- Community/ hospital/ industry/ research in a university/ other?
- Can you describe the work in more detail? : 		Community pharmacy,industry and research at the Latvian institute of Organic synthesis(requires some experience).
Length of training periods? (usually 1-3 months) : Usually 1 month but student can stay for longer.
Available months and cities ?
- Specify whether or not full month is required
- Comments? : 		Most of the exchanges take place between June and August. Full months are not required!
The type of accommodation?
- Student residence/ family/ hostel/ other?
- Paid by: the student/ the host association/ employer/ others? If paid by the student how much is it approximately : 		Accommodation will be in a student residence and the student will pay it his/herself.
Board, pocket money or other financial benefits/ remuneration?
- Board paid by: the student/ the host association/ employer/ others?
- Pocket money provided (Yes / No)?
- Other po : 		Board is paid by the student.Pocket money is not provided.
Social events? Possible presence of other exchange student at the same time in the same city (students of pharmacy or other fields)? : All students are together in the same student residence. Few Latvian students are taking care of them and arranging social events almost every weekend.
Language requirements : English, Russian
Other requirements for the student?
- Minimum year of study?
- Graduated? : 		No minimum year of study.
Information on Work Permits and Visa : Most of the Europian countries do not need Visa to enter Latvia. But you might also need a visa if you come outside EU.
Selection Procedures?
- Deadline to apply?
- % Bilateral exchanges usually done?
- Choice of the Exchange Student by: the SEO / the host (employer)? : 		The deadline of applying is 3 months before the exchange, the sooner the better!The choice of the Exchange Student is made by the SEO.
Special remarks : Everyone is welcomed to Latvia!!! For more information about Latvia try - www.latvia.lv
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This information has been updated the last time on 2007-11-26

answers from the evaluation of student that that went to Latvia .

Question Score from 1 to 5 of the answers
How was the application procedure?Too complicated8 %0 %15 %31 %46 %Easy and clear
Did you get enough information about the Exchange conditions?No0 %0 %8 %38 %54 %yes
What do you think of the IPSF Web Site?Very unclear0 %15 %8 %23 %54 %Very clear
How was the assistance provided by your SEO? Was it easy to get in contact with the SEO?Bad0 %0 %0 %0 %0 %very good!
Did those activities fulfil your expectations?No0 %8 %15 %38 %38 %Very much
Was it easy to reach the place where you stayed?No , very difficult0 %8 %8 %38 %46 %Yes , no transport problems
Did you feel at home at the place where you stayed?Not at all0 %31 %23 %23 %23 %Very much
Was your employer interested in teaching you?Not at all0 %8 %8 %31 %54 %Very interested
Do you think the work you did was interesting?Not at all0 %15 %23 %23 %38 %Very interesting
Do you think you learned enough during your traineeship?Not at all0 %23 %15 %8 %54 %Yes I do
Did the work correspond to the information that you received before the traineeship?Not at all8 %8 %15 %8 %62 %Yes
Did you experience any communication problems during your traineeship?Not at all69 %15 %15 %0 %0 %Yes , many
Was this too much?Not at all62 %23 %8 %8 %0 %Yes far too much
Did you get the opportunity to visit the country?Not at all0 %8 %15 %23 %54 %Yes more than enough
Were the traineeship and visit as you expected?Not at all0 %0 %15 %54 %31 %Yes I am very
Would you advise other students to apply for this association's SEP?Not at all0 %0 %0 %15 %85 %Yes definitely

Evaluations of students that went to Latvia

  • 19/07/2006 - 20/08/2006 : positive evaluation
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  • 19/07/2006 - 20/08/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2006 - 26/08/2006 : YU/05/00152: very positive evaluation
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  • 28/06/2007 - 23/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 24/07/2007 - 16/08/2007 : positive evaluation
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  • 24/07/2007 - 17/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 05/08/2007 - 31/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 31/07/2007 - 31/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 30/07/2007 - 01/09/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 31/07/2007 - 01/09/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 02/08/2008 - 27/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 29/07/2008 - 04/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 29/07/2008 - 04/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
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