Lecturers from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) have developed new and innovative study courses and upgraded current courses by creating appropriate methodological solutions in four months with the financial support of the Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation. A repeated scholarship application period will open this August when healthcare and social sciences lecturers from RSU will have the opportunity to apply.

Baiba Kasakovska, a graduate of both the bachelor’s and master’s Nursing Studies programmes at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) calls herself a modern nurse because she welcomes patients with a smile, is understanding, responsive and knowledgeable. She believes that the nursing profession is a special calling for capable personalities with inexhaustible energy and a benevolence towards others.

The RSU Business Incubator launching in September, will be a new opportunity for young entrepreneurs or young people with ideas for a business, as well as for students simply interested in entrepreneurship. At the Business Incubator they will be able to gain new knowledge, skills and experience, to search and find partners, develop their unique product or service, as well as join a group of like-minded people who are already implementing their ideas or are planning to do so.

Loreta Lūkina has close ties to Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU): she has worked as a marketing specialist at RSU for three years and this is where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Multimedia Communication. Loreta recently graduated from the Communication and Media Studies master’s programme. ‘Postgraduate studies helped expand the way I was thinking,’ says Loreta.