WUNU administration met with a member of the Supervisory Board
The Rector of West Ukrainian National University Oksana Desyatnyuk, together with the Vice-Rectors and the Director of the Education and Research Institute of Communications, spoke with Jan van Zwieten, a member of WUNU's Supervisory Board.
Prof. Zwieten visited WUNU to conduct a workshop on The Impact of Stress on the Professional Activity of National Police Officers for human rights inspectors of the territorial branches of the Main Department of the National Police of Ternopil Oblast and a workshop on Effective Communication: Interactive Teaching Methods for students of the B. Havrylyshyn Education and Research Institute of International Relations of WUNU as part of the Fifth International School of World Educational Practices ‘New Way’.
Prof. Zwieten and the administration discussed the expansion of international cooperation of WUNU: 'When planning my work for 2025, I want to emphasise that today there are great opportunities for West Ukrainian National University to expand its international activities.'
'One of the key tasks is to adapt WUNU's educational programmes to the needs of Ukrainians abroad who want to enrol in West Ukrainian National University. It is also important to create new educational initiatives that will promote integration, professional development and return of young people to Ukraine.'
During the discussion, the Rector of WUNU expressed her opinion on the current situation in education and outlined the challenges facing universities ‘Despite the fact that the time in Ukraine is not easy, three years of full-scale invasion, the university is working and developing. We are doing our best to preserve the most valuable things - our students and faculty. There are many challenges: education reforms that are unpredictable, the security situation in the country, the exodus of young people abroad after school, etc. However, our primary strategic goals should be to improve the quality of education, develop research, and expand international relations and mobility.'
Colleagues discussed in detail the work of the business school, the opening of new English-language programmes and grant activities.
It is gratifying that the Supervisory Board member has thoroughly analysed the strengths and weaknesses of the international activities and has made suggestions for improving the work.
