WEST UKRAINIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

 Students from the B. Havrylyshyn Institute of International Relations of WUNU, together with students from BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada), have successfully completed the COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) project, which aims to foster international academic cooperation and integrate Ukrainian students into the global educational community. It was an exciting journey – from the initial introductions within the international teams to the final presentations of their own research.

 Lecturers and students of West Ukrainian National University of Physical Education and Sport programme took part in the ‘RITA – Przemiany w regionie’ project, which is run by the Education for Democracy Foundation and co-funded by the Polish-American Freedom Foundation.

 From 13 to 17 April 2026, the team behind the ERASMUS+ CBHE project ‘Education for sustainable development: synergy of competences for the recovery of Ukraine’ (SUSTED) ran a training session for lecturers entitled ‘The ABC of SD & how to develop sustainable management competencies?’.

 As part of the educational platform ‘International Relations and Diplomacy: British Guest Lectures’ organised by the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy of WUNU, a lecture entitled ‘The Donroe Doctrine: Understanding Trump’s Approach to Latin America” was held for students of the “International Relations” degree programme.

 Klaipėda University, in collaboration with The Baltic University Programme, invites academics, researchers and practitioners to participate in the 22nd International Scientific Conference “Social Innovations for Sustainable Regional Development”, which will take place on 7–8 May 2026 at the university in Klaipėda.

 An online meeting was recently held to discuss the expansion of international academic cooperation with the University of Portsmouth (UK). The meeting was attended by Uliana Koruts, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Research, Oksana Homotiuk, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities; Andrii Hirniak, Head of the Department of Psychology and Social Work at WUNU; Yuliia Palaniuk, Head of WUNU's International Relations Office; and Ostap Kushnir, the official representative of the British university.

 We invite lecturers to take part in the training course ‘The ABC of SD & how to develop sustainable management skills?’, which will be held from 13 to 17 April 2026 in a blended format.

 Students on the ‘International Relations’ programme at the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy of the B. Havrylyshyn Institute of International Relations of WUNU, took part in a careers day held at the Hungarian Embassy in Ukraine (Kyiv). The event served as an important component of the students’ practical training and provided a platform for them to gain first-hand knowledge of the inner workings of a diplomatic mission.

 An online meeting was held between Ukrainian universities participating in the Baltic University Programme (BUP), bringing together representatives from Ukraine’s leading higher education institutions to coordinate future cooperation. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the event organisers — our colleagues from Lviv Polytechnic National University — for their insightful moderation and professional preparation of the meeting.

 West Ukrainian National University has signed a partnership agreement with ISLA Santarém – Polytechnic University (Portugal).