WEST UKRAINIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

 A meeting was held with the Head of the National Contact Point (NCP) ‘European Institute of Technology and Innovation’ (NCP EIT) under the HORIZON EUROPE programme. Doctor of Economics, PhD in Techonology, Professor Vitalina Babenko discussed the topic ‘European Institute of Innovation and Technology: Grant opportunities’ with representatives of WUNU.

 Virtual Internships, as part of the Twinning initiative, offers students the opportunity to take part in remote internships sponsored by the company. This opportunity will give students a chance to intern with international companies and gain the professional experience and skills needed to develop in a rapidly changing global economy, as well as to contribute to projects related to the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.

 Faculty members of the Department of Ecology and Health Care of the Education and Research Institute of Innovation, Nature Management and Infrastructure of West Ukrainian National University together with students majoring in 101 "Ecology" took samples of surface waters of the Ikva River as part of the "Environmental Monitoring" course.

 Recently, Volodymyr Hnatiuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University organised a large-scale student intellectual event, MIND Battle, in Ternopil. Teams from all Ternopil universities took part in the competition.

 On 21 October 2024, the third (final) cycle of trainings on ‘European Regionalism: Practical Implementation’ started at West Ukrainian National University, aimed at civil servants, local government officials and other stakeholders. The training was held within the framework of the Jean Monnet Programme project 101048216 - REFRAG - ERASMUS-JMO-2021-HEI-TCH-RSCH ‘Regional Integration: The European Benchmark Against the Challenges of Global Fragmentation (REFRAG)’.

 Olha Lebedovych, a student of the educational and professional programme ‘International Relations, Public Communications and Regional Studies’ (group MVSK-31), brand ambassador of the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy of the Bohdan Havrylyshyn Education and Research Institute of International Relations, recently attended a meeting within the framework of the K-supporters 2024 UA programme implemented by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Ukraine.

 Competitive selection of WUNU students for semester studies in the second semester of the 2024/2025 academic year at the University of Osnabrück (Germany) is now open.

 Recently, the staff of the International Relations Office of WUNU and the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Research Uliana Koruts took part in a training seminar for employees of international departments and institutional Erasmus+ coordinators. The event was held as part of #ErasmusDays 2024 on the Zoom platform.

 During 4-15 October, Director of the Research and Development Institute of Intelligent Computer Systems, Professor of the Department of Information and Computer Systems and Management Anatolii Sachenko visited the Hellenic Army Academy in Athens (Greece).

 Implementation of the Green University concept is part of the Development Strategy of West Ukrainian National University. The Environmental School of Public Administration for Sustainable Development has been operating at the Department of Management, Public Administration and Personnel since 2021 to implement the concept in practice.