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Three scientists from our university have received grants for research in the sixth and final round of the MINIATURA 8 competition, funded by the NCN (National Science Centre). We congratulate dr Paulina Czechowicz, dr Agata Draus-Kłobucka and dr Szymon Beniuk!

Last Friday, prof. Piotr Chruszczewski, director of the UWr College for Interdisciplinary Studies conducted a workshop on “Creative writing – tropami myśli mistrzów słowa” with students of the Second High School in Lubin.

The Teaching Exellence Award competition for teaching initiatives and projects aimed at research-based and student-support-oriented teaching has been announced once again. The competition is open to teaching initiatives and projects implemented since the beginning of the 2023/2024 academic year.

On Wednesday, 27 November 2024, during the so-called Blended Intensive Program (BIP) entitled “Personality and mediation” at the Faculty of Letters (Facultad de Letras) of the University of Murcia (Universidad de Murcia /UdeM), Spain, dr Anna Kuźnik, dr Justyna Salamon and dr Jadwiga Cook from the UWr Institute of Romance Studies held an information meeting for students and academic staff of this Spanish university and presented opportunities to visit the University of Wrocław within the framework of the Erasmus+ programme and other forms of scientific and didactic cooperation.

As part of the MBA in Geology and Environmental Protection series, we hosted the Chief National Geologist, Minister prof. Krzysztof Galos, at the Institute of Geological Sciences of the University of Wrocław.

The Institute of Economic Sciences and the Department of Financial Law, the “REK-FIN” Student Financial Market Scientific Association and the FISCUS Student Financial Law Scientific Association invite academics, students, adult learners, teachers and seniors to: Scientific Conference “Finanse konsumenckie i egzekwowanie ochrony konsumenta na rynku finansowym Prawo – Problemy – Praktyka”, combined with the Financial Ombudsman Days, organised at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics at the University of Wrocław in Wrocław on 2-3 December 2024.

On November 28, 2024, the official inauguration of the 2024/2025 academic year, combined with the matriculation of first-year students of the UWr College for Interdisciplinary Studies (Kolegium MSI), took place at the University of Wrocław. A highlight of the event was a guest lecture delivered by prof. Luigi Marinelli from the University of Rome “La Sapienza.”

Polonika of the 16th-18th centuries from the collection of the University Library in Wrocław – processing, digitisation and making it public on the web – Ministerial project implemented under the program Social Responsibility of Science – support for scientific libraries.

In the 2023/24 academic year, grants were given by the Ministry of Education and Science as a part of the Social Responsibility of Science Programme (agreement no. BIBL/SP/0012/2023/01). Thanks to this, the staff of the University Library in Wrocław could conduct documentation work on the musical collection from the historical library of the Ursulines of the Roman Union in Wrocław. The collection was received as a gift and it comprised over 1500 items.

On 27 November 2024, during the meeting of the Senate of the University of Wrocław, 8 members of the Council of the University of Wrocław were elected for the term of 2025-2028.

Information days about the Erasmus+ programme were held at the University of Wrocław between 18-21.11.2024. This is a regular event, which is very popular among UWr students and doctoral students. More than 500 people showed up at the meetings, where staff from the International Office presented the offer of the Erasmus+ programme, the EU’s largest and most popular mobility program.