Long-term international students are invited to the online workshops “Mindfulness in academic and everyday life”, organised on 21st-22nd January by the UW Welcome Point. The registration closes on 14th January. According to the American Psychology Association Dictionary of Psychology, mindfulness is described as “awareness of one’s internal states and surroundings”. It is the concept of learning how to be fully present and engaged in a particular…

…ek (the University of Szczecin), Prof. Marek Łaziński (UW), Prof. Andrzej Markowski (UW), Prof. Jan Miodek (the University of Wrocław), Prof. Renata Przybylska (the Jagiellonian University, Cracow) and Prof. Halina Zgółkowa (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań).   Word of the decade This year, internet users chose the essential words of the last decade (2011-2020). The winner “pięćset plus” (the word of the year 2016). The abbreviation “LGBT” (th…

…ll.   Procedure: At first, project proposals need to be submitted via an online application form by the Project Coordinator (PI). Then Proposals will be evaluated in three phases by three different evaluator groups. The final list of selected projects will be approved by the Management Committee.   The local 4EU+ officers will inform the applicants about the outcome, alongside with further information.   Should you have any questions, please conta…

…rting Grants were awarded to Dr. Wojciech Czerwiński and Dr. Michał Pilipczuk from the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics. Dr. Justyna Olko from the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” received an ERC Consolidator Grant. Prof. Anna Matysiak from the Faculty of Economic Sciences, and Prof. Stefan Dziembowski from the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, received ERC grants for 2019, an ERC Consolidator Grant and Advanced Grant…

…on wolontariat[at]uw.edu.pl. The VC team members will put them on an online Christmas card, and send to the Nursing Home. One can prepare an online Christmas card yourself and send on wolontariat[at]uw.edu.pl. Please remember to add your wishes. It is advised to make the wishes more personal by beginning with greetings, e.g. Dear Senior, or signing them with your name. The wishes will be forwarded, read to seniors, and displayed on the screens in…

On 16th-17th December, UW long-term international students can join new online workshops regarding career planning. The closing date for applying is 7th December. How to effectively search for a job? What are the expectations of employers? Current trends on the Polish labour market and other issues will be examined and presented by Dr. Joanna Jasińska. Participants of the event will get acquainted with, e.g. the rules for creating application doc…

…our growing urban environments. Due to the pandemic, the event took place online. On 23rd-27th November, the 4EU+ University Alliance and the School of Global Health at the University of Copenhagen hosted the first-ever 4EU+ Urban Health Case Challenge (UHCC). The 14 teams from eight European cities competed to come up with the best solution to the challenge on community resilience in times of COVID-19. The first price went to Team 12 from Sorbon…

…International Humanitarian and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition, held online. It is the first time when a Polish team won this international competition. The competition is organised annually by the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Law. It is based on a case study prepared by the organisers in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and addresses the most pertinent and to…

…idemic world”. The event will take place on 10th-11th December, in an online format. Application deadline: 26th November. Long-term students who study at the University of Warsaw can participate in online workshops, organised by the UW Welcome Point, and find out about strategies for regulating emotions, and ways of how to experience positive emotions more often through Polish culture.   The workshops are dedicated to: 2nd and 3rd-year students of…

On 17th November, Welcome Point is organising an online meeting with the Association for Legal Intervention on crimes motivated by prejudice. The programme of the event includes the following parts: A 45- minute presentation about bias crimes, rights and obligations of a victim, and situations when the police are obliged to act, A 20-minute practical exercise on descriptions of specific behaviours: Is this a crime? Participants’ questions (25 min…