…stability and instability in multilingualism, identifying their key factors and explaining their mechanisms,” says Professor Justyna Olko.   The project will provide diagnoses and predictions with great potential for improving existing language policies and educational strategies oriented toward the preservation of linguistic-cultural diversity and sustainable multilingualism. Professor Justyna Olko – an ERC Consolidator Grant laureate (2020). Wa…

…tek will encourage faculties to split the tuition fees into instalments and not to charge interest for late payments, as well as to make individual decisions on applications for tuition reductions. Last semester saw each case analysed individually.   Student card / Student status When asked about the issue of student cards and the acquisition of student status, Prof. Sławomir Żółtek stressed that student cards should be issued as soon as possible….

…oduction environment with the university system, it is possible to install “mLegitymacja” on a mobile device. Temporarily it will be supported only by the Android operating system.   Ordering, renewing or cancelling a mobile student card is possible via the Mobile USOS application. A special “mLegitymacja” module was created in it. In addition to general information about the “mObywatel” application and the “mLegitymacja” itself, there is also an…

…upernova explosions and other stellar outbursts.   In this particular instance, follow-up observations performed with more than 50 telescopes worldwide revealed that the source – since then named Gaia16aye after Ayers Rock, the famous landmark in Australia – was behaving in a rather strange way.   “We saw the star getting brighter and brighter and then, within one day, its brightness suddenly dropped,” says Lukasz Wyrzykowski from the Astronomical…

…rted 112 group leaders. This year’s grantees represent six nationalities. The next application deadline for EMBO Installation Grants is 15th April 2020.   View the full list of Installation Grantees 2019 >>…

…profiles and social media. https://twitter.com/UniWarszawski https://www.facebook.com/fanpageUW https://www.instagram.com/uniwersytetwarszawski/ Even before the official start of the action, many UW students and staff joined the initiative:  …

…ed many other artefacts attesting to the fishermen’s occupation, for instance various types of stone anchors, fishing hooks and fishing net weights.   Apart from these remains of modest village life, there is another structure located within the settlement which proved to be a remarkable discovery. It is a monumental building, the outline of which approximates a square, with the length of its sides about 20 m each. The building consists of a large…

…a research environment where scientists can achieve their best work. The Installation Grants are awarded to researchers from the Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal and Turkey. Thanks to them, scientists can establish their independent laboratories. Grantees receive EUR 50 000 annually for between three and five years. Since 2006, EMBO has supported 103 group leaders through Installation Grants.   Dr. Anna Karnkowska is one of ten scientists awarded…

…n the research category for their invention of “solving the mRNA instability issue for mRNA to DNA translation” which they developed at the University of Warsaw and at the Lousiana State University (LSUHSC-S).   The public is invited to take part in conferring one of the awards: the winner of the Popular Prize is chosen from among the 15 finalists by online voting on the EPO website in the run-up to the ceremony. Voting is open until 3rd June 2018…

…l point of view. Basically we are dealing with maths. For instance, we create algorithms based on mathematical properties. This can be seen as a recipe to solve a problem,” explains Dr. Pastor. “I am very glad that I have the possibility to work with Dr. Marcin Pilipczuk. He and his brother – Dr. Michał Pilipczuk – are well known in the world of theoretical computer science. They are specialists. I can learn a lot from them,” adds.   The young sci…