…and faculty units and offices may have different working hours. Heads of offices and central administration units, as well as deans of faculties and heads of units, are allowed to: Introduce a duty system; Agree to work remotely; Introduce flexible working hours or shorten them. It is recommended to communicate via e-mail and phone and to minimize direct contacts. It applies to both internal and external communication.   Those who would like to c…

…iversity domain and have access to a device with a camera and microphone (e.g. laptop or smartphone). The University of Warsaw uses G Suite for Education, providing various tools useful in online communication.   One of them is Hangouts Meet enabling video-conferencing and other virtual meetings (talks, presentations, lectures, etc.). Join a video meeting from a Google Calendar or an invitation email.   Schedule a video meeting using Google Meet L…

…ulties and units as well as doctoral schools. Since some of the classes, e.g. laboratories, cannot be carried out remotely, UW considers postponing the date of the summer exam session. The organizational matters regarding this academic year and possible changes to the entry admissions timeline, resulted by the extraordinary situation, are raised by Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Quality of Teaching. Watch the video>>   UPDATE: (6th May 2020)…

…f Warsaw (until 30th April 2020); Suspends business travels abroad and participation in domestic conferences of employees, doctoral candidates, students and post-diploma learners of the university (until 30th April 2020).   Following changes shall become effective on 11th March. View a translated version of the Order of the Rector of the University of Warsaw on prevention of the spread of COVID-19 virus among the community of the University of War…

…n education mode in the summer semester 2021/2022 (16.02.2022) https://en.uw.edu.pl/uw-rectors-letter-about-an-education-mode-in-the-summer-semester-20212022/ COVID-19 tests until 31st March (20.01.2022) https://en.uw.edu.pl/covid-19-tests-until-31st-march/ The organisation of education at UW in the 2021/2022 academic year (20.09.2021) https://en.uw.edu.pl/the-organisation-of-education-at-uw-in-the-20212022-academic-year/ Testing for COVID-19 unti…

…ities and social sciences. Representatives of these institutions: Prof. Marcin Pałys, UW Rector; Prof. Jean Chambaz, SU President; Frederic Billet, Ambassador of the French Republic to Poland, and Alain SCHUHL, CNRS Deputy CEO, signed the letter of intent aiming at developing their collaboration.   These institutions want to transform the “Centre de Civilisation Franęaise et d’Etudes Francophones” (CCFEF) at UW, and create, within a year, the “Cen…

…ganization on the prevention of coronavirus infections (https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public).   WHO experts recommend: “Frequently clean hands by using alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water; When coughing and sneezing cover mouth and nose with flexed elbow or tissue – throw tissue away immediately and wash hands; Avoid close contact with anyone who has fever and cough; If you have fever, cough and d…

…arily 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 option that allows a student to order, receive access codes, revoke the “mLegitymacja”, and open the “mObywatel” app…

…d Health Organization on the prevention of coronavirus infections (https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public).   WHO experts recommend: “Frequently clean hands by using alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water; When coughing and sneezing cover mouth and nose with flexed elbow or tissue – throw tissue away immediately and wash hands; Avoid close contact with anyone who has fever and cough; If you have fever,…

…TARRS1; Wyrzykowski et al. 2020:   http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/~wyrzykow/Gaia16ayePR/Gaia16aye-zoom-video.mp4   “If you have a single lens, caused by a single object, there would be just a small, steady rise in brightness and then there would be a smooth decline as the lens passes in front of the distant source and then moves away,” says Lukasz.   “In this case, not only did the star brightness drop sharply rather than smoothly, but after a couple o…