…th their research background and their ability to have the creativity and ideas to meet that challenge,” Prof. Irene Tracey, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, said during her speech on research cooperation between Oxford scientists and AstraZeneca.   Rectors’ roundtables One of the key sessions of the conference was the rectors’ roundtable held at the last day of the summit. Together with rectors of national and international univer…

…the recovery, unification and progression of societies across Europe and beyond.   The challenges related to the climate crisis, the military invasion in Ukraine, economic instability and the continued aftermath of the serious health crisis caused by COVID-19, require the joint actions stemming from higher education institutions, as the centre of education, research and innovation.   In partnership with Times Higher Education, the University of W…

…l be an important partner in the 4EU+ Alliance. As a strong research and scientific centre especially in the social sciences, it has an excellent reputation in France and internationally. We look forward to collaborating and implementing joint research and teaching projects,” Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, the UW Rector said.   “I am delighted to welcome Paris-Panthéon-Assas University into the 4EU+ family. The University will be an important asset to the…

…ed the UW’s mission, continuing strategic initiatives and conducting research and teaching at a high level. All undertaken activities prove that we are a community that works effectively for the development of our Alma Mater and can also effectively help all those who need it. Thank you all for your cooperation and commitment to the mission and development of the University of Warsaw,” Prof. Nowak adds in the introduction.   As the report is prepa…

…Scientific Potential, Innovation, Scientific Efficiency, Educational Conditions and Internationalisation.   Best majors In this year’s edition of the Perspektywy University Ranking, 74 majors were evaluated. The preparation of the ranking was preceded by the so-called “great calibration” – the Perspektywy Educational Foundation, together with universities, assigned 1,700 university programmes conducted at Polish universities to the most popular m…

…developed at the UW makes it possible to find and test such new protocols in an efficient way.   The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund. The UW’s Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies (hosted in the CeNT – the Centre of New Technologies) is a resear…

…y the UW authorities, members of the Centre for Systemic Risk Analysis and representatives of other institutions. The Centre for Systemic Risk Analysis focuses on studying threats to systems on which the functioning of humans and societies critically depends, and on seeking and supporting ways of minimising these threats. The Centre is transdisciplinary in nature. It brings together researchers from different research fields and traditions, trying…

…to commemorate the victims of the ghetto benches was held on Monday 22nd May at 12 am, near the Main Gate of the UW campus at Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28.   To remember “I perceive it a special privilege, yet, on the other hand, a great joy to have here the Israeli Ambassador to Poland to unveil the plaque, which symbolises our disapproval of the ghetto benches and different treatment of academics as well as separate groups within the whole soci…

…toral candidates are currently studying there, preparing dissertations from 24 scientific disciplines.   The doctoral candidates starting their courses on 1st October 2023 will have the opportunity to follow a new programme of study. The new curriculum is a result of months of work, including numerous consultations and studies. It meets the needs of doctoral candidates and their supervisors.   The UW Doctoral School admissions are conducted electr…

…Iwona Stachlewska from the Institute of Geophysics. The consortium was founded on 25th April. The ACTRIS-ERIC will facilitate access to a broad range of technologies, services, and resources in the field of atmospheric science.   An ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium) status endows research infrastructures with a legal personality recognised in all EU Member States. As part of an international organisation, the member countries con…