On 28th September, Prof. Sławomir Żółtek, the UW Vice-Rector for Students and Quality of Teaching, will be answering questions regarding, among other things, the organisation of education at the University of Warsaw in the upcoming academic year.
An online meeting with the Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Education Quality, Prof. Sławomir Żółtek, will be devoted to the principles of education in the new academic year that begins on 1st October, and student affairs, including financial assistance.
Anyone interested in the topic of the meeting can fill in the form and ask their question by 24th September, 20:00. During the online meeting, Prof. Sławomir Żółtek will be answering selected questions.
Live in Polish will take place on 28th September, at 14:00, on the UW profile on Facebook.
For English-language speakers, the meeting will be broadcast on the UW profile on YouTube.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
The new academic year will begin on 1st October. Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, Rector of the University of Warsaw, has defined the rules for the organisation of education in the upcoming academic year 2021/2022 and the rules for the organisation of online classes, examinations and credits.
UW’s priority is to ensure the safety of its entire community and provide access to education at the highest level. Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, Rector of the University of Warsaw, has decided that teaching and learning at the University of Warsaw will be held on-site. However, there will be a possibility to conduct selected didactic classes remotely. The decision was made based on the repealed regulation of the Minister of Education and Science as of 25th February 2021 on temporarily limiting the operation of universities during the COVID-19 pandemic and taking into account the current epidemic situation, as well as in response to numerous voices from the academic community of UW.
Due to the Rector’s ordinances, heads of teaching units and directors of doctoral schools are entitled to specify which didactic classes will be conducted online.
As of 1st October 2021, the following regulations will apply:
ORGANISATION OF EDUCATION:
CLASSES IN REMOTE MODE:
The decision to conduct classes entirely remotely or partly remotely can be made by:
Classes in remote mode cannot be held only asynchronously.
PERIODIC CLASSES IN REMOTE MODE:
EXAMS AND CREDITS:
REMOTE EXAMINATIONS:
CONSULTATIONS AND DUTY HOURS:
COVERING MOUTH AND NOSE:
PARTICIPANTS OF CLASSES FROM VULNERABLE GROUPS:
View the two ordinances issued by the UW Rector on 16th September 2021:
In addition, ordinance no. 98 of the Rector of the University of Warsaw of 18th June 2021 on the operation of the University of Warsaw in the COVID-19 epidemic is still in force. View this ordinance (in Polish) >>
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
The Centre of New Technologies invites to a webinar by
University of Ferrara, Italy (currently at CeNT through an Erasmus+ fellowship)
Date: 24th September 2021, Friday
Time: 12:00 pm (Central European Summer Time)
Host: dr Jeff Palatini
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82426581314
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UW international employees can enrol for an online 30-hour Polish language course that will begin in October. The registrations close on 22nd September.
The course aims to learn communication skills that might be useful during working and living in Poland.
The level of language proficiency will be tailored according to the needs of participants. The organisers are planning to open three groups on three different proficiency levels from A0 to C1. The course is also a unique opportunity to network with other international employees and exchange experience on living and working in Poland.
The course will take place on 18th October 2021 – 17th December, on the UW e-learning platform Kampus and Zoom. Classes will be held in the afternoons, twice a week. Each of them will take 1,5 hours. The exact course schedule will be available after setting up the groups.
Information on the Polish language course:
The course is open to international employees of the University of Warsaw. The definition of employee: a person employed during the period of implementation of development activity at the university based on a contract of employment or appointment.
One can register on the Kampus platform by 22nd September, 23:59 (CET). The number of places is limited.
More information is available on the Welcome Point website >>
Course implemented under Action II.2.3. “Support of the relocation process of employees from abroad by introducing solutions facilitating the involvement of new foreign employees to work at UW and preparation to stay in Poland” of the Excellence Initiative – Research University (IDUB) at the University of Warsaw.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
“Onboarding at UW” workshops for international students (long-term) and doctoral candidates will be held at the Volunteer Centre of the University of Warsaw in the University of Warsaw Library on 30th and 1st October. The application deadline is 21st September.
Participants of the workshops will get acquainted with the UW structure (units and offices), get familiarise with the rules and customs of communication in the academic environment in Poland. Organisers will present the DIVE model facilitating communication in a multicultural environment. The meetings will also be an opportunity to share experiences and discuss various situations related to studying at the University of Warsaw.
Students (long-term) and doctoral candidates are asked to register. Registration forms are available at welcome.uw.edu.pl.
The application deadline is 21st September at 12 pm.
“Onboarding at UW” (1st October) is organised within the Integrated Development Programme at the University of Warsaw and funded by European Social Fund.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
Project Manager – dr hab. Sebastian Kmiecik, Head of Laboratory of Computational Biology at Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw is looking for candidates to work on the scientific project: „Development of tools for the rational design of peptide therapeutics” financed by the National Science Centre OPUS program for PhD student (2 positions). Deadline for applications: 24 September 2021. For more info see >> pdf
Position of post-doc in the OPUS project 2020/39/B/NZ2/01301 entitled „Development of tools for the rational design of peptide therapeutics” financed by the National Science Centre, Poland, is open for application. Project leader: dr hab. Sebastian Kmiecik. Available positions: 2. Deadline for applications: 24 September 2021. For more info see >> pdf
Position of PhD student in the project entitled „Responsive hiErarchic nanOcomPositEs for chiral plasmoNics” financed by National Science Centre (NCN) is open for application. Project leader: dr hab. Wiktor Lewandowski. Deadline for applications: 30 August 2021. For more info see >> pdf
The results of the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) are out. This year, ShanghaiRanking Consultancy featured the best 1000 universities in the world. The University of Warsaw was ranked between 401 and 500.
The Shanghai Ranking (ARWU) is considered as one of the most prestigious university rankings in the world. It has been published since 2003. In the latest edition of the ranking, there were listed 10 best polish universities. The University of Warsaw and the Jagiellonian University took the highest positions in this group. Both universities were ranked between 401-500.
Universities were ranked by several indicators of academic or research performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, papers published in “Nature” and “Science”, papers indexed in major citation indices, and the per capita academic performance of an institution.
The top two places in the ranking were taken by American universities: Harvard University (the first place) and Stanford University (the second place). The third place took University of Cambridge from Great Britain.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
Position of postdoc (a research position) in the EURAMET (EMPIR) Project 18SIB02 „Realising the redefined kelvin (Real-K)”, EUROPEAN METROLOGY PROGRAMME FOR INNOVATION AND RESEARCH (EMPIR), is open for application. Project leader: Prof. dr. Robert Moszyński. Deadline for applications: 17 September 2021. For more info see >> pdf