Easter wishes: take a break, stay healthy and optimistic
10 kwietnia 2020
“I would like to address the international members of our academic community. The lockdown hampered your contacts and the possibility to be together with your family and your dears, but here you are not alone. In the University of Warsaw, you are among your friends. We want you to feel this, we need you, and we need your engagement,” says Prof. Marcin Pałys, the UW rector in an exceptional video dedicated to the UW community.
This year’s spring break is of a special character. Despite unusual circumstances, we wish all UW students, doctoral candidates and employees to relax and deepen your family relations.
Watch the rector’s video
Prof. Marcin Pałys, the rector of the University of Warsaw, wished the university community good health and a lot of optimism in the Easter time. He thanked all for their commitment to maintaining the best possible studying and working conditions in these challenging Times.
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New guidance for studying, working during coronavirus outbreak
07 kwietnia 2020The University of Warsaw is continually monitoring the situation regarding the coronavirus pandemic. On 7th April, the UW rector issued the new orders on studying and working arrangements at the University of Warsaw. Measures brought in by UW aim to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the UW community.
Taking into consideration the current situation in the country, Prof. Marcin Pałys, the UW rector, has decided to introduce the following changes to his previous orders and:
- Extend through 15th May the period of online lectures and classes for students, doctoral candidates, post-diploma learners. (According to the Order no. 50/2020 of the Rector of the University of Warsaw of 10th March 2020, this regulation applied until 14th April 2020).
- Extend through 15th May work limitations on the UW campuses. (According to the Order no. 57/2020 of the Rector of the University of Warsaw of 17th March 2020, this regulation applied until 10th April 2020).
- Extend through 30th June the period of suspension of business travels abroad and participation in domestic conferences of employees, doctoral candidates, students and post-diploma learners of the university (According to the Order no. 50/2020 of the Rector of the University of Warsaw of 10th March 2020, this regulation applied until 30th April 2020).
- Extend through 30th June the period of suspension of accommodating new students in residence halls and other facilities, and prohibition from visiting these places (According to the Order no. 50/2020 of the Rector of the University of Warsaw of 10th March 2020, this regulation applied until 30th April 2020).
- Extend through 31st August the period of cancellation of open events such as conferences, symposiums, lectures, including courses of the Open University of the University of Warsaw, artistic performance sand other meetings of this type organised by the University of Warsaw as well as events organised by external entities at the premises of the University of Warsaw. (According to the Order no. 50/2020 of the Rector of the University of Warsaw of 10th March 2020, this regulation applied until 30th April 2020).
- Introduce 50% reduction in accommodation fee (in May 2020) for students, doctoral candidates, postgraduate students of the School of Education of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation and the University of Warsaw, and participants of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, who live in UW facilities. (A partial accommodation fee in April was introduced by the Order no. 59/2020 of the Rector of the University of Warsaw of 23rd March 2020).
Due to the changing situation, please follow our updated information about the UW operations in these exceptional times.
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UW simplifies its procedures – video of the UW Vice-Rector
06 kwietnia 2020Prof. Andrzej Tarlecki, the UW Vice-Rector for Human Resources and Financial Policy, reminds the UW community about the simplification of financial procedures introduced by the university. He also speaks about HR issues and accommodation in DPN. Prof. Andrzej Tarlecki expresses his gratitude to all who contributed to the UW functioning.
In a short video, the UW Vice-Rector for Human Resources and Financial Policy stresses that UW simplifies procedures, especially financial issues such as the settlement of invoices, bill and payment of remunerations.
All the staff matters, e.g. employment or promotion procedures, can be conducted as usual. Committees and other collegial bodies engaged in the procedure will be working remotely. The UW Human Resources Office receives and processes all applications regularly.
Currently, there is a time for submitting applications for accommodation in Dom Pracownika Naukowego (DPD). The deadline for their submission is prolonged until 24th April. One can send scans of appropriate documents via e-mail.
Prof. Andrzej Tarlecki expresses his great gratitude to all employees who enable others remote work while working on the UW campuses.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
PhD Student position is available in Grela’s group
03 kwietnia 2020PhD Student position is available in Grela’s group in the International Training Network (ITN) and more specifically a European Joint Doctorate (EJD), funded by the European Commission through the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action (MSCA), entitled „Coordination Chemistry Inspires Molecular Catalysis” (CCIMC). Project title: „Immobilization of NHC’s ligands in Janus Dendrimers. Catalysis in green solvents”. Supervisors: Prof. Karol Grela and Dr. Rosa María Sebastián. Deadline for applications: 19 April 2020. For more info see >> pdf
An announcement for post-doc position
Project Manager – prof. Karol Grela (Head of Organometallic Synthesis Laboratory, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw) is looking for candidates to work in a scientific project: „Making the Impossible Possible: Macrocyclisation of Unbiased Dienes at High Concentration by Ring-Closing Metathesis”, programme Opus supported by National Science Centre positions: Post-Doc (2) – Assistant in a group of research workers, operating in the field of exact and natural sciences. Deadline for applications: 3 May 2020. For more info see >> pdf
Q&A with Prof. Choińska-Mika
02 kwietnia 2020Due to the challenging and exceptional situation, resulted from the COVID-19 outbreak, UW like other institutions in the country, had to change its operation. Education at UW is provided in a different form. Most of UW units introduced remote teaching. Prof. Jolanta Choińska-Mika, our Vice-rector for Student Affairs and Quality of Teaching, hosted today an online meeting, during which she was answering students’ and doctoral candidates’ questions about their education at UW.
More than 400 questions have been submitted via an online form. On 2nd April, Prof. Jolanta Choińska-Mika, the UW Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Quality of Teaching held a Q&A session with over a thousand participants. We present a few most important issues, brought up by our students and doctoral candidates.
Academic year. Will the summer exam session take place according to the schedule or will the academic year be extended? Will students continue the semester with online classes instead of going to the classroom?
Online classes are conducted on the Campus e-learning platform and through other available online tools. All detailed information is available on the websites of individual faculties 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 >>
The decision on whether UW will continue remote learning as of 14th will be made and published on the UW website next week.
Residence halls. Can students still stay in UW residence halls?
Yes, students are allowed to stay at UW residence halls. During the online meeting, Prof. Jolanta Choińska-Mika stressed that UW does not have any plans to change the functionality of residence halls.
As the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate published recommendations, encouraging students to leave their residence halls, many followed them. Now, some of the students are thinking of returning. The University of Warsaw made recommendations for students encouraging them to stay temporarily at their homes or alternate locations. See more >>
Dissertation defence/Exams. Can students and doctoral candidates defend their dissertations online?
Yes, it is possible. However, some conditions need to be fulfilled. One of them is the stability and the quality of the internet connection. It is also practicable to conduct online exams. Please contact your department or a particular lecturer directly to discuss it.
Please note that all questions, asked during the online meeting with Prof. Jolanta Choińska-Mika, will be translated into English and posted here.
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Videos of the UW rector and vice-rectors
30 marca 2020In the video, dedicated to all UW students, doctoral candidates and employees, Prof. Marcin Pałys, the University of Warsaw rector spoke about current and future challenges, and ways to cope with them. He expressed his gratitude to members of the UW community for their work and commitment. The UW Vice-rectors raised issues concerning education, research and financial policy. On 2nd April at noon, during an online meeting, Prof. Jolanta Choińska-Mika will be answering all education questions.
Prof. Marcin Pałys presented actions taken by the University of Warsaw to provide the optimum conditions for studying and working in times of the coronavirus pandemic. He also mentioned current and future challenges, as well as the engagement of many members of the UW community and their contribution to the university operation.
„We managed to start activities related to online classes. I am very happy, and I would like to thank all academic teachers who prepared classes in a very short time. Thanks to those, who enabled placing the materials online, and provided technical support, and all the others, administration offices that worked on shifts, so that everyone else could work remotely. Thank you, students and doctoral candidates for understanding that not everything is could be done perfectly at once”.
In the video, the UW rector stressed that UW changes the circulation of documents, including financial documents. Soon there will be new regulations.
Prof. Jolanta Choińska-Mika, the University of Warsaw vice-rector for Student Affairs and Quality of Teaching addressed issues related to education to members of the UW community. On 2nd April at noon, Prof. Jolanta Choińska-Mika will respond to all questions during an online meeting. All students, doctoral candidates and prospective students are welcome to participate in it.
„We are considering changing the dates of the summer exam session so that everyone could catch up. We are taking into consideration different possibilities. The dates of admissions for first-cycle studies, long-cycle studies, depend on Matura Exams dates. If they change, we also change our plans”.
Issues concerning research and financial policy were also raised in other videos, prepared by the UW vice-rectors Prof. Maciej Duszczyk and Prof. Andrzej Tarlecki (last video).
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
An announcement for post-doc position
Position of post-doc (adiunkt) (a group of science positions) in the OPUS project entitled „More accurate models of the electrostatic potential of biological macromolecules and organic crystals necessary for proper interpretation of data from cryo-electron microscopy and from electron diffraction – feasibility study” financed by National Science Centre, Poland, is open for application. Project leader: dr hab. Paulina M. Dominiak, prof. ucz. Deadline for applications: 30 April 2020. For more info see >> pdf
Recommendations for students
28 marca 2020
2 085 students live in the UW dormitories in this academic year. Currently, 1 115 are there. The University of Warsaw made recommendations for students considering coming back to their residence halls.
According to the Order of the Rector of the University of Warsaw on prevention of the spread of coronavirus, lectures and classes are suspended, except these conducted online. As the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate published recommendations, encouraging students to leave their residence halls, many followed them. Now, some of the students are thinking of returning. The University of Warsaw made recommendations for students encouraging them to stay temporarily at their homes or alternate locations.
Students are advised to wait until the university authorities decide on the way of conducting classes as of 14th April.
In the case of necessity to come back, returning students must notify this fact, by e-mail, to the heads of residence halls and fill in a questionnaire on arrival regarding the time while being out of the residence halls. It will allow to take appropriate safety measures up. Contact details to the UW residence halls are available on the Office for Student Affairs website.
Those who have stayed at the residence halls are very responsible and self-disciplined. Therefore all who have left are requested to be responsible too and take the necessary precautions. The UW request comes from protecting the health and well-being of all inhabitants and employees of residence halls.
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Multicultural Volunteering Online
25 marca 2020Eager to learn new languages, explore new cultures or meet peers? Our university units the Volunteer Centre and Welcome Point join hands and organise the Multicultural Volunteering Online.
The Volunteer Centre of UW encourages both the UW community and everyone who wants to engage, to act and develop social and civic attitudes consciously and responsibly. Multicultural Volunteering is an action organised regularly. This time, together with the Welcome Point team, it will be conducted online.
Currently, UW students do not attend their regular classes on UW campuses, but they take part in online learning. In these extraordinary times, it can be very supportive to meet online and learn about new cultures, improve Polish or other languages or simply talk to someone.
In order to take part, please fill in a Volunteer Form. In response, the Volunteer Centre team will send you a link to the table. Tick your availability or team up with someone you would like to talk to. Join the FB group, you will be provided with the link. Follow the updates posted by the Volunteer Centre of UW.
Suggestions, requests and questions regarding the group can be sent to the following address: wolontariat(at)uw.edu.pl.
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