We invite you to read the latest, very comprehensive, issue of the University Gazette. You will find information about such events as the inauguration of the academic year, an exhibition of paintings by prof. Aneta Oniszczuk-Jastrząbek, the 6th Congress of the Polish Society of Social Communication, the Euro-Trans 2022 conference, the SEA-EU Intensive Course 'Secrets of the…

Photo: Provincial and Municipal Public Library in Gdańsk. The winner in the first category of the Pomeranian Literary Award 'Wiatr od morza' was dr Monika Milewska from the Faculty of History UG. The title of the Literary Book of the Year was awarded to her monograph entitled. 'Blind Kitchen. Food and Ideology in the People's Republic of Poland', published…

On October 24th this year, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of the University of Gdańsk, together with representatives of all the trade unions operating at the University of Gdańsk, reached an agreement on the implementation of salary increases for university employees. In pursuance of the policy of full transparency of the principles of remuneration of University of Gdańsk employees, we present below the full…

Faced with today's reality: the COVID-19 pandemic, the war across our eastern border, the daily rush, stress and uncertainty, psychological help has become extremely necessary for many. The Independent Students' Union comes to the rescue! For students in need of support, it is offering free psychological consultations, which will take place remotely via the Microsoft Teams…

Photo by Alan Stocki/UG Prof. Beata Możejko received her appointment as Director of the Memling Research Centre today from prof. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of the UG. - 'For me, this appointment is first and foremost a commitment to continue working on the team-based Memling project at the University of Gdańsk. It is not…

The 1st Nationwide Mediation and Arbitration Conference, whose main theme was mediation and arbitration as tools for building civil society, was held at the European Solidarity Centre. Three staff members of the Faculty of Law and Administration UG were involved in activities for Pomeranian entrepreneurs during the event. The conference was organised at the European…

Photo: AZS press materials Second place in the university classification and fourth place overall for the University of Gdańsk! This is how, at this year's Academic Sports Gala, the best athletes, activists and, above all, the best universities in the Polish Academic Championships were awarded. This year's Academic Sports Gala was the culmination of the…

How to make effective use of maritime spatial planning tools? On 19 October, at the Faculty of Law and Administration, this issue was discussed by members of the Women in Maritime Economy and Trade Association WISTA Poland. The meeting was one of the first initiatives of the newly established Maritime Economy Research Centre headed by dr hab. Dorota Pyć, prof. UG. The Association of Women in the Maritime Economy and…

'Social dimension of scientific societies' activities' was the theme of the 3rd Congress of Scientific Societies held in Gdańsk from 20 to 22 October. During the first day of the Congress, in Dwór Artusa in Gdańsk, the session was chaired by prof. dr hab. Iwona Hofman - Chairperson of the Council of Scientific Societies at the Presidium of PAS and prof. dr hab. inż. Jerzy Błażejowski - President of the Gdańsk Scientific…

Do you love cinema, do you want to join the ranks of film enthusiasts and try your hand as a film project organiser? Then come and join us! October 27, 2022 (Thursday) 5 pm Place: Aula 1.43, Faculty of Philology and History, UG ul. Wita Stwosza 55, 80-306 Gdańsk Organisational meeting and recruitment for the UG's FILM CLUB MIŁOŚĆ BLONDYNKI CINEMA PEOPLE PASSION LECTURES // SCREENINGS // DISCUSSIONS FILM PRODUCTIONS…

Students and lovers of folk dance! We would like to invite you to the recruitment for the representative group of the UG Song and Dance Ensemble 'JANTAR'! If you love folk dance and want to develop your passion in Gdańsk or dream of learning about Polish folk culture, join us! We would like to invite you to join us this Monday, 24.10 at 18:30 at ZSS nr 2, at ul. Zgody II 6.  Bring comfortable shoes and dancewear. We can…

The Centre for Sustainable Development of the University of Gdańsk (CZRUG) invites you to the international scientific conference 'Science and Education for Sustainable Development', which will take place on November 24-25, 2022 in Gdańsk. The conference aims to present research results, exchange experiences, share good practices and integrate the scientific community dealing with sustainable development, taking into…

Today is International Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day. What is it, when and in whom is it diagnosed, and how can a person with DLD be helped? Among other things, I ask Ewa Czaplewska, dr hab. prof. UG, from the Institute of Logopaedics, is a specialist in early speech therapy intervention, especially in the field of DLD/SLI and supporting the development of…

Dr Paweł Petasz, University of Gdańsk Disciplinary Ombudsman for Students and Doctoral Students, synthesises the disciplinary and criminal law consequences of misappropriating the authorship or misrepresenting the authorship of all or part of another person's work or artistic performance in a video. Although the anti-plagiarism systems in force are helping to detect plagiarism in diploma theses more and more effectively…

Goal 4 of sustainable development - good quality of education was the subject of a conversation with prof. dr hab. Maria Mendel, social pedagogue, Head of the Department of Social Pedagogy, UG. What kind of place is a Polish school for a student? What role does the parent play in it? In what state is the education of children and young people in Poland? Answers to these and many other questions can be heard in an…

The University of Gdańsk's Faculty of Law and Administration hosted the National Meeting of Deans of Law Faculties, whose participants included deans and vice-deans of law faculties at universities and leading private universities. In addition to representatives of the academic world, the event was also attended by representatives of local authorities and law corporations.…

An agreement on the establishment of a Green Universities Forum was signed today (October 18) by three universities: the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, the University of Gdańsk and the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, which will undertake joint initiatives for sustainable development. The initiator of the forum and the event is UWM. The letter of intent to establish the Green Universities Forum…

"Enhancing Cancer Vaccine Science for New Therapy Pathways", CANVAS for short, is a new project of the / International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science(ICCVS). It is also the first venture funded by Horizon Europe, with the University of Gdańsk acting as coordinator. On October 18, the official opening of the project took place at the ICCVS headquarters. The 5th birthday of the unit was also celebrated at the ceremony…

Grafika Alan Stocki/UG Students, doctoral students and employees of the FarU Universities are encouraged to participate in the 'Chess with Fahrenheit' competition. The event is, on the one hand, promotion of chess as a sport and, on the other, an encouragement to spend time with intellectual effort. The tournament will be commentated on in real-time by…

The Research Assessment Reform Agreement sets a common direction for change in research assessment practices, researchers and research-performing organisations, with the overarching goal of maximising the quality and impact of research. The agreement includes principles, commitments and timelines for reforms and sets out principles for collaboration in implementing change. - 'The signatories commit to a shared vision…

The first edition of the Fahrenheit Collaborative Champions competition is taking off. All students and postgraduates affiliated with Fahrenheit University's research clubs are invited to participate. Projects can be submitted until November 20, 2022. The prerequisite is that the project is carried out by a minimum of two scientific clubs or one intercollegiate club from different Fahrenheit Universities. The total…

Universities from all over Poland are taking part in the campaign. - 'By spending around 15-20 minutes, we can save someone's health or even life!' - says Przemysław Sadowski, Vice President for Finance of the Independent Students' Union. From October 19 to 21, 2022, there will be a so-called 'blood bus' at the UG campus as part of the initiative of the…

From today, October 17, you can vote for selected projects in the first edition of the University of Gdańsk's Academic Citizens' Budget. Voting will continue until October 24. The University of Gdańsk's Academic Civic Budget ('ABO UG') is a project in which students, doctoral students and employees of the University of Gdańsk could submit their ideas for the development of the university's infrastructure. There is PLN…

The European University of the Seas (SEA-EU) is working on the development of the Spin-Off Competence Lab, a virtual training programme designed to boost our researchers' skills for the development of entrepreneurial initiatives based on their research fields and projects. It offers virtual trainings to acquire both the so-called "hard skills" (knowledge of intellectual…

How do you find your way in a foreign city where you don't know the area and nobody speaks your language? Foreign students from UG, PG and GUMed took part in a sightseeing tour organised thanks to the cooperation between Fahrenheit Universities and the City of Gdańsk. During the event, they were able not only to see the most important places in our city (including the Main…

At the request of the Student Parliament, I declare October 31 (Monday) as Rector's Day, free from teaching. Therefore, granting the requests of the University's employees, I kindly inform you that 31.10.2022 will remain a day off (following the announcement of October 27, 2021), but the manner of its working off will change. It is to be worked off in a task-based manner agreed upon with the supervisors by the end of…

In the latest edition of the Times Higher Education World University Ranking (THE WUR) 2023, published on October 12, 2022, the University of Gdańsk moved up one place and was ranked fourth in the category of classical universities in Poland (behind the Universities: Jagiellonian University, Warsaw University and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) surpassing Mikołaj Kopernik University in Toruń compared to last year…

Due to the deteriorating economic situation of HEIs in Poland, the Rectors gathered in the Presidium of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland issued a dramatic appeal 'to the Authorities of the Republic of Poland to take decisive steps, as soon as possible, to protect the units of the national system of higher education and science from the financial and staffing crisis threatening them'. Let us recall…

On September 27-29, 2022, the University of Gdansk hosted representatives of universities from Kiel, Split and Brest as part of the Cultural Staff Week, organised by the UG Academic Cultural Centre 'Alternator' (ACK). The three-day meeting aimed to exchange experience, create a platform for cooperation and present the cultural activities of universities associated with the SEA-EU…

The series of meetings with economics is intended to deepen knowledge of economics and the various problems that are described and solved within economic sciences. The Open Economics Lectures are not only a source of reliable knowledge but also an opportunity and inspiration to seek one's own path in life. The fifth edition of the programme implemented by the Faculty of…