A Student Services Employee Association and Deans' Offices delegation from the University of Gdańsk participated in the Forum for University Administration Employees deliberations held on June 15-16 this year at the Leon Kozminski Academy in Warsaw. The main topic of the meeting was the challenges of digitisation of universities. The University of Gdańsk was represented at the event by members of the Student Services…

Viva Dydaktyka - once again, the Centre for Didactic Improvement and Tutoring UG summed up a year of its activities with a festive meeting for those wishing to learn about new teaching methods and those interested in developing higher education.  This year's VIVA DYDAKTYKA began with a lecture by prof. dr hab. Marlena Lembicz from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań entitled 'Didactics in the process of exploration…

Applications for more than PLN 97 million were submitted by scientists from the University of Gdańsk to the just-concluded 49th competition of the National Science Centre. This was 13 more than last year - 115 projects were submitted to the NCN. 64 applications were submitted to the OPUS 25 programme and 51 to the PRELUDIUM 22 programme.   The National…

There will be a change in traffic organisation due to the reconstruction of ul. Bażyńskiego will begin on June 19 this year. The road adjacent to the Oliwa Campus will be closed. The section will introduce one-way traffic (al. Grunwaldzka-> ul. Wita Stwosza). All three entrances to the UG site from ul. Bażyńskiego will be maintained, but access will only be possible from al. Grunwaldzka. The works are scheduled to be…

The University of Gdańsk is strengthening its leadership position in the area related to the implementation of the 17th UN Sustainable Development Goals in Poland. This is indicated by the results of the fifth edition of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 'THE Impact Ranking), published on June 1, 2023. This ranking is among the most prestigious, comprehensive and developing classifications of higher education…

The University of Gdańsk's new Conflict of Interest Policy will support several units that work with, among others, the external community. The document sets out the standards of action that the University and its staff apply to prevent, identify and manage conflicts of interest.   The development and implementation of the Conflict of Interest Policy at the University of Gdańsk has been recognised by the Council of the…

By decision of the International Council of Archives, International Archives Week is celebrated from June 3 to 9. On this occasion, the Archives of the University of Gdańsk organised a panel discussion, Enriching Knowledge Societies - Supporting Knowledge Societies, which took place on Friday, June 2, from 9.45 to 11.15 am in the auditorium of the Faculty of History at the University of Gdańsk. The meeting was chaired…

Fot. Pixabay The Tourism and Hospitality field of study was created in response to growing economic, social, and environmental challenges that nowadays tourism industry is facing locally and globally.  Tourism is one of the most important sectors of global economy (it is estimated that every 10th job is related to tourism)…

This May marks the 25th anniversary of establishing the Museum of Inclusion in Amber at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk. To mark the occasion, the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Gdańsk organised an international conference, Fossil Record in Resins and Sediments, and on its first day, the museum's anniversary was celebrated with an…

- 'In my opinion, most of the cases we have to deal with are the result of unresolved conflicts, lack of immediate reaction of superiors to undesirable behaviour, and finally, a cultural change related to the perception of the position of employees in a specific, previously (not only at UG) strongly hierarchical academic environment. Last, but not…