WEST UKRAINIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

 The educational platform ‘International Relations and Diplomacy: British Guest Lectures’, organised by the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy of the B. Havrylyshyn Education and Research Institute of International Relations, is offering students, lecturers and all interested parties the opportunity to take part in a unique event – a lecture on ‘Religion, Power and Global India’, which will be held as part of the Europe Days celebrations at West Ukrainian National University.

 A graduation ceremony was held at the picturesque Zbarazh Castle to award diplomas to graduating students of the Faculty of Law of West Ukrainian National University. Graduates in the fields of ‘Law’, ‘International Law’ and ‘Law Enforcement’ received their diplomas.

 We would like to inform you about the opportunity to take part in an online training seminar on using the Statista analytics platform — one of the world’s leading resources for collecting, analysing and visualising statistical data.

 As part of efforts to expand international cooperation and implement innovative strategies for sustainable development, staff from the International Centre for Culture and Development, along with students Khrystyna Kazmirchuk, Viktoriia Mazurenko and Viktor Slabodukh from the B11 ‘Philology’ programme at West Ukrainian National University, took part in a working visit to the city of Ronneby (Sweden). The trip, which took place from 20 to 22 April 2026, was part of the ‘Water for Life’ project, funded by the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD).

 On 24–25 April 2026, the 10th International Scientific and Practical Conference, ‘Ukraine in the Context of Legal System Reform: Current Realities and International Experience’, was held, organised by the staff of the Faculty of Law of West Ukrainian National University.

 Yuliia Palaniuk, Head of the International Relations Office, Yuliia Kmet, Senior Specialist at this office, and Olga Tsaryk, Director of the International Centre for Culture and Development at WUNU, met with Svitlana Yavorska, Head of the Lviv Office of the British Embassy in Ukraine, and Tom Miscioscia, Director of the British Council in Ukraine.

 As part of STEM Week, a themed event called A-ART & AI DAY was held on the topic of ‘Creativity and Artificial Intelligence’.

 A student eco-fair entitled ‘The Earth – Our Shared Project’ was recently held to mark Earth Day. The event was organised by students from the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy of B. Havrylyshyn Institute of International Relations, who are enrolled in the International Relations programme. The event took place as part of the activities of the ‘International Studio for Sustainable Development’ teaching laboratory (coordinator – Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Nataliia Karpyshyn).

 Congratulations to students Zoriana Ivashkiv (group PR-21) and Viktoriia Dushchak (group PR-34), who have been selected to study for a semester at the University of Osnabrück, and to Vitalii Levus (group KNSHI-41), who has been selected for a semester of study at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts under the Erasmus+ programme in the first semester of the 2026/2027 academic year.

 As part of the international conference ‘Ukraine in the Context of Legal System Reform’, Dr Monika Strus-Wolos — a Doctor of Law from the University of Warsaw and a partner at a renowned law firm in Warsaw — visited West Ukrainian National University. Her participation in the events made a significant contribution to the development of international academic dialogue and the support of Ukrainian legal education. During her presentation, Dr Strus-Wolos shared European experience of legal system reform, focusing on the practical aspects of the legal profession, the protection of human rights and the improvement of civil proceedings.