WEST UKRAINIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

 On 25 and 26 November 2025, lecturers from the S. I. Yuriy Department of Finance had the opportunity to participate in the international scientific conference ‘Axiology of the Legal System: Theory and Practice,’ held at the Pontifical Gregorian University (Italy).

 As part of the UK–Ukraine University Twinning Initiative, coordinated by Cormack Consultancy Group (CCG), the launch of the Seed Fund for Research Excellence programme has been announced. The initiative aims to strengthen the research capacity of Ukrainian universities during this difficult period of war and support their readiness to participate in larger international programmes, such as Horizon Europe.

 We invite researchers and lecturers from WUNU to participate in three exciting research and educational opportunities announced by the Baltic University Programme.

 Recently, at the initiative of Oksana Koval, Director of the Education and Research Centre for Communications at West Ukrainian National University, a joint online meeting was held as part of the Dutch-Ukrainian project ‘Fair, Transparent and Accountable Criminal Justice System in Ukraine’.

 From 11 to 13 November 2025, the Rector of WUNU Oksana Desyatnyuk and Vice-Rector for Research Mykola Divak paid a working visit to Tomas Bata University in Zlín (Zlín, Czech Republic).

 From 10 to 16 November 2025, teachers of the Department of Information and Computing Systems and Control, Myroslav Komar, Khrystyna Lipianina-Honcharenko and Oleksandr Osolinskyi visited Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) on an international work trip.

 With a view to expanding international cooperation in the field of higher education, fostering scientific and academic ties, and establishing professional links between Ukrainian and Latvian educational and legal institutions, academics from West Ukrainian National University visited Riga.

 At West Ukrainian National University, participants of the retraining and social adaptation programme for internally displaced persons are currently undertaking studies in the field of ‘Entrepreneurship’, which is being implemented as part of the international TURBO project (‘The Universities’ Reaction to Big Obstructions: Building resilient higher education to respond and manage societal crises’). This project aims to support IDPs, develop entrepreneurial skills, facilitate professional adaptation to new living conditions, and create opportunities for self-fulfilment.

 As part of the TURBO project (“The Universities’ Reaction to Big Obstructions: Building resilient higher education to respond and manage societal crises”), training sessions on psychological first aid were held for internally displaced persons participating in the project. These initiatives are designed to support people who have suffered from the war and were forced to leave their homes. They help restore emotional balance, develop self-help skills, and strengthen psychological resilience in new living conditions.

 A meeting was held at West Ukrainian National University between Dr. Svitlana Kominko, Professor of Psychology at VSIT (Vancouver, Canada), Executive Director and Co-founder of the Canadian non-profit organisation Maple Hope Foundation, and the university administration.