WEST UKRAINIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

 Oleksandra Vasylchyshyn, a professor at the Department of Security and Law Enforcement of WUNU, took part in a study visit to Warsaw, organised as part of the Ukraine Programme for Learning Integrity in Financial Training (UPLIFT). The programme brought together participants from various fields with an interest in financial security and combating financial crime. The study visit was organised by the Centre for Financial Integrity (CFI) in collaboration with the UK’s Centre for Finance and Security (CFS) at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

 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.

 Uliana Koruts, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Research at WUNU, presented the TURBO microcredit programme at a regional event organised by the National Qualifications Agency as part of the regional event ‘Education and the Labour Market: Strategy for Social Partnership’, organised in partnership with West Ukrainian National University.