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Representatives of the Faculty of Law of Zaporizhzhya National University joined the online broadcast of the public lecture of the Advisor to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine and the U.S. attorney in retirement Bohdan Vitvitsky (USA) on the topic: "The rule of law: so critically important, yet so elusive?". The event was held in the lectorium of the Academic building of the Ukrainian Catholic University. It was a part of a series of lectures UCU "Rule of Law Lecture Series" from leading American lawyers devoted to the actual challenges and problems in the field of consolidation of the rule of law, justice and fairness.

December 16, at the initiative of the Arab center in Ukraine and the Department of World History and International Relations, on the basis of ZNU Faculty of History was held a round-table meeting dedicated to the Arabic Language Day. The meeting was opened by the head of Department, Associate Professor Olha Maklyuk and the President of the Association of National Minorities of Zaporizhzhya region, Dr. Naufal Khamdani. The guests of the event were congratulated by the Director of the State Center of International Education under the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine Olena Shapovalova. It should be mentioned that today the Arabic language is one of six official languages of the United Nations. It is also one of the most spoken languages in the world, which undoubtedly deserves attention.

Yesterday, the twelfth of December in the classroom 224 of ZNU academic building №2, students of the Faculty of Law took part in a video conference with a world-renowned scholar, lecturer of the University of Oxford, Dr. Jeffery West. Via Skype connection, future lawyers attended a fascinating lecture from academic’s authorial course "Importance of critical thinking for lawyers".

At the invitation of the Rule of Law Center at the Ukrainian Catholic University in cooperation with the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission on 5 December in the conference hall of UCU was held a presentation of the objectives and current activities of the OSCE Mission to Ukraine. The event was attended by students and researchers, lawyers, representatives of civil society and those interested in the activities of the OSCE SMM in our country. ZNU students of the Faculty of Law also joined the event in the format of video conference.

November 30 in the lecture hall of the Academic building of the Ukrainian Catholic University, the representatives of the professional legal environment, academics, law students attended a public lecture of Professor Alan Riley from City University London (London, England). The speech on the topic "Nord Stream 2: Legal and Policy Analysis in the framework of EU-Russia energy relations. Implications for Ukraine". At the invitation of the UCU Rule of Law Center law students of ZNU were able to listen to the online broadcast of the presentation and to put their questions to the speaker.

The working delegation of ZNU representatives, which has recently visited the Narva College of the University of Tartu (Estonia) was composed of the Vice-Rector for Research Hennadiy Vasylchuk and the Vice-Rector for Educational Research and Academic Affairs Oleksandr Hura. The Vice-Rectors reported to the administration of Zaporizhzhya National University about the work on the project "Implementation of the multilingual education model and the methodology of simultaneous teaching subject and language (CLIL) at Zaporizhzhya National University and Zaporizhzhya Oblast". In addition, Hennadiy Vasylchuk and Oleksandr Hura presented a number of specific proposals for the project work implementation within the framework of realization of the Concept of foreign languages at ZNU initiated by the Rector Mykola Frolov.

The representatives of the administration and professors of our University have recently visited the Narva College of the University of Tartu. This visit took place within the framework of the project "Implementation of the multilingual education model and the methodology of simultaneous teaching subject and language (CLIL) at Zaporizhzhya National University and Zaporizhzhya Oblast". The event was held due to the Concept of learning foreign languages which had been successfully implemented at ZNU for several years, initiated by the Rector Mykola Frolov. Here's what the initiator of the visit, the Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages Halyna Moroshkina says about the possibility of implementation of the multilingual education model at University and the characteristics of the educational process:

At the Faculty of Biology of ZNU was held a conference for students who were interested in academic mobility devoted to the current issues related to the internships abroad. The event was organized by the Student Council’s international sector of the Faculty of Biology.

November 21, Zaporizhzhya National University was visited by the representatives of the Embassy of France in Ukraine, the Attaché for university and scientific cooperation Sylvain Rigollet and the Attaché for French language Fabrice Peutot. They were accompanied by the Director of the French Cultural Center "Alliance Française" Lyudmyla Bohdanovska. The honorable guests met with the representatives of the University administration and the Faculty of Foreign Languages, found out more about the material and technical base of the University and its international activities, and also discussed prospects for further cooperation between ZNU and higher education institutions of France.

Last week the delegation of Zaporizhzhya National University, headed by the Vice-Rector for Research Hennadiy Vasylchuk, visited Estonia. It was a return visit at the invitation of colleagues from Narva College of the University of Tartu as part of the project "Introducing of the multilingual education model and the methodology of simultaneous teaching subject and language (CLIL) at Zaporizhzhya National University and Zaporizhzhya Oblast". The event was held in the framework of the Concept of learning foreign languages which had been successfully implemented at ZNU for several years, at the initiative of the rector Mykola Frolov.