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A Week of the Faculty of History dedicated to its 45th anniversary started at ZNU. For five days, from 21 to 25 November there will be a lot of exciting festive events for staff and students of the faculty. Everyone can find activities based on his own preference, from scientific meetings and round tables to cheerful holidays.

At the Faculty of Social Pedagogy and Psychology on November 14 was held a training course in English "Preparation to participate in international scientific conferences" in the framework of the work of student's academic problem group "Psychotherapy in the English-speaking world". The academic supervisor of the event was the Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology, Candidate of Psychological Sciences Olha Ishchuk.

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.

According to Hennadiy Vasylchuk, the program was pretty intense. During the meeting with Estonian colleagues, the delegates discussed issues concerning the implementation of the joint project of Narva College and Zaporizhzhya National University on the characteristic features of multilingual learning. The Ukrainian delegation also found out more about the Estonian educational system, ethno-cultural specific concepts of the Republic of Estonia, the guests visited the Estonian secondary and higher educational institutions, etc.

Halyna Moroshkina, talking about the development of Estonian international activities of the university, paid special attention to the stages of connection establishment with the representatives of the University of Tartu and the prospects of further cooperation of ZNU with this leading Estonian higher education institution: "For the first time our Estonian colleagues visited the University in January of this year at our invitation. The staff of the Faculty of Foreign Languages prepared for the guests of honour the fundamental presentations in all fields of activity: the professors described the learning process, told about the educational programmes and specializations of the University, its scientific and international activities, academic mobility, youth outreach, etc. Professor Saniya Yenikyeyeva prepared information about the scientific schools of the Faculty of Foreign Languages which are well-known not only in the national linguistic space, but also in the international academic circles.

From November 10 the Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Professor Alla Cherep has been teaching according to exchange program at the Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abai at the Sorbonne-Kazakhstan Institute. It is her professionalism and the quality of lectures that has contributed to the establishment of closer ties between Ukrainian universities and the University of Kazakhstan.

November 10, for the first time on the basis of ZNU was held the 63rd Startup Battle. It was organized by Investment platform Startup.Network, International education program EUROSTUDENT ™ and Networking School of Solomiya Boyko, with the support of the Scientific society of students, postgraduates, doctoral students and young scientists of Zaporizhzhya National University. Such events are traditionally held twice a year and must determine the most successful business projects for implementation and investment in various countries.

The other day the Debate tournament "Honest education: myth or reality?" was held at ZNU in the framework of the Project of academic integrity promotion in Ukraine (SAIUP). It was attended by the representatives of ZNU: students, teachers, researchers and guests.

During a working visit the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Latvia in Ukraine, Juris Poikāns, visited Zaporizhzhya National University. He met with the representatives of the University administration and the rector of ZNU, Professor Mykola Frolov, in particular.