Discover us and be yourself in Poland!
Discover us and be yourself in Poland!
The project is co-financed by the European Social Fund under the Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development, a non-competition project entitled: ”Increasing competencies of the academic staff and the institutions' potential to receive people from abroad - Welcome to Poland (Action 3.3 Internationalization of Polish higher education) and described in the application form no. POWR.03.03.00-00-PN14/18.
The main objective of the project is enhancing institutional capacity of KU for the service of students and staff from abroad, through the following actions:
- Training support for university administrative staff
- Comprehensive adaptation programs for foreign students
- Access to digitized publications (e-books) for foreign doctoral students and academic staff
THE TARGET GROUP of the project are:
- 1291 foreign students
- 29 foreign doctoral students and academic staff
- 20 administrative employees
As part of the project we have planned the following ACTIVITIES:
- Trainings for administrative staff
- Preparation of multimedia onboarding materials
- Realisation of comprehensive adaptation programs for foreign students
- Purchase of digital publications (e-books)
RESULTS:
- 5 multimedia onboarding materials (short films) for foreign students
- 3 trainings for administrative staff – KU employees will learn methods of attractive and efficient communication geared to the needs of foreign students
- 2 cultural workshops, 2 occasional and adaptation events, 14 International Days, 6 urban games, 3 Warsaw Tours – foreign students will adapt more easily to the new academic reality
- New digital publications – doctoral students will receive access to most recent foreign publications.
Achieving the project's objective will have a long-term, positive impact on building the University`s prestige , contributing to the increased interest of foreign students, doctoral candidates who are applying to the Doctoral School and scientists carrying out research activities which is a key element in internationalization of a university.