A meeting of the Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences will be held on 25 July 2025 to set the strategic directions of the University for the academic year 2025/2026 and to initiate the implementation of the Faculty Development Strategy for 2025-2030.The session will be chaired by Dr Irena Malinowska - Dean of the Faculty and attended by Dr Bartosz Blaszczak - Director...Read More
We are proud to announce that the Higher School of Vocational Education in Wrocław has been awarded the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE), granted by the European Commission! This prestigious award opens up new prospects for our University for international academic cooperation and participation in the Erasmus+ programme - one of the most important...Read More
In the summer semester of the 2024/2025 academic year, Mr Bartosz Głowacki (WSKZ Institute of Psychology) organised a series of unique development and integration workshops, which were very positively received by the participants. In total, he conducted six diverse meetings with topics including personal development, confidence enhancement, aromatherapy, light therapy, expression...Read More
One of the most important events in Poland devoted to geopolitics, economy, security and innovation - the G2 Forum - is behind us. This year's event was held under the motto 'Awakening', being a symbolic and analytical response to the changing balance of power in the European and international arena. It is also a call to learn lessons and take action - both in the sphere of...Read More
On Sunday, 13 July 2025, on the initiative of the Institute of Psychology at the Higher School of Vocational Training, a meeting was held between students and Prof. Jerzy Mączyński, PhD - a prominent organisational and management psychologist and recognised expert in the field of intercultural leadership. The event was also attended by Dr Artur Ziolkowski, Professor at the Higher School of Vocational Training,...Read More
The Higher School of Vocational Education in Wrocław has entered into a cooperation agreement with Special Schools and the Non-public Health Care Institution Międzyszkolny Zakład Rehabilitacji i Korekcji Wad Postawy in Aleksandrów Łódzki. The facility provides comprehensive care for primary and secondary school pupils, including children with a special education certificate. The facility...Read More
On 9 August 2025 at 5pm there will be an online training session for all staff in the College of Professional Education. The meeting will take place on the Google Meet platform. A link to participate will be sent via email. The training will be conducted by Małgorzata Piórkowska, MA, Rector's Equal Treatment Plenipotentiary. Aim and scope of the training The training has been...Read More
Employees of the Higher School of Vocational Training can submit articles for an international monograph being prepared in cooperation with the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine. The publication is being realised on the basis of a scientific conference held online on 27 May 2025 in Kharkiv. The deadline for the submission of texts is 31 July 2025. The monograph will be published by Oficyna Wydawnicza ...Read More
On 7 July 2025, the first part of an online workshop entitled 'Fundamentals of psychological research methodology' was held by Dr Beata E. Andrzejewska. The event was organised for third-semester psychology students. The meeting lasted from 17:00 to 19:30. The second part of the workshop is scheduled for 14 July. A practical introduction to research methodology ...Read More
We are delighted to announce that Dr Monika Bidzan-Wiącek, affiliated with the Institute of Psychology at the Higher School of Vocational Training, is among the winners of the prestigious scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young scientists. Prestigious award This is one of the most important scientific distinctions in Poland, awarded to researchers who can boast...Read More
We are pleased to announce an open lecture on 6 July 2025 (Sunday) at 11:30am entitled. "The psychology of disasters", which will be delivered by Professor Robin Goodwin - a prominent expert in the psychology of individual and societal responses to traumatic events. 📍 Lecture venue: University of Wrocław, Faculty of Law, Administration and...Read More
On 2 July 2025, the Higher School of Vocational Education, represented by Dr Irena Malinowska, Prof. WSKZ - Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, and Prof. Dariusz Brakoniecki from the Centre for International Cooperation, concluded a bilateral agreement on scientific and didactic cooperation with the University of Prešov in Prešov (in Slovak: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove), a public university...Read More
A book entitled. 'Entangled in family patterns. How childhood affects adult life', authored by Jack Rydlewski, M.A., and Dr Anna Paluszak (our full-time lecturer). Therapeutic about parenting - book description Being a parent is difficult. Although we try with all our might to provide for our children what we didn't have ourselves,...Read More
How to motivate soldiers effectively? The answer to this question is sought by the authors of a recent scientific article that has just been published by the Upper Silesian Academy Publishing House. The text entitled. "The Importance of Economic Motivation Tools in Shaping the Attitudes of Uniformed Services Personnel Using the Example of the Army" was prepared by Ewa Chomać-Pierzecka of the Higher School of Education...Read More
New technologies bring great potential for the democratisation of the electoral process, but also new challenges that are not yet fully recognised by legislators. Internet voting, social media campaigns or targeting selected content to specific individuals are issues that need to be regulated, pointed out participants in the conference "President of the Republic of Poland: Campaigning, Elections, Political Position'....Read More
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the Polish economy, having a significant share in the creation of GDP - 28.2% for micro-enterprises and 17.1% for small and medium-sized companies, respectively (according to a report by the Polish Entrepreneurship Agency, 2024). Unfortunately, these values are lower than a year earlier, which experts explain by the effects of the pandemic and dynamic economic changes and...Read More
On 23 April 2025, Dr Mariusz Michalski, assistant professor at the College of Vocational Training in Wrocław, participated as a speaker in the 3rd National Scientific Conference entitled. "Forensic science and the changing reality of crime scenes". The event, organised in a remote format by the Radom Academy of Applied Sciences in cooperation with the Radom Regional Police Headquarters,...Read More
We would like to inform you that on 22 April this year. Professor Janusz Soboń and Dr Ruslana Seleznova took part in the International Student Scientific and Practical Conference held in the city of Shymkent, Republic of Kazakhstan. Together with lecturers from the National University of Biological Resources and Natural Economy of Ukraine (Kyiv), they prepared student papers on current topics ...Read More
There is a strong culture of loyalty and so-called 'conspiracy of silence' among uniformed services such as the police, border guards and firefighters. As a result of this phenomenon, officers rarely decide to report bullying, as they fear exclusion from their environment, professional consequences and social stigmatisation. On covert psychological violence in the services during...Read More
On Friday, 25 April, the Silesian Museum in Katowice hosted Ślōnski LegalTech. This event was organised for lawyers, entrepreneurs, innovators and anyone interested in the digital revolution in the legal industry. The conference combined the topics of modern technology and law. One of the partners of the event was the Higher School of Vocational Training, represented...Read More
We are pleased to share a short report on our recent participation in a scientific event. On 11 April, we had the honour of representing our university at an International Scientific Seminar aimed at researchers, lecturers, practitioners and students. The seminar, which lasted two days, brought together eminent scientists from across Central Asia, presenting the highest...Read More
From 31 March to 2 April, professors from the Institute of Criminology and Internal Security participated in an inter-environmental and interdisciplinary conference organised by Pedagogium Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Społecznych in Warsaw and Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu in Nowy Sącz - National Louis University. The theme of the symposium was 'Our national micromania and its negative effects in...Read More
A scientific conference entitled 'Wielowymiararowość psychologii formacji i służb mundurowych' (The Multidimensionality of the Psychology of Uniformed Formations and Services) was held on 3-4 April in Konin to explore the psychological problems accompanying officers in the police, army, prison service or fire service, among others. The event brought together specialists from all over Poland. The Higher School of Vocational Training in Wrocław...Read More
On 9-11 April this year, the Sanguszko Palace in Tarnów hosted a scientific conference entitled. "Manifestations of pathology in a multifaceted approach", organised by the Business School in Nowy Sącz. The event brought together representatives from various fields of science and practice, who jointly debated the complexity of pathological phenomena in the modern world. The meeting was chaired by the organiser -...Read More
