Anticipating the European future of Ukraine, educational institutions act as powerful agents of change in promoting European values.

The meeting of the working group, which was attended by the Head of the Department, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor O. Sydorenko, was held under the leadership of the First Vice-Rector S.Leonov. The meeting was joined by representatives of the Department of International cooperation, research part, educational and organizational management, coordinators, and project executors.

Foreign students of Medical Institute of SumDU (group MC.m-919an) together with Inna Levenok (Doctor of Philology, lecturer of the Department of language training for foreign citizens, the head of scientific group and the author's hub-laboratory Ukr.Lang.Laboratory for foreign students in the social network Facebook) joined the celebration of the World Heart Day on September 29 as a part of the implementation of the Jean Monet Module*.

The senior lecturer of the department Yevheniia Burnos participated in an open presentation IT multicourse "Web technologies" by Educational-Consulting Centre Well.com.IT of Faculty of Electronics and Information Technologies (ElIT).

Senior lecturer of the Department of Language Training for Foreign Citizens Hanna V. Diadchenko studied within the course "Digital instruments Google for education" (basic level).

On September 26, European countries celebrate the European Day of Languages. Conferences, exhibitions, concerts and solemn lectures, open classes dedicated to the diversity, richness, beauty, and uniqueness of each language are held on this day.

Dear colleagues!
We sincerely congratulate you on the Day of Education Workers!

Teachers of the Department took part in the second online presentation of the electronic platform «MRIYA». The main goal of the platform is to counteract kremlin propaganda and fake resources on the Internet.

This year, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Ukraine, with the support of Google Ukraine, organized free training within the framework of the "Google Digital Tools for Education" program in order to expand the possibilities of using digital tools for organizing distance learning and improving the efficiency of the educational process. The basic training platform of the training course is the subject of professional development Academy of Digital Development.

On September 8-9, 2022, an international online conference for scientists affected by the war in Ukraine "Chance for Science" was held. The event was organized by scientists from the German University of Leipzig. The online meeting was moderated by Professor Carmen Bachman. The purpose of this international informational scientific and practical event was to support scientists who migrated due to the war events in Ukraine, as well as those who remained on the territory of Ukraine and continue to work in difficult conditions.

The English-language section of the monograph "European and Ukrainian methodological backgrounds in forming language competence of international students" (author - Inna Levenok, Doctor of Philosophy, teacher of the department) was published in the US publishing house (Boston).

Senior Lecturer of the Department of Language Training for Foreign Citizens Diadchenko Hanna Viktorivna visited 6-hours training from doing first pre-medical help. Training was organized by the Ukrainian Red Cross Association.