University of Silesia in Katowice

“Our guide to everyday geomorphology” is a joint work of employees and students of the Institute of Earth Sciences and the Institute of Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management. The authors presented places close to their hearts, whether because of their sentiment for the “Little Homeland” or objects related to their research work. The...

Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in collaboration with the Transform4Europe Alliance, promotes four online workshops about pedagogical innovation, active learning and service-learning, from January 20 to 30. These workshops aim to foster reflection and sharing on pedagogical innovation in Higher Education, challenging T4EU faculty members and researchers to implement new practices in their classes. The deadline for...

The Transform4Europe Alliance has developed various innovative training materials as short online training units (webinars). The training sessions take place in January and February 2025. The webinars will cater to and foster various skills – that may be of use for every T4EU staff member from across the Alliance. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity...

Geochemical markers are a valuable tool in identifying of coal- and oil-derived con-tamination in fires at illegal landfills. They can survive combustion with their distributions mostly unchanged, allowing them to be used to identify the source of pollutants and charac-terize any fossil fuels present in the combusted material. The tested samples of burnt solid waste...

Dear All, On the occasion of the upcoming Christmas Holidays and the New Year, on behalf of myself and all the Rectors, I wish you the very best, lots of joy and inner peace. I realise that these wishes are a breakneck wish in view of the anxieties that beset us – both personal and...

When: 19–23 May 2025 Jean Monnet University in Saint-Étienne invites students from the University of Silesia to participate in Fest’U 2025 – a unique arts festival organized as part of Transform4Europe Week in France. What is Fest’U? Fest’U is an annual artistic event that brings together nearly 3,200 spectators and 300 artists. The festival is...

Celebration of teaching at the University of Silesia in Katowice The end of the year is a perfect time to sum up and celebrate successes. On 17 December 2024, in the K. Lepszy Lecture Hall in the Rectorate building of the University of Silesia in Katowice, a ceremonial gala of the Teaching Celebration was held. The...