During today’s press briefing, a photo exhibition was unveiled featuring international staff members and students of Lodz University of Technology who have chosen Łódź as their second home. The event was also an opportunity to announce the upcoming #FacesOfTUL podcast, presented by prof. Adam Wojciechowski, Vice-Rector for Development at Lodz University of Technology, and dr inż. Dorota Piotrowska, TUL prof. and Director of the International Cooperation Centre.
We are delighted by the message highlighted by today’s exhibition, which shows that Lodz University of Technology is a welcoming place and a second home for people from abroad. They come to us, to Łódź, to Poland and to Lodz University of Technology, and find themselves at home here, among our students, our staff and our wonderful academic community
- said Professor Adam Wojciechowski.
The event was also attended by the protagonists of the first two podcast episodes:
- Volha Suchockis from the International Cooperation Centre (Belarus), whose story we will hear this Wednesday in the podcast’s premiere episode,
- Jeremy Chapin, French language instructor at the International Cooperation Centre (France)
- dr hab. Laurent Babout, TUL prof. from the Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering (France)
In the upcoming episodes, the following members of our community will share their stories:
- Dehenenet Tassaw from Faculty of Textiles and Design (Ethiopia),
- dr inż. Tsegaye Lemmi from Faculty of Textiles and Design (Ethiopia),
- Yanina Yadzhyn from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering (Ukraine),
- Anas Abdellatif from IFE and the Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering (Egypt)
- dr Oumayma Abdessadak from ICRI-BioM (Morocco),
- dr inż. Iyad Shatarah from the Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering (Palestine),
- Ekhbayar Erdenetsogt from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering (Mongolia),
- Azat Akhmet from IFE and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Kazakhstan),
- Santiago Sandoval Mora from IFE and the Faculty of Organisation and Management (Colombia)
- Sima Alvani Alamdari from the Faculty of Chemistry (Iran)
The podcast is part of the “TUL Welcomes Beyond Borders” project, dedicated to the international community of our university.
For many years, multiculturalism has been a source of growth. It has been a driving force not only behind various projects, but also behind the development of a distinctive culture at Lodz University of Technology. This culture is now recognised throughout Poland as one that is exceptionally committed to internationalisation and open to people from different countries and of different nationalities
– said dr inż. Dorota Piotrowska, TUL prof. and Director of the International Cooperation Centre. She added:
As part of the project, we will organise a series of workshops not only for administrative staff who support internationalisation processes on a daily basis. We are also committed to ensuring that teachers, academics, students and doctoral candidates can participate in a variety of activities and training sessions and receive support that will help them better understand this culture and benefit more fully from its diversity.
The first podcast episode premieres this Wednesday.
The project is implemented under the Welcome to Poland Programme and co-funded by the European Union through the European Funds for Social Development 2021–2027 (FERS), as part of the NAWA project entitled: “Support for higher education and research institutions in assisting foreign nationals and Polish citizens travelling abroad,” project no. FERS.01.05.IP.08-0003/24.
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