On 16 February 2023, the Department of British and American Studies FF UPJŠ hosted another year of the Regional Round of the English Language Olympiad for pupils of basic and secondary schools of the Košice Self-Governing Region who successfully passed district rounds of this competition. Competitors, more than 90 this year, competed in 8 categories … Continued

This year’s Open House programme at the FF UPJŠ was at the Department of British and American Studies opened by a very interesting lecture by Mgr. Barbara Tricoire – Head of the Directorate General Translation Office at the Representation of the European Commission in Bratislava – on the topic “Translation for EU institutions: career opportunities and required skills”.Not only potential future … Continued

On Thursday 9 February 2023, the regional round of the Human Rights Olympiad was held at the BAS FF UPJŠ after a long pandemic break. Almost 40 high school students from the entire Košice Region arrived to prove their knowledge of human-rights topics.While waiting for the results of the first, written test, students and teachers had the option to … Continued

Secondary Grammar School of Milan Rastislav Štefánik in Košice hosted a regional round of the French language Olympiad on the 6th of February 2023. Students from elementary and secondary schools had a chance to put their knowledge of the French language to test in several categories. This year, like years before, our colleagues from the Department of British and American … Continued

In this challenging world cooperation with alumni and workplace is gaining on importance and the Department of British and American Studies FF UPJŠ is proud to present itself as a thriving community with strong integrity and mutual support. Our students had the opportunity to meet successful alumni, representatives of partner companies, and could enjoy the presentation of the novel Katja’s … Continued

On Friday 21 October 2022 students of translation and interpretation study programme English Language for European Institutions and Economy attended a virtual visit organized by the General Directorate for Translation of the European Commission where they could see presentations on what it means to translate for the European Commission, they learnt about the main language … Continued

21. 10. 2022

On 10 October 2022, a ceremony was held to hand over certificates to successful graduates of the previous semester of the course Skills for Success – from University to Workplace, which is provided by the American Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia and its BSC Forum. The students received their certificates from the hands of the … Continued

On 4 October 2022 students of the Department of British and American Studies FF UPJŠ attended a lecture entitled Linkedin – importance of presentation to succeed on the labour market, organized by representatives of Arval Competence Centre in cooperation with our University Counselling Centre UNIPOC. Beside practical information about most suitable arrangements of a Linkedin … Continued

Department of British and American Studies FF UPJŠ had the unique opportunity to welcome on Monday, 26 September 2022, an American hiker Ms Heather Anderson, a 2019 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. Heather spoke to students about her experience, adventures, and preparations for hiking the three longest trails in the US – Pacific Crest, … Continued

Frederika Pekarčíková, M.A., a PhD student of the British and American Studies programme of the Department of British and American Studies FF UPJŠ, successfully represented UPJŠ at the Doctoral Symposium at the 16th Conference of ESSE (European Society for the Study of English), organised by the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz on 29.8.–2.9.2022. After her … Continued

  The sixth edition of the international conference WORD-FORMATION THEORIES VI – TYPOLOGY AND UNIVERSALS IN WORD-FORMATION V takes place at the BAS Department FF UPJŠ from 23 to 26 June 2022. The sessions are scheduled in the Historic Aula of the UPJŠ Rectorate and the premises of the Plato building of the FF UPJŠ. … Continued