Current projects
The University Counseling Center is actively involved in national and international projects that enhance the quality of support services. Our goal is to bring innovations in the field of counseling, non-formal education, as well as in the support of students with specific needs through participation in project schemes.
Project name: Support for counseling and mental health of students at UPJŠ in Košice
The total budget: €549,998.61
Amount of NFP: €505,998.72
Amount of financial support from the EU: €467,498.82
Operational program: Slovakia 2021 – 2027 Program
Provider: Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic
Intermediary body: Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic
Recipient: Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
Recipient’s registered office: Šrobárova 2, 041 80 Košice
Organizational unit responsible for project implementation: University Counseling Center UPJŠ in Košice
Start of project implementation: 10/2025
End of project implementation: 09/2028
Project objective: Increasing the availability and quality of counselling and support services at UPJŠ in Košice. The system of support for students’ mental well-being will help reduce psychological difficulties, learning problems and factors threatening the completion of studies. It will also strengthen the skills of employees to respond more effectively to the needs of students.
Project description and project activities: The project focuses on diverse groups of students and employees of UPJŠ. It will be implemented over 36 months on the university premises and online. The main activity consists of 5 sub-activities:
Support for the provision of comprehensive counseling and support services: psychological counseling, counseling in effective learning, training and awareness-raising events.
Staff education: counseling in approaching students with specific and other needs and education in interpersonal and intrapersonal skills.
Support for the Buddy Program: supporting the adaptation of diverse groups of students through trained peer volunteers.
Continuous monitoring and evaluation of counseling and support services: data collection, analysis and subsequent improvement of services.
Building relaxation zones
Project outputs: The project will support 300 students and 250 employees, contribute to the availability of services and more effective support for students’ well-being.
https://portal.ccvapp.upjs.sk/project-view/3773?_locale=en
MoU – 025/24
CSO Approval date – 17/05/2024
Start date – 23/10/2024
End date – 22/10/2028
Critical perspectives on career and career guidance (COCAG) will gather scholars across Europe and beyond to explore how careers are changing in the contemporary world and consider what response is required from public policy and practice. It will explore the following research questions. (1) How can the challenges and changes that are happening to careers in the contemporary world be understood? (2) How can policymakers respond to contemporary challenges to individual’s careers? (3) How can career guidance practice adopt a more critical stance to address the changing world more effectively?
COCAG will foster debate around these questions by stimulating publication projects, brokering relationships between researchers and developing new research directions. It will also support the public communication of research insights, findings and projects to policymakers and practitioners.
