International Week in WAB
International Week 2025
For the fourth time, May 19-23, 2025, we hosted participants from abroad as part of the WAB International Week, which brought together people from 10 different countries across three continents! The exchange of teaching and administrative staff included participants from countries such as the Dominican Republic, Armenia, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Denmark, Czechia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and the United Kingdom, and was possible and co-founded by the European Union.
International Week provides an opportunity for joint international cooperation and networking, as well as broadening the meaning of internationalization for all partner universities. It also provides WAB students with the opportunity to attend classes and lectures. Thanks to the Open Lectures, WAB students and lecturers, as well as high school students, had the opportunity to attend lectures by two speakers: Dr Rob Davidson from the University of Greenwich in the UK, who addressed the topic of ‘Personal Branding’, and Dr Sotiris Karagiannis from the University of New York in Prague in Czechia, who talked about presentation methods and gave a lecture entitled ‘Presenting with Confidence’.
These lectures were just one part of the International Week activities. International Week participants could attend a workshop led by Dr Sotiris Karagiannis on creating engaging learning experiences for university students. A game of ‘Polish Bingo’ allowed to learn more about Polish culture and heritage, with teams competing fiercely in each category!
A tour of Lower Silesia and visits to the seventeenth-century Church of Peace in Świdnica and Książ Castle provided insight into the region’s history and helped participants to develop a better understanding of Wrocław’s multicultural nature. The Adoria vineyards introduced the culture of winemaking in Poland, which is currently flourishing nowhere else but in Lower Silesia.
Despite the rain, the sightseeing tour of Wrocław and the hunt for its dwarves were both a success!
International Week is a special and unique time during the academic year. It’s a great chance to form new cooperations and partnerships, exchange experiences and good practices, and – most importantly – meet new people!
International Week 2024
For the third time, the International Week was organised at Wroclaw Business University of Applied Sciences from 13 to 17 May 2024. The international exchange of administrative and teaching staff took place within the framework of the Erasmus+ programme. It was attended by 30 guests from almost 20 countries, including France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Portugal, Turkey and Croatia.
Throughout the week, our guests gave lectures to WAB students. They covered topics related to sustainable development and were given by, among others, Susana Leal from Instituto Politecnico de Santarem in Portugal, Arzigul Surina from Almaty Management University in Kazakhstan or Pauline Syme from Inholland University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. The open lectures by Rob Davidson from the University of Greenwich in the UK on ‘Artificial Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence in Tourism and Hospitality’ and Dr Bartłomiej Nowak on ‘Leading Upfront: the Case of EU Climate Policy’ were very interesting.
There were also practical activities in the form of workshops – Sotirios Karagiannis together with Juwana Jenkins from the University of New York in Prague conducted ‘The Learning Odyssey: Coaching and Mentoring for the Classroom and Beyond’ for our guests.
International Week participants also took part in workshops organised by the WAB staff, such as Design Thinking, Communication and Mediation Workshops and Case Study Poland.
In addition to classes at the university, our guests had the opportunity to take a guided tour of Wroclaw and participate in the City Game, which introduced them to the city’s colourful history.
The culinary workshops on how to make pierogi introduced them to one of Poland’s most popular vegetarian dishes.
The participants of the International Week were also invited on a tour of our region. They visited the 17th century baroque Church of Peace in Świdnica, which is on the UNESCO list, and took a trip to the Table Mountains to Szczeliniec Wielki.
The whole International Week was very intense and full of interesting events. It was a fruitful time of meeting, sharing knowledge and experiences, and building new partnerships. And all this in a good atmosphere and with fantastic fun.
International Week 2023
This year’s edition of the International Week took place between 29th May and 2nd June 2023 in the terms of exchange for teaching and training staff mobility under the Erasmus+ exchange programme. Wroclaw Business University of Applied Sciences hosted 20 participants from different countries as UK, Czechia, Belgium, Romania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Spain, Turkey, the Netherlands and Denmark.
According to the Erasmus+ regulations, foreign lecturers had lectures and took part in several workshops organised by the WAB staff that aimed to get to know each other (Icebreaking Workshops), gain some knowledge about Poland (Cate Study Poland) and present Explain Everything – a platform for online learning and teaching, created by Bartosz Gonczarek, PhD. Due to the International Week 2023 lecturers, students but also high school pupils had the opportunity to attend public lectures that were broadcast online as well and you can find them on our Facebook. Public lectures were devoted to two topics: ‘Personal Branding’ given by Guram Sherozia from European University, Georgia and ‘Bleisure’ (combing business and leisure) by Rob Davidson from the University of Greenwich, UK.
The main aim of this International meeting is not only devoted to lectures and workshops but also spending time together with all foreign participants that allows future fruitful cooperations. The excursion around Wroclaw allowed to obtain the knowledge that allowed to get to know colourful and equivocal history of the city and helped with answering almost flawlessly Case Study Poland’s quizzes. The culinary workshops followed the rule ‘sharing is caring’ and gave the chance to taste the traditional vegetarian Polish cuisine using the seasonal vegetables and fruit.
The last day of this incredible various and fantastic week was spent in the Lower Silesian Region where our guests visited Baroque 17th century Peace Church in Świdnica (UNESCO listed) and the part of Table Mountains National Park’s trail leading to Szczeliniec.
International Week 2022
From 16th to 20th June Wroclaw Business University of Poland organized the International Week in the framework of Erasmus+ Exchange Program for the Teaching and Training Mobilities. WAB hosted more than 20 participants from 9 different countries!
Wroclaw Business University of Applied Sciences was visited by participants from countries like Austria, Czechia, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, Hungary and UK. During this exceptional and intensive week our guests took the classes with our university’s students, got familiar with the university, met administration staff and analyzed the work fields, as well as exchange the work experiences.
International Week’s guests took part in the network workshops where the future cooperation, interests and research fields were discussed but also had an opportunity to compare the different functions of universities. Thanks to the universities fairs every participant could get take a closer look at universities and present opportunities for the future and fruitful cooperation. At the time of the International Week 2022, our university organized as well the International Conference “Best Practice in Accessible Tourism. Case study of V4 Countries’ where each and every incoming attendee could participate.
In order to get to know the city and the Polish hospitality the participants explored Wroclaw with the guide and took part in the culinary workshops where the traditional Polish cuisine was prepared, learnt and refresh the knowledge of the first aid and integrative design.
The last day of the IW 2022 was devoted to the trip to the Lower Silesian Region including the Old Mine in Wałbrzych and Polanica Zdrój with its beautiful spa park.
