Meklēšana

The conference has been organized by the Department of Contrastive Linguistics, Translation and Interpreting in cooperation with the Latvian Association of Interpreters and Translators since 2015. The conference offers the annual winter session of topical discussions about translation studies and translation industry in the Baltics. The conference enables practitioners, researchers, students and academic staff to share insights, ideas, concerns and research projects about the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of translation and interpreting today and tomorrow.

Workshops organized within the framework of the UL Doctoral School “Functional materials and nanotechnologies” take place every Wednesday at the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Ķengaraga street 8. Representatives from industry, local and foreign researchers as well as the students themselves take the floor during the seminars and talk about topical subjects and research in the fields of functional materials and nanotechnologies both in Latvia and the world.

Career Opportunities Day is an annual business exhibition wherecompanies presentwork, internship, collaboration opportunities, various activities and lectures to students and others interested in the subject. The exhibition provides an opportunity to personally address the companies you are interested in, to get to know their representatives by inquiring about career and internship opportunities, company culture, required competencies, skills and job specifics. The Career opportunity day will take place at September, 2024.

The Faculty of Humanities, as the faculty of languages, pays special attention to the cooperation with foreign institutions, funds and embassies of the countries, which languages are taught at the Faculty. The cooperation includes various support programmes, help with teaching materials, language courses, specialists, participation in events, as well as student scholarships, internships, etc. The Faculty of Humanities participates in various international projects, together with foreign colleagues and partners organizing international conferences, publishing the collections of articles (see the section Research). Moreover, the successful cooperation with HEI of other countries is a solid basis for the inclusion of our students into the versatile European and world labour market.

Research for development of new synthetic products Latvian researchers are actively developing new medications. Students of our faculty are also involved in research. Viktorija Vitkovska, a doctoral student at the University of Latvia Faculty of Chemistry, with the support of the University of Latvia Foundation and in cooperation with the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, develops anti-cancer medication to destroys cancer cells without causing adverse side effects. In the development of her doctoral dissertation, under the guidance of Professor Dr. chem. Edgars Sūna, structurally new but simplified structural analogues of diazonamide A are synthesized and studied, which could be used for the development of anticancer agents.

Within the framework of the project, recommendations will be developed for the application of radiation technologies in the production of musical instrument materials from spruces and maples growing in Latvia. The aim of the project is to develop an express method for the selection of timber for musical instruments and to expand the use of UL linear electron accelerator (ELU-4), involve small manufacturers to ensure ELU-4 maintenance costs, expand the scientific capacity of researchers, entrepreneurs and students, as well as involve new students in research. Total costs: EUR 12000. Project manager: researcher, engineer Andris Leščinskis, UL Institute of Chemical Physics. Patron: SIA “Mikrotīkls”.

Online courses for students. Teacher training "Digital competences". It will consist of an introductory online meeting, a physical meeting (2 working days + 2 travel days) and finally a virtual meeting during which participants will present their completed course plans. A common platform based on Moodle is being created, where all offered courses will be available. The platform is intended to be linked to existing university study environments. Authorization with existing usernames and passwords. The possibility of translating course materials with a machine translator is studied. A survey of students on the topics of interest and the desired course format has been conducted.