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Elizabete Akmentiņa (1920–2014) was born in Kārsava district on 27 June 1920. In the aftermath of the World War II, 1949, herself and her family were deported to the Amur region of Siberia. After returning in 1957, she worked at a collective farm all her life. Support On 11 September 2007, she transferred her real estate "Apiņu mājas"in Malnava, Kārsava municipality, to the University of Latvia, and also gifted to the university her certificates of compensation and privatization. Her donation in the 2009/2010academic year enabled seven UL students to receive the scholarship "Ceļamaize 2009" ("Bread for the journey 2009"). We greatly appreciate the generous support to education!

Project "Modernization of Computer Science Study Programs" As a result of the project, the University of Latvia will offer European-level computer science study programs, which is a step towards the general goal of the University of Latvia to offer quality, excellence-oriented education. Quality education is also a precondition for an educated workforce to enter companies, which is vital for economic development. By offering high-quality study programs, there is a greater opportunity to keep young people in Latvia who doubt the quality of studies here and look in the direction of other European universities. Time period: February 2017 - November 2017. The project is implemented thanks to the donation by the patron "Mikrotīkls" (16 550 EUR). Project "Programming with pleasure/ Programmēt ar prieku" As a result of the project, the didactic materials and teaching aids of the course of Computers and Software 1 will be improved. Technical and didactic materials and technical

Social support scholarship for the first-year bachelor’s programme students of the University of Latvia (UL) in all fields of science. Established on the basis of bequest by the patroness Minna Matilde Vilhelmīne Petkevičs. The scholarship is intended for those UL first-year bachelor’s programme students who have graduated from secondary school with excellent results and have shown high achievements in both studies and extracurricularactivities, and have insufficient means for the studies. Number of scholarships: not stipulated. Scholarship amount: EUR 2 200 per academic year. Scholarship Commission: Patron, Honorary Consul of Latvia in Texas Peter Aloizs Ragaušs ,Chairman of the Board of the UL Foundation, Prof. emer. Ivars Lācis , representative of the patron company Arčers, Public Relations Specialist Aiga Dakule , Head of the UL Department of InfrastructurePlanning Unit Rolands Parasigs-Parasiņš , Executive Director of the UL Foundation Laila Kundziņa , the UL Foundation

Engure municipality has one of the longest sea borders of all the municipalities in Latvia – its length is 56 km. Almost 8000 people have settled here and send their children to educational institutions in Milzkalne, Smārde, Lapmežciems and Engure. According to census, the number of inhabitants in Engure region within the last ten years has increased. The region also prodes itself in the achievements of the students of the newly built Engure School of Music and Arts. They regularly win prizes in the national competitions. The cultural life of the region is vigorous and rooted in national and contemporary values. A particularly enthusiastcally upheld tradition is the competition of local inhabitants at the regional championships of basketball and football. The territory of the municipality is crossed by main national highways Riga – Ventspils, Jurmala – Kolka, train line Riga – Tukums, and intercity buses run along the sea. Jurmala Airport, which had received the investment

In 2024 the summer school is planned to be held live in Riga. Summer School of Latvian Language and Culture is organized for students and other interested parties who want not only to learn and improve their Latvian language skills, but also to broaden their knowledge of Latvian history, art and folklore. The students who study the Latvian Language or other Baltic languages at their home universities are particularly encouraged to apply. We offer: intensive, modern and interactive Latvian language course (grammar, reading, writing, speaking, 64 academic hours), which includes such topics as the human personality, experience, knowledge and skills, friendly contacts and time spent in Latvia, versatile and unique Riga, city tour and orientation, daily life and holidays in Latvia, Latvian traditional and modern culture, current events in Latvian media, Latvia’s and Latvians’ success stories in the world; lecture on Latvian history and politics, getting acquainted with modern

and circular economy. The doctoral school is providing lectures and trainings to supplement generic skills of young researchers in natural sciences by managing cooperation among the experts and practitioners at research institutions and related business enterprises in Latvia and abroad. Participants of the doctoral school for their scientific research can freely use laboratories and equipment at the modern newly built Academic Centre for Natural Sciences of the University of Latvia. Over the time, within the doctoral school collaboration between the PhD students in environmental science at the University of Latvia and Riga Technical University has developed into the discussion series IMRaD (Introduction, Methods, Results & Discussion) where PhD students and post-doctoral researchers can exchange their opinion and knowledge on up-to-date subjects with the experts of natural sciences and related industries. The head of the doctoral school “Earth resources and their sustainable use

The aim of the course is to strengthen students' understanding of grammatical structures, develop the skill to analyse and critically evaluate them, facilitate their use in spoken and written communication in academic, professional and everyday discourse. The objectives of the course are: 1) to extend students' knowledge about the sentence structure in the English language, types of clauses and their linking, the subjunctive mood, verb non-finite forms and their contextual use in different communicative situations at B2/ C1 level; 2) improve the skills to recognise, analyse and use grammatical structures in discourse; 3) distinguish the use of grammatical forms in British and American varieties. The course is delivered in English.

The course is one of the modules of a program “Teaching and learning for competence development” that is grounded in research-based ideas and practice. The course is intended for pedagogues representing different subject areas in comprehensive education. Upon completion of this course, participants will broaden their understanding on what kind of student learning process the result is student’s competence and how to realize such a learning process in specific classroom setting. During course lessons, participants will have a chance to analyse different teaching situations, lesson plan examples, do methodical assignments, engage in professional experience exchange on teaching and assessment possibilities that are aimed at learning for competence development. In between lessons there will be an individual assignment.

The course is intended for students of all subjects with German language level B1/B2. Its goal is to expand their reading and listening comprehension as well as their writing and speaking skills. Most of the materials and exercises are based on students’ academic needs, complemented, however, by sources from politics, history and social life. Two representative languages will be analyzed and taught in detail with regard to their specific structure. In addition, a subject adequate communication will be practised by writing summaries, abstracts (for research papers), by talking on the phone with experts and by giving presentations. The participants are expected to contribute actively in class. The course concludes with an exam that includes questions for a listening text.

The aim of this course is to improve mentors’ knowledge (development) of the psychological aspects of peer-mentoring for first-year students, to foster mentors’ awareness of the support and guidance process, to develop the course participants’ active listening and guidance skills, with the aim to reduce the first-year students` dropout risks. Workshops will help mentors to understand the nature of peer-mentoring. It helps mentors to gain awareness of their own resources for providing mentees with guidance, to understand the importance of time management, efficacy of different styles of communication, as well as to develop peer-mentoring process management skills from the initial contact to the final sessions and feedback provision. The course is taught in Latvian.