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The course aims at developing students' knowledge for practical usage of Russian language in the field of medicine. 1) to develop conversational skills, to enlarge word stock, including medical vocabulary, and to improve the corresponding grammatical skills; 2) to teach students reading and understanding simple medical contents texts; 3) to develop translation skills; 4) to develop writing skills.

The course aims at developing students' knowledge for practical usage of Russian language in the field of medicine. 1) to develop conversational skills, to enlarge word stock, including medical vocabulary, and to improve the corresponding grammatical skills; 2) to teach students reading and understanding simple medical contents texts; 3) to develop translation skills; 4) to develop writing skills.

The course aims at enhancing students' integrated language skills in various contexts related to academic settings, thus enabling students to freely and purposefully use the acquired skills in studies. Objectives: 1) to advance text comprehension skills for information acquisition and analysis; 2) to further writing skills; 3) to enhance listening skills and academic presentation and argumentation skills; 4) to expand academic vocabulary and to promote the accuracy of expression. Language of instruction: English.

The course aims at enhancing students' integrated language skills in various contexts related to academic settings, thus enabling students to freely and purposefully use the acquired skills in studies. Objectives: 1) to advance text comprehension skills for information acquisition and analysis; 2) to further writing skills; 3) to enhance listening skills and academic presentation and argumentation skills; 4) to expand academic vocabulary and to promote the accuracy of expression. Language of instruction: English.

The University of Latvia offers a list of possible accommodation in Riga where students can ensure their self-isolation when arriving from abroad or entering self-isolation. The list of accommodation does not include student hotels or apartments under the supervision of the University of Latvia itself, in order to comply with all the security measures for students living in student hotels. Hotel “MERCURE RIGA CENTRE” Price for 14 nights – EUR 450, including VAT and breakfast. Lunch – 8 EUR (a 3-course meal) Dinner – 8 EUR (a 3-course meal) Contacts : Valdis VANADZIŅŠ, General Manager, tel. (+ 371) 29174516, email: valdis.vanadzins@accorhotel.lv mercureriga.lven/ Hotel “Albatross” Price – EUR 20 a night. Meals à la carte. Contacts : Tel. (+371) 27 748 229 hotel-albatross.hotels-riga-lv.comen/ Hotel “Dodo hotel” EUR 24 – a single room with breakfast. Contacts : sales@dodohotel.com www.dodohotel.com/lv/index.html Hostel “Apart Hotel TOMO” Agreed

and clarification provided by the director of the doctoral study program in the Natural sciences, professor Didzis Elferts, in which questions were posed by the students regarding the criteria of the credit points, the compulsory and elective courses. Dr. Inga Pudža, a former Ph.D. student, was the invited speaker at the last session of the seminar, where she presented her Ph.D. journey, including all of the hardships and wonderful moments, and presented extremely important advice and recommendations for the strategies of successful Ph.D. defense. The personal experiences and challenges that Dr. Inga shared were quite insightful, and the audience was very engaged and eager to learn about the challenges and successes that may be encountered on this journey. Following the formal session, Ph.D. participants gathered at the bowling alley for a social event where they got to know one another better and exchanged various conversations while also having some fun.

The course is intended for students of law and social sciences. It aims at developing the students’ skills of dealing with German legal language in legal discourse, including media texts on legal topics (in newspapers, on the internet, on the radio and on TV). Practical exercises cover constitutional, European and civil law as well as their representation in the media. These exercises develop the students’ receptive skills (reading and listening) as well as their productive abilities (writing and presenting legal texts). The course is devoted to the specific linguistic characteristics of legal language (technical terms and syntactical features such as sentences in the subjunctive), and it discusses different types of legal and journalistic texts (contracts, laws, verdicts, newspaper articles, radio and TV reports).

Faculty of Business, Management and Economics (University of Latvia, UL) in cooperation with the Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management (Riga Technical University, RTU) are organizing the Student Scientific Conference. The Conference will take place in Riga (Latvia) between the 23th and 24th of April, 2018. Students will be able to apply for the conference until the 16th of April, 2018. Participation in the conference is free. The authors of the best reports will get valuable prizes. The Faculty of Business, Management and Economics (University of Latvia) and the Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management (Riga Technical University) invite students of Bachelor and Master Study programmes to participate in the Student Scientific Conference, which is a great opportunity to present and discuss their research before defending the final Bachelor and Master thesis. Students will be able to apply for the conference and submit abstracts till the 6th of April. All abstracts

The aim of the course is to develop the students’ capability to read and listen to German historical texts. The course focuses on the first half of the 20th century dealing both with texts of the Weimar Republic and the Nazi takeover of power. The classes are devoted to political, legal, journalistic and academic sources as well as to texts of everyday life (such as advertising texts). The students will learn important historical terms and common abbreviations and will also be able to improve their knowledge of German sentence structures.

Curators are first-year student assistants from the ranks of staff who aim to facilitate the social and academic adaptation of students. Their main tasks are to support freshmen in their studies, to promote social inclusion and to solve the problems that students face on a daily basis. Curators are happy to show the faculty premises, informally introduce the most important rules of the study process and describe the lecturers, as well as help to cope with the tests and tell about the possibilities to express themselves creatively outside the study environment.