ENGLISH COURSES – programmes March 2025

Nauka, Pracownik Administracyjny

Teacher: Agnieszka Błaszkowska
Format:  Faculty of Economics

DateTime
1. 18.03.25 14:30 – 16:00 
2. 19.03.25 14:30 – 16:00 
3. 25.03.25 14:30 – 16:00 
4.  26.03.25 14:30 – 16:00 
5.  01.04.25 14:30 – 16:00 
6.  02.04.25 14:30 – 16:00 
7. 08.04.25 14:30 – 16:00 
8.  09.04.25 14:30 – 16:00 
9. 15.04.25 14:30 – 16:00 
10. 16.04.25 14:30 – 16:00 

Teacher: Martyna Włodarczyk
Format:  MSTeams

 DateTime 
1. 19.03.25 16:00-17:30 
2. 20.03.25 16:00-17:30 
3. 26.03.25 16:00-17:30 
4. 27.03.25 16:00-17:30 
5. 02.04.25 16:00-17:30 
6. 03.04.25 16:00-17:30 
7. 09.04.25 16:00-17:30 
8. 10.04.25 16:00-17:30 
9. 16.04.25 16:00-17:30 
10. 17.04.25 16:00-17:30 

Teacher: Renata Korzeniowska
Format:  MSTeams

DateTime 
1. 19.03.25 17:00-18:30 
2. 21.03.25 17:00-18:30 
3. 26.03.25 17:00-18:30 
4. 28.03.25 17:00-18:30 
5. 02.04.25 17:00-18:30 
6. 04.04.25 17:00-18:30 
7. 09.04.25 17:00-18:30 
8. 11.04.25 17:00-18:30 
9. 16.04.25 17:00-18:30 
10.  18.04.25 17:00-18:30 

Teacher: Rafał Kuleta

Format:  Former Rectorate, room 317

DateTime
1. 18.03.25 10:00 – 11:30 
2. 21.03.25 10:00 – 11:30 
3. 25.03.25 10:00 – 11:30 
4. 28.03.25 10:00 – 11:30 
5. 01.04.25 10:00 – 11:30 
6. 04.04.25 10:00 – 11:30 
7. 08.04.25 10:00 – 11:30 
8. 11.04.25 10:00 – 11:30 
9. 15.04.25 10:00 – 11:30 
10. 18.04.25 10:00 – 11:30 

Course Topics (every course has the same topics)

Session 1: Introduction.  Administrative language at universities 

  • Overview of key terms related to the work of university administrative staff 
  • Preparing a professional self-introduction 

Session 2: International cooperation: cultural differences 

  • Cultural differences in communication styles 
  • Discussion on challenges of working with international students and staff 

Session 3: Handling inquiries 

  • Useful structures for making suggestions, proposals, and giving assistance 
  • Providing information and diving directions 
  • Vocabulary related to working hours, office locations, and administrative procedures 

Session 4: Handling complaints and conflicts 

  • Strategies for managing difficult conversations 
  • Vocabulary for addressing complaints and issues 
  • Conditionals and passive voice to de-escalate conflicts 

Session 5: Email correspondence: formal style and language precision 

  • Rules for writing formal emails 
  • Making requests, explaining matters, and exchanging information 

Session 6: Advanced correspondence – official documents 

  • Structure and language of formal administrative letters 
  • Types of administrative documents 
  • Differences between neutral and assertive tones in official writing 
  • Writing acceptance letters and notifications about regulation changes 

Session 7: Document management – student data handling, GDPR 

  • Expressions for describing document archiving and sharing processes 
  • Analyzing sample documents in English (error identification, filling in missing details) 
  • Use of modal verbs in formal contexts (must, have to, may, might) 
  • Data storage and sharing in line with regulations 
  • Formulating rules and instructions (e.g., „Students must not share their login credentials.”) 

Session 8: Organizing meetings: planning and conducting 

  • Meeting organization 
  • Moderating meetings 

Session 9: Organizing academic conferences and scientific events 

  • Planning and coordinating academic events 
  • Inviting speakers, organizing logistics, reserving rooms 
  • Responding to unexpected situations 
  • Creating event scripts and negotiating details in pairs 

Session 10: Effective communication at the university 

  • Reported speech 
  • Conveying instructions, reports, and requests across departments/faculties 
  • Effective administrative cooperation, interfaculty collaboration, inter-university collaboration 
  • Solving organizational problems related to information flow 

The initiative is being implemented as part of the project „Support for Synergistic and Complementary Actions of the SEA-EU 2.0 Project – SEA-nergy,” which is part of the NAWA program „Support for European University Alliances,” funded by the European Funds for Social Development.