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Yuri Boshitski, professor at the University of Law of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, member of the International Academy of the Sciences of Informative Education, Ambassador of Peace has been granted the title of the Honorable Doctor of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University by the Decision of the Academic Board of the University for the contribution of the development of BSU.

Professor Yuri Boshtiski contributed a lot to the development of the only University of Law in Kiev. The core research activities of the professor are related to study of the theoretical foundations of the law of intellectual property and creation of the School of Law of the Intellectual property of the Ukraine.

Professor Yuri Boshtiski is the author of more than 350 research works including: 3 monographs, more than 20 monographs with co-authors, 5 books, more than 230 scientific publications. The Ukrainian scientist is the co-author of a six-volume Encyclopedia of Law, Dictionary of Legal Encyclopedia and the author of 10 encyclopaedia of the Kiev Law University in various directions of Law as well as the Encyclopedia of Civil Law. 24 post-graduates and PhD students, under his supervision, were awarded the relevant title.

Professor Yuri Boshtiski was involved in the elaboration of the Civil Code of the Ukraine. Moreover, he is the author of the Draft Law of the Ukraine on the Protection of the Scientific Discoveries and the member of the team working on the amendments to the Law on Higher Education.

Ukrainian scientist is a chief editor and deputy editor of numerous highly-ranked journals published in the Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Poland and other countries.

Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Faculty of Law of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdansk.

The agreement considers the implementation of the joint teaching, education and research projects. The exchange programmes for the students, teaching staff and professors will be launched as well as scientific conferences, trainings and seminars will be held in the frame of the memorandum.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted public lectures delivered by Nikoloz Meskhidze, Professor of the University of North Carolina on the following issues: Scientific Grounds of the Climate Change: Application of the Data of Models and Satellite in the Black Sea Region of the South of Caucasus.

Public lectures that lasted for three days introduced the professors and teaching staff to the following actual topics: Global Change of Climate (modern understanding of its reasons and results); Contemporary Regional and Global Models (general overview), Regional Model Reg-CM, Satellite Data on Gases of Atmosphere, Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation, Temperature of Seas and Oceans, Numerosity of Phytoplankton and the Possibilities of their free Extraction and Processing.

The presenter also talked about the results of the global models and their free extraction and processing possibilities, the effect of oceans and seas on the amount and chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols, cloud condensation measurement tools, biogeochemical cycles of the Earth and perspective directions of the science studying the Earth.

The event took place in the frame of the sub-programme of Support of the Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of Autonomous Republic of Ajara.

Professor of Wroclaw University School of Banking Joanna Nogichi visited Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University in the frame of ERASMUS+exchange programme. At the meeting with Deputes of BSU-Natia Tsiklashvilli and Tamar Siradze and the academic staff of the Faculty of Economics and Business- the visitor presented the educational programmes. Professor Joanna Nogichi shared her experience with the colleagues from Georgia as well as talked about the important issues of economics. The event was organized by the Strategic Development and International Relations Department of BSU.

In the frame of the cooperation between Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and the University of Poitiers, teaching staff and professors of BSU as well as 23 students from various faculties participated in IV European Campus. The course of trainings and lectures lasted from June 18 till June 30 2018 focusing on two main directions. Professors and teaching staff got introduced to the following important issues: definition of innovative methodology, analysis of French books of the latest publication and establishment of online methods in the process of teaching/learning of French language as well as the problems of tendencies and evaluation of the modern teaching.

The issues for the students included the following aspects: language, translation intercultural mediation, practical course of French language. The participants of the Summer Campus were awarded the certificates.

Training course considered the following issues:

Role of corpus in compiling pedagogical materials;
Application of press/authentic materials;
Phonetics/correction (methods);
Influence of Digital innovations on the process of teaching languages;
Teaching strategies;
European Campus in the frame of the memorandum between BSU and the University of Poitiers took place with the financial support of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The Faculty of Humanities provided financial support for Assistant Professor Tamila Davitadze and 12 students of the French and English Philology. French University of Georgia financed Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Education Natia Abashidze and Dinara Pagava, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Tourism. Moreover, the Division of Youth of the Department of Sport and Youth of Ajara provided financial support for 12 French language students from various faculties of BSU.