In the Global Online Marketing Academic Challenge (GOMAC 2022), the team students of the KTU School of Economics and Business, the Marketing study programme were recognized as the winners of the European region. The campaign of another team from KTU entered the final.

The Rectors' Scholarship Competition, which has become a tradition among the three Baltic universities - Vilnius University (VU), the University of Latvia and the University of Tartu - is again inviting students to participate. This year, the competition is moving to Vilnius University.

The article entitled "Selective chemical tracking of Dnmt1 catalytic activity in live cells" by researchers of Vilnius University Life Sciences Centre (VU LSC) Institute of Biotechnology Vaidotas Stankevičius, Povilas Gibas, Bernadeta Masiulionytė, Liepa Gasiulė, Viktoras Masevičius, Saulius Klimašauskas, and Giedrius Vilkaitis has been published in "Molecular Cell", a prestigious and highly cited journal. In the same issue of the journal, Prof. Saulius Klimašauskas, Prof. Giedrius Vilkaitis, and Dr. Vaidotas Stankevičius feature the "Meet the Authors" series about the published work and stories behind it.

In October, Vilnius University (VU) hosted its traditional Student for a Day event, where students had the opportunity to experience first-hand the difference between university studies and school classes. This year's event attracted significant interest from Lithuanian and foreign students, with over 5,300 students registered. The largest number of students attending the lectures were tenth, eleventh and twelfth graders.

From the autumn semester, KTU students can study in Renovated Virtual Reality (VR). The working space which is located in the Faculty of Informatics is opened for students who are interested in deepening their knowledge of VR applications in various branches of science, improving their practical abilities and engaging in additional creative activities.

On 11 November, a cooperation agreement was signed between Vilnius University (VU) and the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The agreement was ratified by representatives of the institutions, who met in person and signed the document – the Rector of Vilnius University, Professor Rimvydas Petrauskas, and the Chief of Defence Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Brigadier General Mindaugas Steponavičius. The institutions agreed to strengthen and develop their cooperation, to educate and inform the public on the issues of cybersecurity and to foster civil society.

“Today, young people entering the job market are not necessarily asking for a high salary. Instead, they want to have more integrity, be more equal, and be treated with respect in their workplace. They want to create a difference, a positive change,” says Natalia Ilina, Accreditation and Member Service Manager at AACSB International. She believes that the main task of business schools all over the world is to focus on the positive impact that they can have on society.

“What made me step out of my comfort zone and run for the position of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Vilnius University? There were several reasons. First of all, having worked for many years at the faculty and as a clinician, I saw things that needed to be fixed. Of course, you may not want to leave your comfort zone, but the time came when I felt I could make a difference. I’m not intimidated by challenges, and I have faced them before – when I was applying for medical studies, choosing my speciality, and leading the Institute of Clinical Medicine. All of this has been a source of innovation and an incentive to improve. Finally, my colleagues have encouraged me and pushed me to try my hand at a new field,” says Prof. Dalius Jatužis. In November this year, he took up the position of Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Vilnius University.

An ambitious digital learning ecosystem called MERIT launched in October 2022 with a vision and plan that aims to help address Europe's skills gap among digital specialists.

The speed of growth in technology and communication over the last decade has been tremendous. The massive use of digital technologies has changed individual and social values, organisational culture and created a variety of challenges for both employees and employers. There has been plenty of coverage in the media of the development of automation and robotics in human resources management processes and its increasing importance.