Dear friends and guests, dear students and their parents,

First of all, let me welcome all of you on behalf of London International University.

on the occasion of taking over the office of the rector. I can now tell you how good we are as a university and overwhelm you with a wealth of numbers and evidence of how and what we are the best university for. But I would probably bore you. Therefore, I will focus only on expressing my views and ideas about the present, about the university, about universities in general and where I want and will lead our university.

I am convinced that despite the external influences, we will fulfil the programme thesis with which I appeared before our academic community. Experience has taught me a positive attitude. It is necessary not to admit the existence of problems as such. Problems are just topics or tasks that need to be addressed. Difficulties are just challenges and many are actually opportunities. And the fact that we have learned to find solutions, optimize and in many ways turn constraints into opportunities, has been shown to us by the covid time. There is no progress or development without challenges. On the other hand, no development can do without the need to change traditional approaches and without a constructive understanding of the need to adapt and respond to external conditions. This year, as a university, we will go through another evaluation of the European Association of Universities, which is an opportunity for constructive self-reflection, which we have the opportunity to use.
I would like to highlight the activity and interest of our students in participating in shaping the image of our university. I trust our students and I want to say that I count on them and rely on them. I am convinced that, in addition to a quality study background, it is entirely appropriate to create conditions for their active work so that they perceive that they are an integral and respected part of the academic community. I want to create conditions for the all-round development of their personality not only in the field of education and creativity, but also to create conditions for their sports, cultural and social activities or for their volunteering, which I perceive, especially at this time, as very useful and necessary.