The problem of supporting students in their learning process, is an important issue, which is an important direction of the university authorities. Students at the Academy of Applied Sciences ANS UITM can take advantage of many forms of academic, professional and social support, and the entire concept of education and the organization of studies and accompanying administrative activities are aimed precisely at students and their development. Motivating students to develop, supporting them to expand their professional competence and successfully enter the labor market is comprehensive and includes, among other things:
- Selection of didactic methods and forms conducive to the learning process; Examples include the implementation of exercise classes in small effective groups - up to 30 people or the size of seminar, conversation, workshop and laboratory groups - up to 15 people;
- Implementation of a learning-oriented system for evaluating student performance, with specifically and clearly defined requirements and objectively formulated assessments;
- Organization of the educational process that is conducive to combining study with students' professional work;
- The organization of the educational process that allows students to participate in scientific research and establish contacts with the scientific community, students interested in developing their scientific careers have the opportunity to participate in research work carried out by the university's researchers;
- A system of academic, didactic and material assistance that promotes the academic, social and professional development of students by ensuring qualified teaching staff and the availability of academic teachers in the learning process and the effective achievement of the assumed learning outcomes and the acquisition of research skills, including outside of organized teaching classes; academic teachers are available to students both during and outside of their consultations; university authorities are widely available to students; the following forms of material assistance are available at the university: Social stipend, Rector's stipend for the best students, special stipend for the disabled, random aid; tuition fee exemption.
- Supporting students in their contacts with the academic community ( list of contacts with lecturers available on the site after logging in ), with the social, economic or cultural environment and in the process of professional activation, in particular through cooperation with labor market institutions. This task is also implemented through the university's extensive contacts with the economic environment - see apprenticeships.
- Participation of students in many forms of support related to entering the labor market. The University has an Academic Career Office, which aims to help students and graduates find jobs and track their careers. The Academic Career Office of the Higher School of Management and Administration in Opole helps create resumes and organizes free training in writing cover letters.
- Participation of students in the project "Digital competence training". The main goals of the project are to increase the knowledge of ANS UITM students in Opole in the following areas: the role of social media in promoting and developing entrepreneurship, as well as in the use of online tools in job search, networking, crowfunding, socialnetworking, fundrising, e-marketing, etc.
- Participation of students in the project "ANS WSZiA in Opole - university supporting effective entry of students into the labor market". - A comprehensive program shaping competencies and qualifications, increasing the chances of graduates in the labor market. In response to the need to raise the level of preparation of management students to enter the labor market (complementarity with the initiatives of the Career Bureau), the university organizes training courses conducted by practitioners under the name "Academy of Entrepreneurship Leaders" in the field of entrepreneurship, economics and running a small business, implemented with the use of practical teaching elements - IT programs and thematic casebooks. As part of the project, students also participate in meetings with career coaches who diagnose students' personal and professional predispositions and develop a Student Career Portfolio.
- Conducting information systems classes in the form of labs using Comarch ERP Optima software (Modules: BI, Analysis, Accounting Office, CRM, Retail, Invoices, Trade, Bank Cash, Ledger and Fixed Assets, Tax Ledger and Fixed Assets, Circulation, Documents, General and Configuration, Place and Personnel, Service, Comarch_iBard24, Comarch iBard24 Backup Online).
- The University takes measures to ensure equal opportunities for students with disabilities to complete their program of study. Students with disabilities can apply for adaptation of the form, timing and duration of credits and examinations to their needs. The university offers them the assistance of a psychologist, training to enable spatial orientation on the university premises, the opportunity to use equipment in the stock of the university's lending library, the organization of physical education classes adapted to their needs, assistance in accessing specialized and scientific literature. Students can benefit from the assistance of the Rector's Representative for Persons with Disabilities and Assistants for Students with Disabilities.
- Provide effective and competent administrative services to students in matters related to the teaching process and material assistance. The dean's office is open 7 days a week.
- Ensuring access to information about the curriculum, procedures and course of study - all this information is available at the dean's office and on the university's website. There is an extensive system in place at ANS UITF that allows students to contact teaching staff - including through the university's e-learning platform and google Meet.
- The university also supports sports, and organizational activities of students. At the university, the Academic Sports Club ANS WSZiA is active. AZS of our university is primarily a variety of disciplines and great successes. AZS ANS UITM volleyball players have so far won the title of Academic Champions of Poland three times, while AZS ANS UITM volleyball players are vice-champions of the AMP among non-public universities. It is thanks to the participation of ANS UITM students in the Polish national team that they managed to win a silver medal at the 2019 Universiade in Naples.
For several years, the "National Academic Representation" project has been carried out at ANS UITP, the purpose of which was to support the most outstanding students in the study process.
In addition to volleyball, student-athletes have successfully represented the colors of the university club also in other disciplines at the Olympic Games, World, European and Polish Championships.
- ANS UITM students are active in various forms of volunteering, in particular, providing assistance on a continuous basis to orphanages, community centers or patronage in primary and post-primary schools
- An important role in shaping both the educational offer and the entire educational process is played by candidates for studies from countries that are not members of the European Union, including primarily Ukraine and Belarus. Since 2011, the project "Integration without borders" co-financed from the budget of the European Union as part of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and from the own funds of ANS UITM in Opole has been implemented, among others. Within the project, candidates and students are offered, among other things, free of charge:
- document translations;
- Polish language courses;
- cultural studies classes;
- support of a mobile advisor;
- support of a career counselor;
- psychologist support;
- Support of "angels of integration" (volunteers) - additional activities to support assistance to foreigners;
- stationary assistance at an information and consultation center;
It is worth mentioning that the fourth edition of this project is currently underway, which has made it possible, among other things, to extend practical assistance to 588 students of ANS ANS UITM, who come from Ukraine, Belarus and other non-EU countries. Graduates of the ANS ANS UITM who have benefited from the project's support are pursuing very interesting career paths - about which we inform more extensively, among other things, on the integracja.wszia.opole.pl website and in the local media.
- Unique and original in the country is in the project implemented by the Voivodeship Labor Office in Opole - "Trafne Gwarancje dla Młodzieży". Its aim is, among other things, to increase the scope and relevance of the activation offer of the labor market institutions of the Opole Voivodeship through the creation of a multi-stakeholder partnership and its development of a set of recommendations for supporting young people in the most difficult situation on the labor market. Among other things, the project assumed that achieving this goal would be possible with a focus on particular aspects related directly or indirectly to the support of young people. Therefore, the project was based on a series of expert panel discussions that focused on specific issues such as:
- Differences in the situation of men and women in the labor market;
- disability;
- ways to reach NEETs;
- The effectiveness of active labor market policy instruments;
- The situation of specific groups such as: young people leaving foster care, single mothers leaving foster care, graduates of youth educational centers and special educational centers, people leaving prisons;
- The situation and support of youth in the perspective of territorial differentiation of the Opole province.
