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University hosted a book presentation - "Evaluation of Teaching in Inclusive Schools" authored by Richard Ross and Knut Roar Engh. The book project was supported by the Education and Science Ministry and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. British expert of education Richard Ross and Norwegian educator Knut Roar Engh aimed to bring closer to the community the vision of inclusive education and training, having added number of innovative approaches to it. The coursebook offers valuable guidelines to the inclusive learning teachers, professors and educators of the Faculty of Education.

Students of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University took into movement activity once again, ‘Give Blood to Life’- is dedicated to the set up blood bank for cancer patients. The students will donate blood have been offered benefit in turn: they will qualify for expensive medical examinations and blood renovation for free. The movement activity has by now been joined by officers from various other institutions.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University has started new academic year with the welcome ceremony, where professors and students listened to the welcome speeches by Professor Aliosha Bakuridze, Rector of the BSU, Avtandil Beridze, Ajara A/R Head of the Supreme Council, Giorgi Tavamaishvili Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, Giorgi Ermakov, Batumi Mayor Father Andria Archpriest, Davida Mikeladze, Acting Head of the Ajara A/R Sports and Youth Department and Poet Vakhtang Ghlonti.
Tamaz Darchidze, Director of the Botanical Garden awarded three students of the Natural Sciences Faculty 250 GEL scholarships per student, Giorgi Tsivadze, representative of the Magti cellular company awarded the best student nominee winner monthly scholarship. Professor, Rector Aliosha Bakuridze initiated personal 9 new scholarships in 2014-2015 for the students with high academic grades.
BSU has admitted 1049 freshmen for 2014-2015 academic years, 71 have been awarded scholarships. 329 students were admitted at 10 tuition free programs. Total number of students nets 6000.

III International Summer School in Digital Humanities ‘Specific Problems of Corpuslinguistics and Kartvelology’ has opened in Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, organized jointly by the BSU and Frankfurt Goether University. The Summer School welcomes 100 Georgian and International participants who will work on Georgian National Corpus Development. New generation, interested in innovative approaches will take part in the creation of the digital humanities platform with the guidance of the European and Georgian scientists. BSU Honorary Doctor, Jost Gippert initiated interdisciplinary workshops for the students of Summer School, where European scientists will present their works during ten days. The Summer school envisages tutorials, academic discussions and seminars to further develop corpus linguistics. The Summer School is generously funded by the Shota Rustaveli National Scientific and Volkswagen International Foundations.

Over 50 papers have been presented at the fifth International Conference -‘Batumi – Past and Present’ which was dedicated to the public festival “Batumoba”, celebrating anniversary of the city. Researches from Georgia, US and Turkey came together to discuss cultural and social life of Batumi during the overlapping days in between XIX c and XX c. The panels discussed documented materials concerning Batumi and preserved in the Ottoman Archives. More topics included regional economic policy specifics and leverage for its realization in Batumi, natural resources of Batumi as seen by foreign investors etc. The international conference was organized by Niko Berdzenishvili Research Institute and held with the support of the City Municipality of Batumi.