A meeting of the Academic Council of the Faculty for Training Specialists for the Criminal Police Units of the National Police of Ukraine was held at Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs.
The meeting was chaired by Valerii Darahan, Deputy Chair of the Faculty Academic Council, Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of Operational Investigative Activities, and Police Major.
The agenda included a review of the faculty departments’ progress in implementing their research and scientific and technical activity plans for 2026, as well as the preparation of teaching and methodological publications. Particular attention was paid to the implementation of planned research objectives, the effectiveness of research activities, and the development of supporting teaching and methodological materials.
Another item on the agenda was planning the publication activities of academic and teaching staff for the 2026/2027 academic year. The participants discussed preparing research papers for journals indexed in the international scientometric databases Scopus and Web of Science. This was identified as one of the ways to strengthen the faculty’s research capacity and present its findings to the international academic community.
The meeting also addressed organizational aspects of involving academic and teaching staff and higher education students in scientific and practical conferences, seminars, and round-table discussions at various levels. The participants emphasized the importance of these events for presenting and validating research findings, exchanging professional experience, and developing the research skills of early-career researchers.
The meeting provided a platform for coordinating the departments’ research priorities, improving research planning, and strengthening the integration of research and the educational process at the faculty.
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