The Faculty of Applied Languages of Bratislava University of Economics and Business was represented at the international conference TRANSLATION – international · digital · vernetzt (November 26–28, 2025, University of Vienna) by Jozef Štefčík with his expert contribution "Künstliche Intelligenz in der Ausbildung von Sprachexperten: Herausforderung oder Bedrohung?" (Artificial Intelligence in the Education of Language Experts: Challenge or Threat?).

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After participating in more than ten Blended Intensive Programmes across Europe, the Faculty of Applied Languages of the Bratislava University of Economics and Business achieved a significant milestone by organising its first BIP PROMINENCE 2025, held from 24 to 28 November 2025. This event marked an important step in the faculty’s long-term strategy to strengthen international engagement, applied academic excellence and cross-cultural learning.

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From 17 to 21 November 2025, six students of the Faculty of Applied Languages at the Bratislava University of Economics and Business participated in the prestigious BIP Understanding International Brand Management in Annecy. The programme was implemented within the Erasmus+ project 2025-1-BE02-KA131-HED-000326359-4 and brought together more than 65 students and 10 teachers from CEU Cardenal Herrera (Spain), University of Economics in Katowice (Poland), Howest University of Applied Sciences (Belgium), Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and Université Savoie Mont Blanc (France).

On November 27–28, 2025, a meeting of representatives of departments offering French language studies was held at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of FrancAvis, an association of university teachers of French in Slovakia.

From November 3 to 7, 2025, we participated in a short-term mobility program entitled Career Project Preparation for French-Speaking Students and Intercultural Differences Linked to the Labor Market in Different European Countries in Rennes, France. The program was prepared in cooperation with the Université de Rennes and Masaryk University in Brno, and it allowed us to gain new experiences, develop language and professional skills, and establish contacts with foreign students.

EUBA joined European partners to advance next-generation learning in data and survey methodologies. The first face-to-face consortium meeting of the EU-funded SHERLOCK (Survey Higher Education Research – Learning through Online Collaboration & Knowledge) project took place on 14–15 November 2025 at the IAE of the University of Savoie Mont-Blanc (USMB) in Annecy. This two-day project meeting marked an important milestone in shaping the project’s direction and laying the foundation for an innovative approach to teaching survey methodology in higher education.