For the purpose of career guidance training and attracting potential entrants to major in bachelor’s degree program «Accounting and Taxation», the Department of Accounting and Analysis, the Institute of Economics and Management, Lviv Polytechnic National University, held the «Inspector-Auditor» Summer School. The event was held offline from April 25 to 27, 2024. 55 senior school students from secondary schools of the city of Lviv took part in it.
In accordance with the approved program of the Summer School, the following activities were carried out:
- training-acquaintance of the participants, presentation of the Department of Accounting and Analysis, introduction to the major Accounting and Taxation (head of the Department Professor Ihor Yaremko, Associate Professor Alla Yasinska);
- workshop «History of the emergence and development of accounting» (Associate Professor Olesia Lemishovska);
- workshop «Choosing a profession – choosing the future» (Associate Professor Alla Yasinska);
- business game «I will plan, count and check everything», quiz (Assistant Professor Nataliia Voskalo);
- workshop on household accounts: «Time to plan and analyze your own finances: solutions for household accounts» (Associate Professor Olha Vysochan);
- team Smart-Quiz «Accounting and art», «Accounting profession: a creative approach to routine» (Associate Professor Olha Vysochan);
- mini-lecture «Accounting and business software» (Associate Professor Olha Riabkova);
- mini-lecture «Financial analysis» (Associate Professor Mariia Nashkerska).
The meeting with O. Kostiuk, a graduate of the Department of Accounting and Analysis, head of the Audit Department at the international auditing company PwC, and N. Nikitiuk, an employment specialist, was fruitful and interesting. Students listened with enthusiasm about the intricacies of audit work and its prospects in the future. Active participants received brand gifts from the company for interesting and creative questions.
During these events, Summer School participants took part in solving situational and test tasks, puzzles and crossword puzzles. The best teams and individual winners were awarded according to the results of the Smart-Quiz.
The acquaintance with Polytechnic continued with an excursion to the main building of the University and the Assembly Hall, where the participants saw the works of the Polish artist Jan Matejko, which were conceived as a kind of allegories of the development of society, its achievements and technical progress, and an excursion to the Zachariewicz Hall.
The Summer School ended with a summation of results, exchange of proposals for further cooperation, impressions, a survey of the participants regarding their participation in the Summer School, awarding the winning teams and presentation of certificates.
