On February 1, the registration for the EIE began. This event determines the vocational guidance work of the department since this year the conditions of the admission to the bachelor's degree course by the brief term have changed. Compared to the previous year, applicants at admission to the 2nd-3rd courses submit not one, but two EIE certificates. Therefore, future entrants must decide on a place of study by March 5.

On February 3, an online meeting was held with the representatives of the territorial centers of SSU distance communications, which was joined by Olga Sydorenko, the Deputy Head of the Department of Journalism, the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of FPSC. The participants of the meeting discussed the key issues of vocational guidance activities on distance learning. The moderator (initiator) of the meeting – the Center of correspondence, distance, and evening forms of study.