On 4 March 2014, Associate Professors of the Department of Ecology Pavlichenko A.V., Borysovska O.O. and Assoc. Gruntova V.Y. took part in the work of the jury of the Regional Student Conference ‘Ecochem 2014’, which was held at the SHEI ‘Dnipro Polytechnic College’. The conference, organised by the Regional Association of Teachers of Environmental Disciplines of Higher Education Institutions of I-II accreditation levels, was attended by students of colleges and technical schools of the Dnipropetrovs'k region. The conference discussed environmental problems in the Dnipro region and Ukraine and suggested ways to solve them. The best presentations were awarded with diplomas and invited to participate in the scientific and technical conference of students, postgraduates and young scientists ‘SCIENTIFIC SPRING - 2014’.