Student - a person attending first-cycle, second-cycle or long-cycle programmes at a higher school/higher education institution. A graduate of a higher education institution obtains a tertiary education diploma in a given field and profile of study, confirming the award of: Bachelor's degree or equivalent certifying tertiary education on completion of the first-cycle programme; Master's degree or equivalent certifying tertiary education on completion of the second-cycle and long-cycle programmes.

In the third quarter of 2021, the producer prices for business services increased by 1.1% compared to the previous quarter, and in comparison to the third quarter of 2020, they increased by 2.6%.

43,600 persons injured in accidents at work were reported in January-September 2021, by 8.6% more than in January-September 2020. The number of injured persons per 1,000 employed persons (the incidence rate) also increased from 2.96 to 3.23.

As at the end of November 2021 the REGON register included 4 826.2 thous. of national economy entities, i.e. by 0.3% more than a month before (by 3.7% more than in the corresponding period of the previous year).

The Labour Demand Survey is conducted using the representative method on a quarterly ba-sis. According to the scope of the survey, it covers notional economy entities and their local units employing at least 1 person. The survey shows that at the end of the third quarter of 2021, the number of occupied jobs was almost the same as at the end of the third quarter of 2020.

At the end of the third quarter of 2021, there were 153.5 thousand job vacancies, 68.5% more than in the corresponding period of the previous year. The job vacancy rate was 1.25%. In the third quarter of 2021, there were 2.3 newly created jobs per liquidated job.

Thirteen years after Poland regained independence, on December 9, 1931, on the basis of the Act of October 14, 1931, the second general population census was carried out. By order of the Council of Ministers of September 2, 1931, its scope, organization, legal principles, duties and tasks of the census services were determined.

We were saddened by the death of prof. Jan Kordos (1930-2021), an outstanding statistician, former vice-president of the #StatisticsPoland. The funeral will be held on 9th December at 1 pm in the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Opaczewska Street in Warsaw.