Seminar-discussion “Methods and procedures of preparation to accreditation educational and scientific programs on the third cycle” (01.10.2020, Kyiv)

On 1 October 2020 the seminar-discussion “Methods and procedures of preparation for accreditation of educational and scientific programs on the third cycle” was held within the structural project of the EU Erasmus+ Programme DocHub, implemented with the participation of HEIs in Ukraine, Lithuania, Ireland, Finland and France.

About 50 representatives of the expert community of Ukraine and Poland, as well as partner institutions members of the DocHub project joined the event.

HERE team members Mychailo WYNNYCKYJ, Svitlana KALASHNIKOVA, Iryna ZOLOTARYOVA, Yuriy RASHKEVYCH, Vadym ZAKHARCHENKO and Iryna SIKORSKA also joined the seminar.

NEO-Ukraine representatives Svitlana SHYTIKOVA and Zhanna TALANOVA greeted the participants and took an active part in the discussion.

During the event the issues related to the accreditation of PhD programs were discussed: is the accreditation an effective tool for improving the quality of scientific education and research; what exactly to evaluate – a separate program or the general ability of the scientific environment (department, faculty, institute) to provide training; procedure and criteria for evaluating PhD training programs, its educational component and organization of research work of applicants; how to rationally build a procedure for evaluating interdisciplinary, intersectoral and interinstitutional programs; what indicators lead to a negative assessment of the educational and scientific program, and what parameters will ensure the successful outcome of accreditation.