International seminar on implementation of joint programmes in HE in Ukraine (6-7.02.2019, Kyiv)
On 6-7 February 2019 the International seminar on implementation of joint programmes in HE in Ukraine took place at National University of Technologies and Design.
Organizers of the event: Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Institute of HE, NEAS of Ukraine, British Council of Ukraine, National Erasmus+ Office – Ukraine, Advance HE (UK), Consulting company «Cormack Consultency Group» (UK), Embassy of Lithuanian Republic in Ukraine.
64 representatives from 25 Ukrainian HEIs joined the event.
Opening speeches were given by Yuriy RASHKEVYCH, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, HERE team member, Simon WILLIAMS, Director of British Council in Ukraine, Marius JANUKONIS, Ambassador of Lithuanian Republic in Ukraine and Charles CORMACK, CEO Cormack Consultancy Group.
Presentation of Yuriy RASHKEVYCH was related to legal framework for TNE, education of international students, specificity of implementation of joint programmes with foreign universities. Experience of Ukraine in implementation of joint programmes in HE in the framework of TEMPUS and ERASMUS+ Programmes was highlighted by NEO-Ukraine manager Zhanna TALANOVA. Vice President of M Square Media Aziz BOUSSOFIANE presented the best practice of international student requirement.
During the seminar, presentations and suggestions on cooperation from the 7 GB universities (University of Central Lancashire, University of Reading, Wrexham Glyndwr University, Queen’s University Belfast, University of Strathclyde, Northumbria University, De Montfort University) and 3 Lithuanian universities (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas University of Technology, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University) were presented.
6 Ukrainian HEIs presented the experience on joint programmes implementation: I. Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University, National Aviation University, The National University of Ostroh Academy, Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, National Aerospace University. N.E. Zhukovsky “Kharkov Aviation Institute”.
In the framework of the seminar representatives of Advance HE provide the training on Approaches to developing and recognising teachers in Higher Education Building Capacity and Sustainability.
Presentations of the speakers are available on the IHE NAESU website: https://ihed.org.ua/events/lyutyj-2019/