Ukrainian State Center For International Education held the first strategic session on the development of the strategy of «STUDY IN UKRAINE» 2021-2025
On December 3rd, 2020, the Ukrainian State Center for International Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine held the first strategic session dedicated to the development of the Center’s Growth Strategy for 2021-2025.
More than 60 higher education institutions of Ukraine joined the session.
It is incredibly valuable for us to hear the expectations of the Universities and key stakeholders on the activities of «Study in Ukraine», its missions, goals, and take into account their suggestions and comments when working on the development of the Strategy,” said the Director of «Study in Ukraine» Olena Shapovalova.
The participants of the discussions emphasized the importance of the work of «Study in Ukraine», noted the efficiency of the Center’s staff in resolving urgent issues, its support and protection of the interests of both students and educational institutions.
Special emphasis was placed on the importance of the analytical work carried out by the Center. After all, it is a good tool for promoting international higher education in Ukraine.
Among the proposals that came from representatives of the universities are:
– maintain the Center’s function to monitor the situation regarding the enrolment of foreign students;
– amend the legislation in the field of refund mechanisms for foreign students who could not arrive for study;
– intensify the participation of medical universities in the Erasmus + program;
– expand the communication component of the Center’s Strategy in the field of recruitment and education of foreigners;
– develop the work of «Study in Ukraine» in the field of interdepartmental agreements.
A separate topic of discussion was the Ukrainian International Education Forum, which was started and held annually by «Study in Ukraine». Thus, university representatives stated that it is a very important platform for obtaining information on the peculiarities of international education, the experience of other leading countries and universities, as well as the presentation of statistics on education in Ukraine.
The participants of the discussions noted the importance of the activities carried out by «Study in Ukraine» for foreign students – flash mobs, competitions, communication support.
Olena Shapovalova shared her plans for the work in this direction. Among them: the launch of an annual competition for the best foreign student, best relevant department of the university, best specialist, etc. According to her, this will facilitate the improvement of interuniversity relations and exchange of experience.
Summing up, Olena Shapovalova thanked the representatives of the universities for their high assessment of the Center’s work and stressed that this is the result of joint work with them.
“I am confident that the new strategy of «Study in Ukraine», which we are working on together with you, will meet your expectations, as well as the challenges of modern education. It will help make our Center more successful, and therefore contribute to the promotion and prestige of Ukrainian education,” – summarized Olena Shapovalova.
Based on the results of the discussion, it is planned to present the draft Strategy during the second strategic session, which will take place on December 9th, 2020. After that, the document will be sent to universities for review.
