Today, on April 22, 2021, the Third Ukrainian International Education Forum has begun.
The forum is held in accordance with the Order of the President of Ukraine №210/2020 “On the improvement of higher education in Ukraine”. The event is included in the Plan to promote opportunities for higher education in Ukraine for foreign students. It will be held on a regular basis.
During the first day of the Forum, participants listened to speeches by leading Ukrainian and foreign educational administrators, diplomats, scientists, experts and specialists in the field of higher education internationalization.
“I am glad that the Ukrainian International Education Forum has become a communication platform for professional growth, learning and exchange of experience” – noted Deputy Minister for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitization Artur Seletskyi.
Artur Seletskyi stressed the importance of such events that promote educational opportunities of Ukraine, spoke about the specifics of introducing the unified interdepartmental electronic platform for the recruitment of foreign students in higher education institutions of Ukraine and presented its updated interface.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to Ukraine Joel Lion spoke about Israeli-Ukrainian relations in the field of education, noted the work of the Ukrainian State Center for International Education in their development and positive impressions of Israeli students from studying in Ukraine.
Olena Shapovalova, Director of “Study in Ukraine”, presented statistics on education of foreign students, spoke about the results of the marketing study on the attractiveness of Ukrainian higher education for foreign citizens and the measures that are proposed to be taken based on its results.
In addition, participants learned about the results of the visit of the Ukrainian delegation of educators led by the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Serhiy Shkarlet to the Republic of Tajikistan, legislative changes in higher education, organizational issues of foreign students’ education and more.
Director of the Department of Communications and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Alla Polyova spoke about the newly created communication strategy and strategy of public diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as important guidelines in the formation of a positive perception of Ukraine around the world.
In the second part, the participants had an opportunity to listen to a panel discussion “Internationalization of Higher Education: American Experience and Best Practices”. Among the speakers of this panel was John Hudzik, a well-known researcher in the field of international education. He presented modern trends in the internationalization of higher education, stressed the importance of internationalization in every university in the world, demonstrated examples of successful cases and gave valuable advice.
After the speeches, forum moderator Olena Shapovalova thanked all the participants and asked to join the development of the Forum resolution.
“We are very pleased that the Forum aroused such interest – almost 10,000 viewers watched our Facebook broadcast. And the speeches, the activity of the participants, interesting and meaningful questions inspire us to develop and improve the work of “Study in Ukraine” – noted Olena Shapovalova.
