Cluster monitoring event on digitization and innovation for social development - webinar "European integration: ensuring sustainable development of higher education and society in Ukraine"
Boosting the role of HEls in the industrial transformation towards the Industry 4.0 paradigm in Georgia and Ukraine – HEIn4 609939‐EPP‐1‐2019‐1‐BE‐EPPKA2‐CBHE‐JP
On July 25, 2023, a cluster event on digitization and innovation for social development took place - the online webinar "European Integration: ensuring sustainable development of higher education and society in Ukraine." The organizers of the event were the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine and the National Experts on Higher Education Reform of the EU Erasmus+ Program together with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
During the webinar, the results of 8 international projects, the participants of which are universities of Ukraine, were presented. Among them is the project "Boosting the role of HEIs in the industrial transformation towards the Industry 4.0 paradigm in Georgia and Ukraine" (609939-EPP-1-2019-1-BE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP-HEIn4), in which the national coordinator is the Ukrainian State University of Science and Technology (https://nmetau.edu.ua/ua/mintcoop; https://hein4.net/).
The representative of the Ukrainian State University, associate professor of the Department of Electrometallurgy Oleksandr Zhadanos familiarized the webinar participants with the results of the project implementation both directly at our university and at partner universities of Ukraine: Donetsk National Technical University, Lutsk National Technical University, Odesa National University.
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On July 25, 2023, a cluster event on digitization and innovation for social development took place - the online webinar "European Integration: ensuring sustainable development of higher education and society in Ukraine." The organizers of the event were the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine and the National Experts on Higher Education Reform of the EU Erasmus+ Program together with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The purpose of the event was to share leading experience and monitor the results of projects in the direction of "Developing the potential of higher education, ensuring synergy between projects operating in a certain cluster, promoting the thematic priorities of the EU Erasmus+ Program, in particular quality, digitalization, and inclusion." About 70 representatives of CBHE projects of the EU Erasmus+ Program, higher education institutions, and scientific institutions joined the webinar. Participants also had the opportunity to watch the event on the NEO YouTube channel in Ukraine (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpGJTnVVc9sZawYbaJjZ9Q).
During the webinar, the results of 8 international projects, the participants of which are universities of Ukraine, were presented. Among them is the project "Boosting the role of HEIs in the industrial transformation towards the Industry 4.0 paradigm in Georgia and Ukraine" (609939-EPP-1-2019-1-BE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP-HEIn4), in which the national coordinator is the Ukrainian State University of Science and Technology (https://nmetau.edu.ua/ua/mintcoop; https://hein4.net/).
The specific project objectives are:
- to reinforce capacities in HEIs (human resource, material base, institutional units) in response to the emerging Industry 4.0 paradigm;
- to reinforce collaboration of HEIs with industry by delivering tailored courses and consultancy services for companies (large and SME) towards exploring the opportunities of the new Industrial Revolution through reconfiguration of business models;
- to set new taught module "Industry 4.0 Business Management" for the MSc students for enhancing graduates' employability under emerging market conditions;
- to develop recommendations for updating the Engineering curriculum toward competencies required for operating the factories of the future.
During the presentation, the representative of the Ukrainian State University, associate professor of the Department of electrometallurgy Oleksandr Zhadanos familiarized the webinar participants with the results of the project implementation both directly at our university and at partner universities of Ukraine: Donetsk National Technical University, Lutsk National Technical University, Odesa National University.
It should be noted that despite the difficulties caused by the military aggression against Ukraine, most of the tasks were successfully achieved. Domestic partner universities showed their solidarity and mutual assistance. For example, the Donetsk National Technical University was forced to evacuate for the second time (this time from Pokrovsk, located 30 km from the front line) to the Lutsk. Project participant Lutsk National Technical University kindly provided the premises necessary for DonNTU activities at the new location.
The report of the consortium of our universities received positive reviews from the webinar participants. The last six months of project implementation will be devoted to increasing efforts regarding the training of industrial partners and dissemination of project results among higher education institutions in Ukraine.
We sincerely thank the National Erasmus+ office in Ukraine, the National experts on reforming higher education of the EU Erasmus Program, and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for the organized event, which became an excellent platform for the exchange of opinions and ideas on the introduction of innovative practices in the higher education system of Ukraine.
Detailed reports and presentations can be found at the link:
https://erasmusplus.org.ua/news/vebinar-yevrointegracziya-zabezpechennya-stijkogo-rozvytku-vyshhoyi-osvity-ta-suspilstva-v-ukrayini-25-07-2023-r-onlajn/