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{"title":"The Case of REDU Project: Aligning Results with Displaced Universities’ Needs and the Future of Ukraine","authors":"Olena Orzhel, M. Nesterova","doi":"10.31874/2520-6702-2022-14-42-55","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31874/2520-6702-2022-14-42-55","url":null,"abstract":"This article intends to look into the practice of implementation of the EU project «Reinventing displaced universities: enhancing competitiveness, serving communities» (hereinafter referred to as REDU project) targeting displaced universities from Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as other EU projects, with the purpose to promote the project; draw lessons from project implementation under multiple crises; hypothesize on the future of this and other educational projects during wartime and post-war period in Ukraine; provide recommendations and facilitate national and international discourse on reviewing existing approaches to design and implementation of international projects in the field of higher education. The article provides background information on REDU project and its beneficiaries — displaced universities; outlines changes that took place in internal and external contexts during project lifecycle and amendments that followed; summarises lessons learned from two and a half years of implementation of the REDU project; and develops recommendations on the revision of methodology and approaches to educational project design and implementation. The article argues that international educational projects are and will continue to be powerful tools for higher education modernization, as well as drivers of social transformations. To be effective and resilient during the war, as well as during Ukraine’s post-war recovery and reconstruction, the projects are to become more flexible, allowing for more autonomy in the decision-making by the project team and more diversity with regard to project activities and services, outputs and outcomes, beneficiaries and target groups. While reinstating the need to modify international projects’ design, rules and procedures, the authors argue that Ukrainian HEIs and academic communities themselves should be ready to change and adapt to new circumstances, respect flexibility, practice diversity. Besides, to be able to contribute to national recovery, Ukrainian HEIs should collaborate with a broad circle of partners, review and upgrade their social mission, in collaboration with other HEIs and non-academic partners apply accumulated or generated knowledge, expertise and research capacity for the benefit of their own institution, partners and consortia, communities and nation.","PeriodicalId":150572,"journal":{"name":"International Scientific Journal of Universities and Leadership","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126196968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Концентрація та комунікація в моделі і стратегії розвитку університетів-лідерів","authors":"Volodymyr Lugovyi, Olena Slyusarenko, Zhanneta Talanova","doi":"10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-5-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-5-25","url":null,"abstract":"У статті на підставі узагальнення даних Шанхайського рейтингу 2003-2021 рр., авторських й інших системних досліджень університетського прогресу, кращого досвіду досягнення університетами світового і екстра класу обґрунтовано загальну (рамкову) модель розвитку університетів-лідерів. Модель передбачає закономірні етапи концентрації (ресурсів вищої освіти) і комунікації (в університетському середовищі), прориву (індивідуального) і просування (колективного) до нового рівня складності діяльності, інституційну діяльність та національну допомогу в піднесенні університетів до вершин досконалості, а також застосування рейтингових і асоціативних, класифікаційних і акредитаційних механізмів оцінювання якості вищої освіти. Актуальність моделі підтверджено фактологічними даними конкурентної боротьби університетів і країн за світове університетське лідерство в умовах прогресуючого інноваційного поступу людства. Модель враховує наявність дискретної структури університетської мережі за рівнями складності діяльності, на яких функціонують топові заклади і в межах яких будують взаємовигідну міжуніверситетську топ-комунікацію. Ця концентраційно-комунікаційна модель може слугувати основою і орієнтиром для формування стратегії університетського розвитку другого типу (стратегії-2) щодо створення університетів-лідерів. Аргументовано передумови для реалізації в Україні зазначених моделі та стратегії розвитку університетів. Ці передумови включають розроблення національного рейтингу та національної класифікації закладів вищої освіти, створення лідерської Асоціації українських університетів. Згадані модель і стратегія необхідні для реформування української університетської мережі, яка не відповідає поточним і перспективним викликам суспільного розвитку.","PeriodicalId":150572,"journal":{"name":"International Scientific Journal of Universities and Leadership","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124318390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Optimisation of the Network of Higher Education Institutions: Theoretical Features and Practical Recommendations","authors":"S. Kalashnikova, Olena Orzhel","doi":"10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-89-129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-89-129","url":null,"abstract":"The article explores European experience in optimisation of higher education institutions network, provides theoretical background for the above process and identifies its key features, as well as formulates practical recommendations for implementation of Ukraine’s higher education sector optimisation. The relevance of this research is conditioned by ongoing higher education reform, its strategic objectives, developments triggered by russian federation aggression, and objectives of post-war revival of Ukraine. The article is rooted in the experience and optimisation practices of 9 European countries: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom and identifies key specific features of higher education institutions network optimization in each of the above countries. The analysis of theoretical texts by foreign and domestic scholars, practical cases, analytical reports dedicated to university mergers and restructuring of the landscape of national higher education systems allowed to identify: terminology on the research topic (namely: amalgamations, mergers, concentration processes, clusters, alliances, collaborations,  optimization of higher education institutions network); pre-conditions that trigger optimisation process (in the format of 5 pairs “reason — goal”); trends and approaches to optimisation implementation (8 trends including  duration; diversification; dominance of vertical heterogenous amalgamations; pairing; positioning on higher education international arena; combination of bottom-up and top-down approaches; supporting role of the state; partnership and trust); factors that ensure success of optimisation efforts (presented in the form of three-level segmented pyramid with value, system and institutional dimensions). Practical recommendations formulated by the authors are the outcomes of adaptation of prominent European experience — its theoretical and practical domains — to the priorities, challenges and specific characteristics pertinent to the development of Ukraine’s higher educations. ","PeriodicalId":150572,"journal":{"name":"International Scientific Journal of Universities and Leadership","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130290167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integration of Employers' and Higher Education Institutions: Local Experience","authors":"O. Kravchenko, I. Karpych","doi":"10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-37-45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-37-45","url":null,"abstract":"The article highlights the experience of a particular institution of higher education in cooperation with institutions and institutions of the social sphere, public organizations. The search for effective ways to integrate the activities of higher education institutions and labor market representatives to increase the level of training of highly qualified specialists. The ways of integration of the institution of higher education (Faculty of Social and Psychological Education of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University) and representatives of the labor market to increase the level of training of highly qualified specialists have been identified, namely: creation of the Council of Employers (ensuring high professional training on the basis of comprehensive cooperation of the faculty with interested enterprises and organizations - leading employers, by combining intellectual potential, practical experience, material, financial and corporate resources); participation in the improvement of educational programs (providing proposals for program learning outcomes to be formed in higher education; providing feedback and reviews of educational programs; participating in working meetings with guarantors of educational programs, administration; participating in meetings with experts of the National Agency for Education). ensuring the quality of higher education, etc.); implementation of practical training of applicants for higher education; providing a base for internships; participation in the development of tasks of internship programs and their approval; support during practical training; providing a description of each applicant based on the results of practice; participation in final conferences and providing recommendations for improving this type of activity); holding joint scientific and practical conferences, round tables, symposiums; giving guest lectures (an important aspect in the organization of educational and research activities, research implementation); involvement in the development of the internal system of quality assurance of education (in particular by participating in surveys).","PeriodicalId":150572,"journal":{"name":"International Scientific Journal of Universities and Leadership","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125460655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bilingual education in Germany: French-speaking context","authors":"Mariya Vynarchyk","doi":"10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-81-88","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-81-88","url":null,"abstract":"The research highlights the problem of bilingual education in Germany in a French-speaking context. An analysis of the scientific and pedagogical literature has shown that bilingual education is the type of education that is of constant interest to domestic and foreign scholars. The aim of bilingual education is to develop students' communication and activity skills, which provide an opportunity to act and interact in situations of oral and written speech on the topics of everyday life and on the basis of authentic documents and materials. The organization of bilingual education in the French-speaking context in Germany is aimed at developing students' ability to express personal views, describe and comment on information received, draw conclusions, participate in discussions and debates. It also provides for the development of intercultural skills, as intercultural education aims to form citizens who are open to other peoples, tolerant of their cultural and national uniqueness. From this point of view, educators seek to impart knowledge about the country whose language is being studied. It is primarily a matter of learning to work in direct contact with representatives of other countries. The socio-cultural content of bilingual education in Germany is closely linked to the daily life of society, the positive experiences gained, the successes and challenges of young people, and the modern perception of the European dimension. It involves the use of the latest learning strategies. Students learn to work with authentic texts, receive information from the media and the Internet. German bilingual education experts encourage the active use of innovative techniques and strategies, the use of additional learning tools. The role of self-education and self-improvement, which serve to prepare for language learning throughout life, is growing.","PeriodicalId":150572,"journal":{"name":"International Scientific Journal of Universities and Leadership","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131671706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Theodor Adorno. On the Democratisation of German Universities","authors":"Vitalii Bryzhnik","doi":"10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-154-159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-154-159","url":null,"abstract":"The German social philosopher Theodor Adorno, the representative of the critical theory of society, wrote this work as a speech in 1959, ten years after his return from exile in West Germany. In his characteristic manner of neo-Marxist criticism of the educational system of West Germany, Adorno critically noted the dynamics of the process of democratisation of higher education and universities in this country. According to the neo-Marxist philosopher, the principled enemy of the ideology of bourgeois society, the democratisation of universities in that country faces serious obstacles on its way. Namely: the limited access to university education for young people from workers' families, which means insufficient social openness of universities. The predominance of material interest in the educational work of some teachers, which is obviously caused by the priority of material values of the industrial society. There is an absolute lack in the educational process of the personal participation of such teachers, whose educational activity is determined by the strength of their individual spirit. The prevailing apoliticalness of the then West German society as post-totalitarian, as a result — passive refusal of students and university graduates to participate in public affairs. \u0000Having defined democracy as the active participation of the population in public affairs, Theodor Adorno also defined the task of an intellectual — an educated person who is involved in the educational process at a university. Such a task is an intellectual's knowledge of social conditions that lead to a shortage of an active spirit in the process of democratisation of universities, and reflection on the possibility of corresponding changes. The task of the universities of West Germany as a democratic country was called the educational activation of graduates of their individual spirit as a factor of activity, which is emancipated from the influence of the ideology of adaptation society. Higher education due to a means of upbringing should to strengthen its students' critical self-consciousness — an important condition for social democratisation.","PeriodicalId":150572,"journal":{"name":"International Scientific Journal of Universities and Leadership","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127268572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mechanisms and Features of Academic Career Development in Universities","authors":"H. Chornoivan","doi":"10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-130-140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-130-140","url":null,"abstract":"The article emphasizes the importance of creating and implementing policies at the national and institutional levels for the development of an academic career in the context of European integration processes. On the basis of a comparative analysis of national and European policies, the essence and components of academic career development in universities are revealed, attention is focused on the need to reform domestic higher education in the context of Ukraine's integration into the European Research Area. \u0000It was established that the main features of an academic career are stages, external and internal factors of influence and planning. An academic career is considered as a certain type of professional activity in the field of higher education and science, in which the formation, development and development of researchers, disclosure of research potential, achievement of established quantitative and qualitative requirements for research, successful promotion through certain steps (positions), acquisition of high social status and authority in the academic sphere. \u0000It was determined that the mechanisms of the academic career include evaluation (criteria: publication activity, quality and results of research, social influence and reputation, expert activity, research ethics and integrity, teaching based on research and innovation), academic mobility (participation in framework programs , projects and other EU initiatives, strengthening the research capacity of universities), support and motivation (the presence of structural units and developed policies in the university to meet the needs of researchers in support at the beginning of their careers, improving research competence, leadership and communication skills, mastering digital technologies).","PeriodicalId":150572,"journal":{"name":"International Scientific Journal of Universities and Leadership","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115756435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Students' Rating of the Activities of Scientific and Pedagogical Workers as a Tool of Student-Centered Learning","authors":"O. Yaroshenko","doi":"10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-46-54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-46-54","url":null,"abstract":"The article emphasizes that in the context of Ukraine's entry into the European Higher Education Area, the spectrum of didactic principles is expanding, among which the principle of student-centered learning is becoming more important. Based on the principles of student-centered learning, the students are responsible not only for their learning results but also for the components that influence the results, one of which is the evaluation of the activities carried out by academic and pedagogical workers. From now students of domestic institutions of higher education are involved not only in the development, improvement and evaluation of educational programs but also in the assessment of the professional active ties of teachers. To this end, higher education institutions are developing relevant normative documents and conducting surveys like “Teachers through the eyes of students”. \u0000It is noted that the world's leading education systems have significant achievements in student evaluation of the professionalism and personal qualities of teachers, and student evaluations of teaching (SET) serve as a basis for career growth, salary increases, etc. The domestic experience of student evaluations of scientific and pedagogical workers is not so long and successful; the evaluation is being formed. As a result, some problems arise, the effective solution of which depends on the internal normative provision of the procedure for conducting student evaluation of the activities of academic and pedagogical workers, obtaining reliable results and their further impartial use. \u0000Attention is focused on the fact that the psychological aspects of the subject-subject relationship of the teacher and students affect the evaluation of scientific and pedagogical workers, therefore, its results should not be absolute, but reinforced and checked with the help of other types of evaluations. With the help of a questionnaire survey of teachers of domestic institutions of higher education, their generally trusting attitude to the results of student evaluations was found out. \u0000The need for a balanced use of foreign experience in student evaluations is emphasized. For quite a long time of using the student rating (more than 50 years), foreign universities managed to avoid a number of risks and provide student ratings with leadership positions in the evaluation of the activities of scientific and pedagogical workers. Despite this, foreign researchers disagree about the effectiveness and objectivity of student ratings due to the influence on their results of the gender bias of some students, the physical attractiveness of scientific and pedagogical workers, different motivations of students to study, etc. \u0000A conclusion was made about the importance for the students to evaluate the activities carried out by scientific and pedagogical workers as a factor in the introduction of student-centered learning, the need to study the foreign experience of student evaluations of teaching (SET) ","PeriodicalId":150572,"journal":{"name":"International Scientific Journal of Universities and Leadership","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124521108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Financial Policies of Higher Educational Institutions","authors":"N. Shofolova","doi":"10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-70-80","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-70-80","url":null,"abstract":"In the context of legal regulation and restrictions on public funding of higher educational institutions and competition in the search for additional resources, the efficiency of the use of funds, openness and accountability of the expenditures are extremely important. The implementation of university financial policies will help to support a system of financial management, increase the level of financial autonomy, promote publicity and transparency in financial decision-making and facilitate management decisions towards achieving strategic goals. \u0000The article considers the theoretical foundations of financial policies in higher education institutions. University financial policies is defined as a purposeful activity of the management team aimed at making effective financial decisions to achieve and maintain financial sustainability and stable development of the university, achieving its strategic goals and current tasks, based on developing alternative algorithms with clear distribution of the powers and responsibilities. \u0000Arguments for the necessity to implement university financial policies as a mechanism to expand the financial autonomy, increase the competitiveness of the institution, reduce financial risks, ensure integrity and social responsibility, increase the efficiency of financial management, simplify of financial processes, and improve the quality of educational services are substantiated. \u0000The recommendations of projects and guides on financial policies and procedures and the experience of British universities on the content of financial policies are analyzed, as well as the main components of financial policies for Ukrainian universities are proposed.","PeriodicalId":150572,"journal":{"name":"International Scientific Journal of Universities and Leadership","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125785332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Authorship in Collective Scientific Publications: Taxonomy of Roles, Contribution Politics and Responsibility","authors":"O. Petroye","doi":"10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-141-153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31874/2520-6702-2022-13-141-153","url":null,"abstract":"The study found that every year there is a growing trend towards an increase in collective publications not only in technical, but also in social and humanitarian sciences. In this article, author describes the situation regarding the essential characteristics and problems of authorship regulation in collective scientific publications. The research used methods of analysis of recommendations, regulatory instructions, requirements of scientific journals regarding the distribution of roles based on differentiation and identification of contributions in collective publications. The generalization of the obtained data made it possible to find out the motives and problems of the distribution of the roles of the lead author, co-authors and participants of the publication. The article attempts to provide answers to questions about identifying their contribution to research and publication, establishing the order of authors in the list of authors of collective publications, responsibility of the lead author, corresponding author and co-authors for research and collective publication. The author substantiates the need for culture formation and implementation the policy of contributions and responsibility into the practice of research activity of Ukrainian scientists, national specialized and other scientific publications. A methodological basis for the formation and implementation of the contribution policy has been developed, based on the differentiation of the taxonomy of roles in a collective publication. This methodology involves a combination of horizontal and vertical approaches to assessing the contribution and distribution of roles in a collective science work based on the analysis of functional and hierarchical structure of roles taxonomy. Performing a functional analysis of the horizontal level allows identifying a group of persons who correspond to the status of \"author\" and establish two groups of roles — “authors” and “non-authors”/”participants” of collective science publication. The next one, hierarchical analysis is carried out among all those who acquired the status of “author” as a result of horizontal structuring. It ensures the formation of a vertical substructure of the taxonomy of roles, which includes the roles of “lead author”, “corresponding author” and “co-authors” of a collective publication. The author emphasizes that an important issue of contribution policy and an integral condition for the quality and reliability of a collective scientific publication is the responsibility that rests on the lead author, corresponding author and co-authors for the collective research and content of the publication.","PeriodicalId":150572,"journal":{"name":"International Scientific Journal of Universities and Leadership","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117021872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}