POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION: DEVELOPMENT AREAS IN THE UKRAINIAN EDUCATIONAL SPACE

The author of the article analyzes the priority development areas for postgraduate education in Ukraine. The research was based on identifying current trends and features of postgraduate education in the Ukrainian educational space, due to the influence of external and internal factors and illustrate the positive and negative trends of its development, allow to design prospects for this area of education and take into account the expansion of educational services. The consideration integrity of postgraduate education phenomenon is achieved by emphasizing the connections of postgraduate education with society development and adult education system in general, through the analysis of theoretical, organizational, procedural and content aspects of its development. In the conclusion is substantiated that the needs for education and training, retraining, advanced lifelong training are one of the basic human needs in the knowledge society. Emphasis is placed on the fact that postgraduate education is an important component of adult education in the system of lifelong learning. The essence and significance of postgraduate education in the context of personality professional development are characterized. The current state and problems of postgraduate education development are outlined. It is emphasized that the current problems in the field of postgraduate adult education in Ukraine are due to changes (financial and economic, socio-political, structural, communication) caused by the active phase of Russian war against Ukraine. The necessity of solving the problems related to the imperfection of normative-legal, as well as resource provision (personnel, finances, material and technical means, etc.) of postgraduate education is proved. The expediency of constant directions updating, content and forms of education organization in accordance with individual needs of listeners, actualities of democratic society development in Ukraine, needs of economic and social development of the state is also substantiated.