UzhNU is on the way to getting the status of research and innovative university

According to the research project calendar of events at the meeting of the Academic Council of SU "UzhNU" held on March 24th, the Concept of innovative development of the university was presented. The Concept declares the striving of the university for changing its status of traditional classical university to the one of research and innovative university. 

Everyone could get acquainted with the Concept on the university website, which had been placed there about a month ago (see the link: https://drive.google.com/a/uzhnu.edu.ua/file/d/0B6GcxUlmVu6xNVNlRXkzcTEySlE/view). Its authors were presented at the Academic Council meeting. They are the director of the Institute of European Integration Studies Ivan Artomov, the Head of the Department of International Economic Relations Volodymyr Prykhodko and the Director of the Career Center of UzhNU Tetyana Buturlakina.

Expert opinion on the Concept of innovative development for SU “Uzhhorod national university” at 2015-2025 prepared the First Vice President of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, national expert on the reformation of higher education  in Ukraine, Doctor of  pedagogical sciences, professor Volodymyr Luhovyi. 

By its decision the Academic Council of the university approved the Concept of innovative development for SU “Uzhhorod national university” at 2015-2025 and recommended:

  • recommend structural subdivisions of university to use the basic provisions of the Concept of innovative development for SU “Uzhhorod national university” at 2015-2025 in strategic and current planning activities in process of integration to European educational and scientific area and transforming university in research innovative institution of higher education.
  • note fruitful cooperation of SU "UzhNU" with Technical University of Kosice (Slovakia), Debrecen (Hungary) and Rzeszow (Poland) universities on joint implementation of research work on the development of the Concept of innovative development for SU “Uzhhorod national university” at 2015-2025, which is a powerful motivation for the university in successful implementation of the laws of Ukraine "On higher education", "On scientific and scientific-technical activities".
  • note effective work of Institute of European Integration Studies employees and experts included in creative group on development of the Concept of innovative development for SU “Uzhhorod national university” at 2015-2025.
  • project coordinator, associate professor Ivan Artomov apply to the Institute of Higher Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine (Director - Doctor of Sciences (Dr. Hab.) in Education, professor Svitlana Kalashnikova) with a proposal to consider this Concept on the Scientific Council of the Institute on March 31, 2016.

Currently, the Institute of European Integration Studies of SU "Uzhhorod National University" finalizing implementation of the above mentioned research project. As part of project implementation its performers prepared educational-methodical complex, which was presented and transmitted to partners from Slovakia, Hungary and Poland for use in universities in those countries.  

The review on this complex prepared a Doctor of Education Sciences, associate professor, Head of the Department of Policy and Governance in Higher Education of Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine Jeanneta Talanova.