The scientists of the National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic" – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of the Ukrainian Studies, Culture and Documentation Iryna Perederii, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor of the Department of Germanic Philology and Translation Tetiana Kushnirova, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Educational and Research Institute of Information Technologies and Robotics Kseniia Verhal, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of General Linguistics and Foreign Languages Halyna Talovyria successfully completed a one-week internship under the Erasmus+ program within the framework of "Erasmus International Week" on the basis of the Romanian partner university Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad.
The international project was joined by scientists representing higher education institutions from 9 countries: Sports University of Tirana (Albania), Mediterranean University of Podgorica (Montenegro), Ilia State University (Georgia), Said University (Algeria), Firat University (Turkey), University of Porto (Portugal), Moldova University of Economics (Republic of Moldova), National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic" (Ukraine) and State University (Peru).
The internship program was quite intense and designed for specialists of various specialties. According to the organizers, its purpose is to mark the European Year of Skills with various activities, as the Erasmus programme is an important tool for the personal and professional development of university communities – students, teaching and non-teaching staff.
On the first day, the project participants were welcomed by UAV rector Ramona Lile, who emphasized that cooperation between scientists from all over the world is a guarantee of peace and the possibility of effective collaboration of scientists, which should give impetus to the development of higher education in general. Then the participants listened to introductory lectures on the history of Romania and Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, learned about the structure, scientific-technical and laboratory base of the university.
Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad continues the traditions of higher education started by the Institute of Theology (1822), the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics (1947) and the Institute of Engineering (1972). It has been operating as a university since 1990. Currently, the university has 3 institutes, 9 faculties (32 bachelor's programs, 31 master's programs, and 3 PhD programs), 9 scientific departments, 14 scientific centers, a business incubator, etc.," – said the head of the partner Romanian university.
During the internship under the Erasmus+ programme as part of the "Erasmus International Week" at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad (Romania), all representatives of participating universities presented their own universities using various interactive methods. Poltava Polytechnic was represented by Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of General Linguistics and Foreign Languages Halyna Talovyria. The listeners were interested in the scientific potential of our university, especially its functioning in the conditions of a full-scale invasion. In general, there was a great deal of interest in the Ukrainian delegation, representatives of all countries expressed their support and wished Ukraine a speedy victory.
The internship participants got acquainted with a number of modern scientific laboratories operating at the Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad (Laboratory of Natural Sciences, Laboratory of Microscopic Research, Laboratory of Plant Biology, Chromatography Laboratory, etc.).
All those present got acquainted with the material and technical support of the Faculty of Engineering, in particular listened to the lecture "The Development of Entrepreneurial Skills in Textile industry", toured the educational and production centers: "Laboratory of textile technologies", "Laboratory of interdisciplinary metrology and quality control of textile products" etc.
The presentation of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports took place in two stages: the listeners attended a meeting with the legend of Romanian gymnastics, Olympic Games medalist Emilia Eberle, who spoke about her formation, achievements in sports, the sacrifices she made for sports and the joy of sports victories. By her own example, the outstanding gymnast wrote the history of gymnastics in Romania, inspiring many athletes.
Then the participants were greeted by the dean of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports and introduced to the faculty’s locations – the guests visited a large sports arena, where the sportsmen's demonstration performances and their awarding ceremonies after successful performances in various competitions took place.
All participants had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the locations of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, which was represented by the Dean Dr. Alina Ionescu Miercuri. She introduced the listeners to the linguistic features of Romania, talked about traditions, national dress, cuisine, etc. The project participants were happy to take a crash course in the Romanian language, perform practical tasks, and practice the simplest phrases in order to be able to communicate with native speakers if necessary.
The third day of the Erasmus+ week was dedicated to excursions around the territory of Arad County, which territorially covers parts of two historical regions in western Romania – Crisana and Banat. During the excursions, the participants listened to a series of lectures on the history of Romania, learned about prominent figures of this region, interesting historical facts related to famous people and notable places.
The fourth day of the project was interesting in terms of methodology, when the participants discussed strategies for the development of modern education "Strategies for Learning and Developing Entrepreneurial skills" and models of motivation of modern youth to study "New Teaching and Learning Models for Student Motivation".
Having shared her positive impressions from participating in the project, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor of the Department of Germanic Philology and Translation of the Poltava Polytechnic Tetiana Kushnirova noted: "This is an extraordinary opportunity to gain practical experience and communicate with scientists from foreign universities who work in specialties related to ours. For me, as a philologist, the methods of learning a foreign language were interesting, in particular, the Workshop "Improve your Linguistic Competences – Romanian Language Crash Course".
Among other things, the scientist Iryna Perederii noted that she got acquainted with the master's educational program "Management Communications and Human Resources" with interest, the content of which is, to some extent, consistent with the master's and bachelor's educational and professional programs "Documentation and Information Studies", "Information analytics and PR activities". The plan is to study the presented international experience in more detail and to borrow the best practices during the improvement of one's own educational and professional programs. Visits to the university library, familiarization with information technologies used in work, in particular ABIS, aroused interest.
The representative of the Educational and Research Institute of Information Technologies and Robotics, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor Kseniia Verhal also had many opportunities to study foreign educational and scientific experience. After all, both the Erasmus+ Week host university and a number of participating universities also provide practical training for IT specialists.
The scientists participating in the international project express their sincere gratitude to the National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic" and personally to the rector, Professor Volodymyr Onyshchenko for the unique opportunity to do an internship at a foreign university and the chance to join the global educational space through the most relevant European Union Programme in the field of education Erasmus+.
Earlier, students and teachers of the university became participants in an international educational online project with a Dutch partner university, young scientists of higher education institutions discussed academic integrity in Ukraine and abroad, a scientist from the partner University of London shared effective professional cases with young people and teachers of the Polytechnic, students participating in the second International Virtual School shared their impressions of studying at a leading Polish university, participants of the long-term academic mobility program in Greenland shared their impressions of studying and getting to know the cultural flavor of the country, and a university student took part in a Polish youth training dedicated to a healthy lifestyle.
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