The seminar was held on the basis of Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University. Panel discussions took place in the framework of each of the four sessions – “Doctoral training and development of young scientists in Europe”, “Preparation of postgraduate students in Ukraine and Poland: organization, management and quality assurance”, “Development of young scientists in the context of personnel policy in Ukrainian and Polish universities – rectors’ perspective”, “Development of young scientists in the context of personnel policy in Ukrainian and Polish universities – young scientists’ perspective”.
The seminar was opened by the Head of the Union of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions of Ukraine, Rector of Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Professor Petro Kulikov. Partakers were also greeted by Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine for European Integration, Professor Oleksii Shkuratov; Director of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland, PhD Monica Poboży; President of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland, Rector of the Silesian University of Technology, Professor Arkadiusz Mężyk; and Project Leader, President of the Polish Rectors Foundation, Professor Jerzy Woźnicki.
Professor Volodymyr Onyschenko together with the Rector of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Professor Volodymyr Buhrov, the Rector of Bialystok University of Technology, Professor Marta Kosior-Kazberuk, Vice President of KRASP, Honorary President of KRASP, Rector of Warsaw University of Technology in 2016-2020, Professor Jan Schmidt deliberated on the future – “Development of young scientists in the context of personnel policy in Ukrainian and Polish universities – rectors’ perspective”. The discussion was moderated by the Rector of the Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, Professor Dmytro Lukianenko.
“A unique event took place in Odessa, where the European academic community was hospitably greeted. In this international project I was the ambassador of the higher education system of Ukraine and represented the National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”. I am extremely glad to see our Polish and Ukrainian colleagues as well as friends of our university!
Even in a pandemic, cooperation is evolving and we are continuing our mobility as well as participating in joint projects. For 5 years in a row on the basis of Poltava Polytechnic we have been holding a joint powerful international conference “Student youth is the driving force of the state”, which is always attended by representatives of student self-governments of Polish universities.
The strategic priority of personnel policy of the National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic” is the development of young scientists. The university has an effective system of attracting and motivating young scientists to manage the university, its educational, scientific, innovative, and international activities.
At the university, 15% of scientific and pedagogical staff are young scientists, and, taking into account the number of PhD students, the percentage of young scientists is 36%. Young scientists are actively involved in the university management system, in particular 50% of the Vice-Rectors are young scientists, and 25% of the Rectorate as well as the Academic Council of the University are young scientists.
Every year young scientists of the university become winners of the President’s Prize for Young Scientists. The university has 21 laureates of the President’s Prize for Young Scientists. In 2020 and 2018, young scientists of the university became winners of the Award of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for Young Scientists and Students for the best scientific work. Over the last few years, 5 young scientists have been awarded Scholarships for Young Scientists by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
Our university is open to interesting joint projects and initiatives for the benefit of our universities and will help develop friendly relations between Ukraine and Poland! I thank the colleagues for interesting communication, exchange of experiences and practical cases that will help our youth build a successful scientific career and continue to develop our universities!” – said Rector Volodymyr Onyshchenko.
Partners of the National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic” are 10 universities of the Republic of Poland – the seminar was attended by colleagues from Bialystok and Poznań Universities of Technology, SAGH University of Science and Technology. In recent years, 85 official visits to the Republic of Poland have taken place, and Poltava Polytechnic has received 12 official delegations from Polish universities.
Earlier, the rector of Poltava Polytechnic became an Honorary Professor of Bialystok University of Technology.
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