On 9-14 June 2025, Associate Professor of the Department of Germanic Philology and Translation of Poltava Polytechnic, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Yuliia Nikolaienko took part in the Erasmus+ academic mobility program at University of Applied Sciences Burgenland (Hochschule Burgenland), Austria.
The main goal of the program was teaching, which included eight hours of English B2 classes for students of the preparatory department from around the world who are learning English to pass the certification exam and enter Austrian higher education institutions. These were the final lessons of the course, so the main focus was on improving students’ English communication skills in all types of language activities, namely speaking, reading, listening and writing, in order to pass the exam.
The mobility program also included a series of meetings with the faculty of University of Applied Sciences Burgenland to exchange best practices and experiences in education and science, to establish cooperation and discuss possible joint projects for the academic year 2025/2026, and to popularize Ukrainian culture, education, and science.
As part of this step in the program, the scientist from Poltava Polytechnic visited Campus Pinkafeld, which is located in a very picturesque part of Austria and offers the most comfortable conditions for students and teachers: the best equipment in the classrooms, a modern library, innovative laboratories for study and research, and recreation areas. During the meetings with the academic staff of the Faculty of Energy and Environment, they discussed the peculiarities of organizing the educational process at the university and especially the process of teaching English.
An important practical result of the program is the agreement to organize joint online events for students of Poltava Polytechnic and University of Applied Sciences Burgenland. In particular, in the autumn semester of the academic year 2025-2026, Yuliia Nikolaienko and Martin Jandl are planning a number of events in the COIL (collaborative online international learning) format in the field of English-language intercultural communication.
“Thanks to my participation in the academic mobility program, I got a great opportunity to teach at a foreign university. This experience has become an incentive for me to further my professional and personal self-improvement, a source of new ideas and inspiration. I would like to express my gratitude to the leadership of National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic” for the comprehensive support of professional development of the academic staff, as well as to my colleagues from University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, in particular, English teacher Martin Jandl for our fruitful cooperation and the mobility coordinator from the International Department Kathrin Szabo for her constant support and help,” Yuliia Nikolaienko summed up her trip.
In September 2024, Yuliia Nikolaienko received a CEEPUS scholarship under the academic exchange program for teachers from the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalization and completed an internship at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland; and the same year, Dean Deputy of the Faculty of Philology, Psychology and Pedagogy, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of General Linguistics and Foreign Languages, Chair of the Council of Young Scientists of the Faculty of Philology, Psychology and Pedagogy Nataliia Bondar and Head of the Department of Germanic Philology and Translation Oksana Vorobiova also became CEEPUS scholars at this university.
Recently, 2 scientists of Poltava Polytechnic represented the university at the 14th Erasmus+ International Staff Week at Bialystok University of Technology, a scientist of Poltava Polytechnic participated in an academic mobility in Germany within the international environmental project, a representative of Poltava Polytechnic took part in the Council of Europe’s forum on historical education: A Philological View of the Dialogue on Memory and Democracy, Kseniia Verhal took part in an event on academic mobility in STEM fields of higher education; a post-graduate student of Poltava Polytechnic won the second place at a prestigious international competition in Vienna, and a delegation of Polytechnic teachers took part in the Erasmus+ academic mobility program at the Romanian partner university Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Associate Professor of Poltava Polytechnic Iryna Chernetska took part in the prestigious IVLP exchange program, implemented with the support of the US State Department, and the delegation of Polytechnic took part in the Erasmus+ academic mobility program within the ISCAP International Week, held at Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto (ISCAP).
It should be noted that Poltava Polytechnic teachers can participate in academic mobility programmes and internships, and students of Poltava Polytechnic have the opportunity to study abroad under the grant programmes of credit academic mobility for a semester or a whole academic year at the leading universities of Austria, Greenland, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Finland, and the Czech Republic.
For more information on current internship, teaching and academic mobility programmes abroad, please contact the International Relations Department (room 213-C, interoffice@nupp.edu.ua) or the Coordinator of International Cooperation of National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic” – Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Germanic Philology and Translation Anna Kostiantynivna Pavelieva (email: kunsite.zi@gmail.com, phone: +3-8-(095)-91-08-192).
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