TNMU Professor Participated in the Conference “Freedom in a Nutshell: Ukrainian Experience. Freedom for New Ideas in the Time of War”
On September 13, 2024, TNMU Professor participated in the online conference “Freedom in a Nutshell: Ukrainian Experience. Freedom for New Ideas in the Time of War”. It was organized by Netzwerk Wissenschaftsmanagement (Network of Education and Science Managers of Germany, https://netzwerk-wissenschaftsmanagement.de/ ) in cooperation with the Professional Network of Education and Science Managers of Ukraine (PNRM Ukraine – https://pnrm.org/ ) with the support of the DAAD project – Internationalization of Higher Education in Ukraine. MoI Ukraine: Management of Internationalization and German-Ukrainian Academic Cooperation (https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/universitaet/internationales/moi-ukraine).
At this session, as part of the annual conference “Für Freiheit in Krisenzeiten,” participants from PNRM shared the experience of Ukrainian managers of education and science with their German colleagues. It was important for the participants from various educational institutions to show the persistent work of Ukrainian universities and scientists despite wartime’s difficult times and challenges.
Ternopil National Medical University was represented by Professor Oksana Shevchuk, a member of the Professional Network of Education and Science Managers of Ukraine (PNRM Ukraine).
Reports were made by:
– Dr. Oleksandr Khyzhniak, Free University Amsterdam – “Academic Freedom, Scientists-Refugees from Ukraine.”
– Assoc. Prof. Oksana Bayer, Alfred Nobel University – “Curriculum and Academic Freedom in the Time of the War.”
– Prof. Maryna Vasylieva and Roman Nesterenko, V. Karazin Kharkiv National University – “Science Management in the Education of Young People: Challenges and Opportunities during the War in Ukraine.”
– Nataliia Shalimova, Central Ukrainian National Technical University, and Viktoriia Hura, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University – “Quality Assurance of Study Programs as an Effective Instrument of Higher Education Improvement: Freedom for New Ideas in the Time of War).”
– Prof. Hanna Tolstanova, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University – “The Resilience of PhD School Management in Time of Constant Reform and the War in Ukraine).”
– Prof. Nataliia Kutsmus, Polissia National University, and Prof. Inna Semenenko, Volodymyr Dahl Eastern Ukrainian National University – “Gender, Freedom, and Education in the Era of War.”
The conference became an excellent platform for discussing the problems of managing education and science in Ukraine during the war and exchanging ideas on overcoming them. Based on the meeting results, it was concluded that the higher education system should be free from discrimination and ensure educational services in an atmosphere of equality and student-centeredness, respect for diversity, and human rights.
