On February 22, 2023, a regular meeting was held online within the framework of the THEA Ukraine X program (a professional development and training program for Ukrainian higher education administrators in the field of internationalization of higher education institutions and science management), where the results of the internationalization trainings were discussed.
The report on the Internationalization Booster training on December 5-8, 2022, was presented by Kateryna SKYBA, Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work. The purpose of the training was to familiarize the participants with the Internationalization Strategy of KhNU, to talk about the types of internationalization in higher education institutions, to present a wide range of internationalization tools that could and should be used, to motivate participants to engage in internationalization processes, to unite teams to develop and implement short-term achievable internationalization plans for each of the structural units represented by the participants. The implementation of the developed internationalization plans at the departments and faculties is currently underway. An interim meeting with the training participants, the trainer, and the team of the International Relations Office is scheduled for April to discuss the status of the plans.
In addition to developing the managerial competencies necessary for educational management and promoting internationalization processes in higher education institutions, THEA Ukraine X aims to establish fruitful exchanges between German and Ukrainian scientists and educational managers and to create sustainable regional networks in Ukraine.
In the future, it is planned to expand cooperation between Khmelnytskyi National University and German universities, in particular with the University of Applied Sciences in Munster.