On May 26 and 27, 2023, Student Council, Dance Theater «K-Dance» of «KROK» University, the most active students of the University and the College visited the city of Poltava and the famous places of Poltava region during a Presidential trip. During the trip, the students heard about many historical events of the period of Ukraine-Rus and the Hetmanate from the guide Volodymyr. Namely, about the foundation of Kyiv, the Battle of Poltava in 1709, the origin of Ivan Mazepa's family coat of arms, the life of writer Mykola Gogol, the struggle for liberation from the russian empire, and much more.

KROK Business School is a co-organizer of the international scientific and practical conference «Creative Industries: Modern Trends» taking place on May 24-25, 2023. The event itself was organized by Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University.

The participation of KROK Business School as a co-organizer of the conference demonstrates the desire to share experience, as the topic of creativity and innovation is one of the priority areas of activity of KROK Business School, where business owners and managers learn to generate breakthrough business ideas and implement them.

The conference addressed and discussed such topics as trends and prospects for the development of creative industries, creative industries in crisis situations, innovative technologies in creative industries, education in the creative industries, creative industries in the social and humanitarian sphere, the role of creative industries in the development of the city and region, journalism and new media as a creative phenomenon. At the plenary session that opened the conference, Oksana Siedashova, Associate Professor at KROK Business School, International Ambassador for Creativity in Ukraine, spoke about creativity during the war.

During the presentation, Oksana Siedashova presented research on what is a source of inspiration during the war, explained how the concept of «creativity» is perceived and used by Ukrainians today, and demonstrated artworks by Ukrainian artists Artem Gusev and Maksym Palenko as examples of artists' reflections on the war and sources of support for the Ukrainian people. We are proud that it is Ukraine that puts a little more meaning into the concept of creativity: creativity as a way to solve serious problems; creativity as a force for unity; creativity as an opening for growth - even in difficult life conditions; creativity as a factor of survival and recovery.

On April 28, 2023, under the patronage of USAID project «Economic Support of Ukraine», the public organization «Ukrainian Marketing Association», the Scientific and Methodological Center of Higher and Professional Pre-Higher Education, as well as the Federation of Employers of Ukraine the International Forum devoted to popularization of dual form of education «Public Dialogue of Business and Educational Institutions» was organized. About 150 representatives of academic and business institutions participated in the event.

The welcoming speech was given by: Iryna Lilyk (president of NGO «Ukrainian Marketing Association»), Snizhana Leu-Severynenko (Ph.D., senior manager of labor potential development of the USAID Project «Economic Support of Ukraine»), Lyudmila Vasilega (director, Center of Competences and Human Capital Development of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine).

The purpose of the event was to discuss practical cases of the implementation of a dual form of education in Ukraine and popularize best practices.

Representative of COOPERA project coordinator from the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova - Lilia Kovash, Associate professor, spoke about the experience of Moldova in the field of implementing programs under the dual form of education. The event was attended by the partners of the consortium from Ukraine. Team from «KROK» University (Natalia Litvin - First Vice-Rector of the University, PhD, professor and Andrii Lotariev - Director of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education, Ph.D.), presented COOPERA project to colleagues from educational institutions and employers.

Participants gained international experience from foreign partners from Kazakhstan, Moldova, Latvia, discussed the news, challenges, and shared best practices. Telegram channel for students «DualClud.UA» to popularize dual education among students, and also the European online platform for training mentors, which, thanks to USAID, has been already translated into different languages were presented.

The partners actively participated in the discussions, which highlighted the following topics: «Interaction between employers and educational institutions during the dual form of education» (Dagnia Vanaga, director of Riga State Technical College), «What do employers benefit if they participate in dual training?» (Gunta Tilaka, coordinator of experts of industry councils of the Confederation of Employers of Latvia), «Peculiarities of implementation of dual form of education by agricultural higher education institutions» (Yuriy Danko, doctor of economic sciences, professor, vice-rector for scientific work of Sumy National Agrarian University).

Many thanks for the wonderful organization of the event! We believe that such meetings will help us develop, popularize and implement dual forms of education!

April 21, 2023, «KROK» University team took an active part at the Round Table of Erasmus+ INTERADIS «International Students Adaptation and Integration» project, organized by Odessa National Polytechnic University.

The members of the consortium prepared presentations, in which they highlighted the achievements of Universities within the project implementation period, advantages and current problems that arise during the integration of international students into university life and the educational process. The specifics of cooperation of international offices with students, the development and sending of study invitations in Ukrainian universities were also discussed, the participants took part in discussions regarding the topical issues that arose during the presentations and share valuable experience.

Andriі Lotariev, Director of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education of «KROK» University, Maryna Yevchenko, Project Manager, and the team of the International Project Office of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education, took an active part and presented the strategy for the development and improvement of the integration of International students into the active life of the University. Moreover, «KROK» team shared its own experience in helping students to adapt in Ukraine, introduced other partners to the features and advantages of Buddy KROK system, developed by the University, and introduced the newly created co-working area. The admissions campaign and the specifics of creating invitations to study at Ukrainian universities were also discussed.

We are very grateful to our colleagues for their active participation and cooperation!

On April 19, 2023, the selection of «KROK» University students for mobility programs with European higher educational institutions took place.

The selection committee included: Andrii Lotariev, Director of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education, Anna Drobyna, Head of International Office, Maryna Yevchenko, Project Manager of International Office, Iryna Savchuk, Manager of Student Office, Kostiantyn Rebekevsha, Head of Student Council.

This time, universities from Austria, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Italy, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey were represented among the partners offering mobility programs for the next semester.

The selection of applicants consisted of three stages, namely:

• Motivation letter;
• B2 level English language test;
• Interview with the selection committee. Selection results are now available at the Facebook group KROK_Exchange. To ensure the transparency, the event was recorded, watch the recording at the link.

Congratulations to the winners! We believe that you will benefit from spending the semester at the European higher educational institution and will worthily represent “KROK” University at the international level!

Good news for those who could not participate in the selection! An additional Call for participation in mobility programs is announced!

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The event was opened by Sergii Laptiev, President and founder of the University, Professor. Andrii Kuchko, Rector of University, Professor, delivered a congratulatory speech and expressed his gratitude to the staff.

«KROK's» birthday is a great opportunity to remember and thank those who create its future, and the best representatives of «KROK’s» community.

On April 12, 2023, in Microsoft Teams the Informational event «Erasmus Day» was held. The event was organized by Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education, in particular Andrii Lotariev, Director of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education, Anna Drobyna, Head of International Office and Maryna Yevchenko, Project Manager.

Students of various programs and levels of study had the opportunity to receive the information about mobility (exchange) programs implemented by «KROK» University, learn about the selection procedure and universities offered for selection for next semester, and get the overview about the scholarship programs. The event gathered more than 20 participants! Everyone who was unable to join can watch the video of the event at the link

We sincerely thank all participants for their active work and see you all at the selection on April 19, 2023!

Haliç University, Istanbul, Turkey, announced the results of applications for Call for Erasmus+ scholarships. Selection was conducted within the framework of 2022 project of the Erasmus+ Programme and partner countries (KA171) Higher Education Student Mobility within the quota allocated to Haliç University by Turkish National Agency.

Congratulations to “KROK” University students who were successfully selected and will experience studying at Istanbul in Fall Semester of the Academic Year 2023-2024 through Erasmus Grants within Erasmus+ KA171 Project! Results of selection can be found here

On March 27-31, 2023, Anna Drobyna, Head of International Office, and Yuliia Bohdanova, Project Manager of International Office of Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education, took part in the International Thematic Week at Kodolanyi Janos University, Budapest, Hungary.

Representatives of partner higher educational institutions from Ukraine, Albania, Georgia, Japan, Luxembourg and the Netherlands were invited to the event.

During the international week, the participants of the event took part in lectures on branding in higher education, discussed the issue of internationalization and presented their HEIs at Erasmus Exchange Fair. Monitoring of the implementation of the Erasmus+ KA1 project and the double degree programs were discussed with Hungarian partners.

We thank our Hungarian partners for an interesting and productive week!