Different speakers mentioned that international students integration and adaptation is crucial for successful development of international education. Andrii Lotariev, Head of International Office, presented the Erasmus+ project «International students adaptation and integration - INTERADIS», co-coordinated by «KROK» University, to about 8 000 visitors of the Forum. He outlined the target audience, goals, tasks, indicators, partners, activities of the project, invited to participate in the analysis of situation with international students integration at other HEIs of Ukraine. For now 30+ Ukrainian HEIs have sent their applications to join the project.
Third Ukrainian International Education Forum is held in accordance with the Order of the President of Ukraine №210/2020 «On the improvement of higher education in Ukraine». The event is included in the Plan to promote opportunities for higher education in Ukraine for foreign students.
The participants listened to speeches by leading Ukrainian and foreign educational administrators, diplomats, scientists, experts and specialists in the field of higher education internationalization.
Topics of the forum included:
- modern trends in the internationalization of higher education;
- organization of recruitment and education of foreign students in Ukraine;
- development of cooperation in the field of international education;
- marketing in education;
- development of departments for work with foreign students in HEIs.
Many thanks to Ukrainian State Center for International Education for organization of the fruitful and efficient event and to National Erasmus+ Offiсe of Ukraine for guidance and support.