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Cooperation Highlight: DAAD-funded German-Ukrainian research and development project VRscan3D

The objective of this project (2019-2023) is to develop a software tool for creating simulated mass data of objects that are recorded by a terrestrial laser scanner. These instruments create 3D point clouds from different stations which further have to be registered (geo-referenced) and processed to higher level information such as 3D models, architectural drawings, orthophotos or maps. 

This project is led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. Thomas Luhmann, member of the German-Ukrainian Academic Society.

Project is financed under DAAD program Support for the internationalisation of Ukrainian higher education institutions – shaping the digital future together. The project is funded with approx. EUR 100,000 per year. The project has recently been extended until 2023. Here you can also see other projects funded within this funding line by the DAAD.

Ukrainian universities teaching courses related to digitization in engineering practice (e.g. geoinformation sciences, cadastral mapping, geodesy) should educate their students according to modern needs and demands from the professional market. However, there is a lack of knowledge among many teachers, out of-date equipment (hardware and software), insufficient IT infrastructure and insufficient finances for necessary investments. University curricula in Ukraine need to be updated to accommodate these new technologies. For this purpose, appropriate tools and data have to be provided, otherwise neither teachers nor students have realistic chances to adapt to new methods in due time, and they will not be able to contribute to further developments by themselves. 

The main goals of this project is to cover engineering digitization by two major project parts:

  1. Development of a virtual environment for creation and processing of digital 3D scan data 
  2. Digital teaching and e-learning material with interactive tools and practical experiences

Digital teaching and e-learning material with interactive tools and practical experiences 

Project partners:

  • Jade University of Applied Sciences, The Institute for Applied Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics (IAPG), Oldenburg, Germany
  • Kyiv National University for Construction and Architecture (KNUCA), Faculty for Geodesy and Land Management, Ukraine 
  • Dnipro University of Technology, Ukraine 
  • University of Bamberg, Institute of Archaeology, Heritage Sciences and Art History, Germany.

This collaborative project further advances the existing fruitful cooperation between the Jade University of Applied Sciences and the KNUCA. Since 2015 Jade University of Applied Sciences supports the annual student-exchange Oldenburg-Kyiv on topic “Photogrammetry and laser scanning for the acquisition and 3D modelling of complex objects”.

Source: The UKRAINE Network

Ukraine joins Horizon Europe and Euratom Research and Training Programme

At the EU-Ukraine Summit, the leaders of the European Union and its Member States, finalised the association of Ukraine to Horizon Europe, the EU research and innovation programme (2021-2027), and the Euratom Research and Training Programme (2021-2025). Ukrainian researchers and innovators can participate under the same conditions as entities from EU Member States. This cooperation in science, research and innovation further strengthens the alliance between the EU and Ukraine to deliver on common priorities, such as the twin green and digital transition.

Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel said:

“I welcome Ukraine to Horizon Europe and Euratom. Openness and cooperation with the rest of the world are key in our strategy to create critical mass for research and innovation and to accelerate and find solutions to pressing global challenges. Under Horizon 2020, Ukrainian participants received more than €45 million in EU support and showed innovation leadership and excellence across fields such as researchers’ mobility, transport and energy. I am confident Ukraine will build on these past successes”.

Multiple success stories resulted from past cooperation, covering a variety of scientific areas such as:

  • DIABOLO, developing harmonised information for forest ecosystems management,
  • SENSKIN  offering new maintenance techniques in transport infrastructure,
  • RESPONSE to find eco-solutions to power the cities of the future,
  • EURAD, to handle radioactive waste management,
  • ALISE – focusing on the possibility of boosting the anticancer activity only in tumors,
  • SolarGaps – energy generating solar smart window blinds

Source: The UKRAINE Network

Die Präsidentenstiftung für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Sport hat ihre Arbeit aufgenommen

In Kiew fand die Gründungssitzung des Rates der Stiftung des Präsidenten der Ukraine für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Sport statt. Dies teilte der Pressedienst des Präsidialamtes am Freitag, 1. Oktober, mit.

Die Stiftung selbst wurde 2019 gegründet, und im Juni 2021 genehmigte Präsident Wladimir Zelenski das Reglement für den Stiftungsrat, mit dem die Aktivitäten der Stiftung neu festgelegt wurden.

Die Stiftung hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, talentierte Ukrainer und ihre Ideen in den oben genannten Bereichen zu fördern und zu unterstützen, um die Führungsposition des Landes in der Welt zu stärken.

Iryna Tulyakova, die Vorsitzende des Stiftungsrats, gratulierte den Anwesenden und erklärte, dass die Stiftung des Präsidenten die Möglichkeit biete, in der Ukraine Veränderungen herbeizuführen und talentierte junge Menschen zu fördern.

Zu den wichtigsten Programmen der Stiftung gehören Stipendien für Studienaufenthalte im Ausland, Praktika für junge Menschen in führenden ausländischen Hochschul- und Forschungseinrichtungen, die Gewinnung von Dozenten aus den weltweit führenden Universitäten und Forschungseinrichtungen, die Teilnahme junger Menschen an internationalen wissenschaftlichen und praktischen Seminaren und Konferenzen, die Auszeichnung junger Menschen für ihre Leistungen und die Unterstützung der Durchführung von Projekten in Bildung, Wissenschaft und Sport.

Irina Tulyakova sagte auch, dass die Arbeit an der Online-Plattform der Stiftung in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Ministerium für digitale Wirtschaft fortgesetzt wird.

Die wichtigsten Programme des Fonds werden voraussichtlich im Februar 2022 anlaufen.

Der Fonds wird 100.000 Griwna an die Gewinner internationaler Olympiaden auszahlen. Präsidentschaftsstipendien in Höhe von 10.000 UAH werden auch an die Teilnehmer der UPE gezahlt, die die besten Ergebnisse erzielt haben. Diese Stipendien werden im Laufe des Jahres monatlich ausgezahlt.

Geplant ist auch die Finanzierung von Preisen, um die Leistungen ukrainischer Sportler zu fördern, junge Menschen für den Sport zu begeistern und das Training zu unterstützen.

Darüber hinaus bietet die Stiftung die Möglichkeit, Stipendien für Master- und Promotionsstudien an ausländischen Bildungseinrichtungen zu erhalten. Dies wird begabten jungen Menschen und Akademikern eine wettbewerbsfähige Ausbildung ermöglichen.

Der Fonds kann auch genutzt werden, um hochqualifizierte ausländische Lehrkräfte und Ausbilder anzuwerben, die ukrainische Studenten in vorrangigen Bereichen ausbilden, in denen das Ausbildungsniveau erhöht werden muss.

Zuvor wurde berichtet, dass Präsident Wolodymyr Zelenski ein Dekret zur Vergabe von Stipendien und Preisen für die besten Teilnehmer an UPE und Olympiaden unterzeichnet hat.

Quelle: Ukraine-Nachrichten

Ukraine to Modernize Higher Education System with World Bank Support

The World Bank approved a $200 million project to support the Government of Ukraine’s efforts to strengthen efficiency, quality, and transparency of the country’s higher education system.

The project – Ukraine Improving Higher Education for Results – will finance investments in the modernization of teaching and research facilities and digital learning infrastructure of higher education institutions (HEIs) to ensure learning continuity through remote learning modalities and to support resilience and change management over the longer term. It will also support the development of modern digital infrastructure for distance learning and creation of advanced teaching and research laboratories and learning support facilities. Another objective is to improve transparency of Ukraine’s education sector through modernization of the HE Management Information System and establishment of a National Student Survey and unified information system on competitive research funding of HEIs.
The Project will be implemented over a 5 years by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

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The All-Ukrainian Forum „Ukraine 30. Education and Science“. Prime Minister: Dual education is a formula of success for students, for vocational development, for the country’s economy

The All-Ukrainian Forum „Ukraine 30. Education and Science“ with the participation of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy opened on May 31.

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International Center for „Innovative Technologies“ opened at Kyiv University of Culture

The event took place at the Department of Distance Learning of the Kyiv University of Culture – the opening of the „International Center for Innovative Technologies“.

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The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine harmonizes the fields of knowledge with the international classifier

The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has developed a draft resolution proposing to harmonize the list of fields of knowledge and specialties. According to it, higher and professional higher education in Ukraine is going to be adapted to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED-F 2013). The relevant draft document has been submitted for public discussion.

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Rachel: Ausbau der deutsch-ukrainischen Kooperation in der Spitzenforschung

Förderprogramm mit 13 Projekten soll Forschenden in der Ukraine attraktive Perspektiven bieten

Heute wurden die 13 ausgewählten deutsch-ukrainischen Projekte des neuen Förderprogramms „Deutsch-ukrainische Exzellenzkerne“ offiziell im Rahmen eines Zusammentreffens des ukrainischen Botschafters Dr. Andrij Melnyk, LL.M. und des Parlamentarischen Staatssekretärs Thomas Rachel vorgestellt. Das Förderprogramm wird durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) mit bis zu 11,3 Millionen Euro gefördert und soll die Spitzenforschung in der Ukraine stärken.

Anlässlich der offiziellen Vorstellung der ausgewählten Projekte erklärt Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär Thomas Rachel:

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THE NRFU has signed an agreement on cooperation with the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).

At the end of the August, the National Research Foundation of Ukraine signed a letter of intent for cooperation with the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).

The collaboration between DFG and NRF intends to support the following joint research initiatives to be conducted by scientific partners from Germany and Ukraine:

  • Joint research projects
  • Joint seminars, workshops, and conferences within the joint research projects
  • Exchange of researches, PostDocs and PhD-students within the joint research projects
  • The planning and coordination of joint activities as may be mutually agreed upon
  • Exchange of experts to conduct scientific expertise

Quelle: National Research Foundation of Ukraine

Ukraine says goodbye to a Soviet era funding formula

Higher education institutions in Ukraine used to get public funding through an historic principle. Incremental budgeting changes for universities were contingent solely on the year-to-year variation in state-subsidised student numbers. The permissible student-faculty ratio per field of education, level and mode of study governed institutional staffing arrangements in line with respective state regulation.

This regulatory framework has long been blamed for irrational institutional behaviour and preventing universities from exercising autonomy over their staffing. For one thing, the financial incentives prompted universities to keep the student body growing regardless of their capacity or students’ academic performance.

According to the 2019 U-Multirank country note, Ukrainian universities are placed well above average when compared to their peers on student graduation rates. While low drop-out rates could be a consequence of student-centred strategies, they are more likely to result from the retention-orientated public funding mechanism.

The top-down policy with regard to academic recruitment has also had a negative impact. The obligation to have university appointments confirmed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine brought about a deterioration in institutional managerial efficiency.

The need to switch from maintaining the country’s extensive university network to rewarding quality education providers has brought a discussion about the introduction of performance-based funding to Ukrainian higher education policy.

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