Vice-Rector of the Ukrainian Engineering Pedagogics Academy Professor Maryna Vasylieva, together with 14 representatives of Ukrainian universities, took part in the first on-campus-workshop of the course “Management of Internationalization and German-Ukrainian Academic Cooperation 2024” organized by the International Department of Leibniz University Hannover within the DAAD program. During the week of March 10-17 in Hannover, the participants:
- shared knowledge about internationalization;
- presented and discussed their individual projects;
- established relationships during the workshop within the program “Support for the Ukrainian Universities internationalization” of the Leibniz University Hannover international office.
Representatives of the Leibniz University Hannover international office Birgit Barden-Läufer and Marcus Hoppe introduced the system of higher education in Germany and presented the experience of the international office of the University. Solenne Schwanemann spoke about the peculiarities of the work of the office`s foreign students support department. The experience of organizing international activities at the faculty level of the University, presented by Nino Iden (Faculty of Economics and Management) and Karen Suarez (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering), was interesting. The tour of the practical laboratories with the latest equipment of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was pleasantly surprising.
Representatives of the office Heike Gernns, Sebastian Kahlfuß, Nina McGuinness answered the participants` questions about the peculiarities of organizing a support network and internationalization consulting, EU funding opportunities and international research support strategies developed at the University. The Ukrainian participants enjoyed a visit to the Hanover City Hall and a presentation of the Hannover science initiative by THeda Minthe.
A special focus of the working visit was aimed at presenting ideas for individual internationalization projects by Ukrainian participants. Discussions and constructive advice from the organizers of the “Management of Internationalization and German-Ukrainian Academic Cooperation 2024” course Birgit Barden-Läufer and Nataliia Butich, Ukrainian colleagues, as well as a workshop with Tanja Reiffenrath will contribute to the effectiveness and productivity of projects at the final stage of training.
The cultural program with a tour of the Hannover city, a visit to the Sprengel Museum with an exhibition of Pablo Picasso`s paintings, walks around the city and the Leibniz University Hannover territory were a pleasant addition to a busy working week. We are grateful to the representatives of the Leibniz University Hannover international office, DAAD Deutscher Akademischer for their experience and advice on organizing the internationalization of Ukrainian higher education institutions.
