- Ukraine is suffering from a large-scale military invasion by Russia that has killed thousands of civilians, including over 200 children, and displaced over 7 million people. - Higher education in Ukraine has been severely impacted, with 1657 education institutions damaged or destroyed, limiting students' and teachers' access to education. - An Open University of Ukraine initiative is proposed to create an online platform allowing Ukrainian students and faculty to continue their education through online and blended learning despite the war. This would involve cooperation between Ukrainian universities and international partners.

1. Higher Education in Emergency
Speaker: Svitlana Shytikova, Coordinator,
National Erasmus+ Office - Ukraine
Dear colleagues, partners and friends!!!
We value your care, help, support and
solidarity which make us stronger!
#StandWithUkraine

2. War in Ukraine
Day 77 (11.05.22)
• Ukraine suffers from the brutal, ruthless and large scale military
aggression by russian federation
• The aggressors troops are attacking Ukrainian cities, shooting civilians,
kidnapping, bombarding kindergartens, schools, universities, hospitals etc.
• 226 children are killed and more than 416 are injured – 7 mln. children of war!!!
• 3818 civilians are killed, over 4000 are injured, 1 002 429: forced to go to russia
- 183 168 kids
• students, young people, academics and researchers are dying defending the
values!!!
• 7.1 million People displaced by the war in Ukraine – 5.47 mln. abroad
Every day Ukrainians have to be well prepared to live in the horror
defending European values and the Choice from the Revolution of Dignity!!!
A new reality for the
certificate of birth for a kid
from Ukraine, if her parents
are killed or this small
Ukrainian girl died,
kidnaped or get lost….

3. War in Ukraine
• 1657 education institutions have suffered bombing and shelling
• 132 of them have been destroyed completely
• There are cities under invasion and all Ukraine is under attack every day!!!
• Travel/Evacuation within Ukraine/out of Ukraine – not safe
• Access of the university teachers, researchers and staff – limited/absent
• Access of the students – limited/absent
• Universities contacts and documents – not available/ destroyed
• Universities infrastructures for digital/blended education – partially not
available/destroyed
• For those abroad: status of temporary protection status vs international mobility
different interpretation by EU Member States – is not specified yet
Every day Ukrainians have to be well prepared to live in the horror
defending European values and the Choice from the Revolution of Dignity!!!
International Relation Officers, Erasmus+ Coordinators, international project teams,
their families, Erasmus students – are in danger at the territories under invasion…
A new reality for the lecturing
for the students online by the
Ukrainian professor
who is defending
Ukraine and Whole World...

4. Stand Up for Ukraine!
• More sanctions against the russian federation and belarus,
including academic cooperation and research!!!
• Ukrainians are defending the identity and values strongly, protesting
in front of tanks and guns in the cities under invasion vs russians
benefiting form the opportunities abroad!!!
• 280 rectors of universities in the Russian Federation signed a letter
in support of the russian aggression against Ukraine – benefited from EU’s Programmes!
• russians who behaved unhuman torturing Ukrainians, raping women and killed kids and
civilians were educated in the period of Bologna Process implementation in russia and
active support of EU to russian universities, staff, students and young people!!!
• EU funded Programmes impact on russian higher education and youth since 1993 must
be performed: investment into people2people contacts, quality of the European Studies!
Every day Ukrainians have to be well prepared to live in the horror defending identity!!!
This smiling Ukrainian stays a student
of Taras Shevchenko National University
for ever….
Another Ukrainian was killed just
because of the EU flag on his keys
lace…

5. #ErasmusWithoutRussia
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Over 130 thsnds km2 – Temporary occupied!!!
Larger than:
Greece
In Spain: Andalucía plus Aragon
1/2 Italy
(video)

6. • Higher Education System of Ukraine video https://youtu.be/NGTzKkrkDHo
• Vocational Education and Training System of Ukraine video https://youtu.be/xGabFI6AMKU
• Description of all education system: https://erasmusplus.org.ua/en/higher-education-in-ukraine.html
ENIC/NARIC CENTER PRESENTATION ON EDUCATION SYSTEM
• The support in various fields is important:
humanitarian, military, economic, open resources,
education&research, equipment, infrastructure.
In spite of the war, the education started on 14 March
in distance/blended learning format!!!
The Regulation on Distance Education and the Concept of
Distance Education Development in Ukraine - link

7. Education responds
• Support in war time:
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine – at the link
• Overview of the current state of education and science (regular updates)
• Open resources for education – Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine – link
• Mapping of the destroyed/damaged educational institutions –
https://saveschools.in.ua/
• Strategy on the development of higher education in 2022-2032 (April 14, 2022)
• Recognition issues: http://cimea.it/ucraina/index_EN.html
• Ukrainian ENIC/NARIC centre: http://enic.in.ua/index.php/en/
• National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance: https://en.naqa.gov.ua
• Database of the universities and for International Students:
www.studyinukraine.gov.ua

8. Progress Higher Education
More information at:

9. Urgent support needed!!!
Special window for Ukraine would tailor to respond real needs due to war

10. Open University – Ukraine initiative
• To form a network of solidarity between Ukrainian universities
that can support each other by offering own courses and transferring
ECTS credits, needed to complete full degree studies
• To involve the network of international and Ukrainian scholars, working abroad,
for delivery of courses (in English and in Ukrainian) for the Ukrainian students, affected by war
• To assist Ukrainian students of Bachelor, Master and PhD levels to complete their study
programmes through joint multi-institutional digital platform
• To allow Ukrainian faculty members, especially displaced, to continue their teaching and other
activities in digital formats regardless their location and facilities
• To set up a sustainable framework to enrich Ukrainian universities capacity in high-quality
online teaching and learning
Modern and innovative
Kharkiv Karasin National
University was not a
military target as well as
other 95!!!

11. Open University – Ukraine: to do list
• To create the “Open Ukrainian University” (OUU) as an joint multi-institutional
digital platform for the university level courses
• To set new cooperation procedures between the UA universities to run the platform
by the mutual support
• To develop inter-institutional rules and mechanisms for developing, delivery, teaching and learning the
courses placed on the platform
• To develop procedures of mutual recognition of the courses learning outcomes and ECTS credits
• To involve individual Ukrainian faculties, working abroad, for developing courses on the OUU platform
• To facilitate access to the open online courses of the EU (and other countries) universities for the
Ukrainian students, including courses in foreign (EU) languages
• To provide access to the open online courses of the UA universities for the foreign students, the wide
Ukrainian community (diaspora) abroad, as well as all those wishing to learn the Ukrainian language
• To develop and apply new inclusive requirements for the online teaching and learning to facilitate
access to the platform courses for the Ukrainian students, affected by war.

12. Open University – Ukraine initiative: partnership
• National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
• National University «Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic», Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
• Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Kharkiv
• Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine
• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
• Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine
• Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania (www.ktu.edu), Distance Learning Technologies Research
Laboratory
• Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Innovation in Learning Institute (ILI),
Germany (https://www.ili.fau.de/en/)
• Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Virtual International Program (https://www.jlu-digitalcampus.de/vip)
• TIB - Leibniz Information Center for Science and Technology, University Library
(https://www.tib.eu/en/tib)
• Cormack Consultancy Group (https://www.consultcormack.com/)

13. #Erasmus35years:
in Ukraine 1993 – 2022
We invite you to explore more on the Projects Results Portal!
• Over 5000 projects funded in
education, youth and sports
• Over 20 000 international
mobilities in higher
education of students and
staff
• About 24 000 youth learning
mobilities
• Over 30 calls are open as partners under all
actions (only school and adult mobilities
and action 3 are not open)
• International mobility for HEIs and VET
(blended)
• Learning mobility for youth
• Virtual Exchanges
• Capacity Building in Higher Education and
VET (staff/content/infrastructure)
• Jean Monnet
(teaching/research/platforms)
• Cooperation Partnerships for Innovations
• European Universities Alliances
• etc.
#ErasmusPlus:
for Ukraine 2021-2027
https://erasmusplus.org.ua/en/tempus-iv/projects-news-
and-database.html
We invite you to collaborate actively with Ukrainian universities
under Erasmus+ opportunities!!!

14. You are welcome to contact
National Erasmus+ Office
and Higher Education Reform Experts – team
Contacts in Ukraine:
Website: erasmusplus.org.ua, office@erasmusplus.org.ua
Facebook: NEOinUkraine, Skype: erasmusplus_ua
Tel.: +38 099 332 26 45 (Viber, WhatsApp, Telegram)
Viber/whatsapp: +380505966045 – 24/7 (Svitlana Shytikova)
Fax:+38 044 286 66 68
HERE team webpage:
https://erasmusplus.org.ua/en/erasmus/ka3-support-to-policy-
reforms/national-here-team.html
#StandWithUkraine