Professor of the Department of Labor Economics and Management Svitlana Burlutska, Associate Professor Liana Maznik, third-level higher education students Rudova Anastasia and Reznik Violetta successfully completed the week of international academic mobility (16.06.2025-20.06.2025) within the framework of the Erasmus+ ProgrammeKey Action 1- Mobility for learners and staff – Academic mobility of students and teachers, from WEST ATTICA (UNIWA) – (Athens, Greece). The aim of the event is to exchange knowledge, experience, teaching and research methods, develop communication skills, critical thinking and professional competences in teaching economic disciplines and to raise the level and expand the theoretical and research tools of the scientific schools of the Institute of Business Administration of the University of West Attica and the National University of Food Technologies, strengthen and deepen relations between the academic community of the participating universities and the University of West Attica, in particular, expand the scope and areas of academic mobility of third-level higher education students and their academic supervisors, and hold joint scientific and practical events between the universities and their departments.
The program began with a welcoming meeting in the conference hall of the university library with the program coordinator Fani Papautsi, institutional representative, Professor Maria Tsirintani. The plenary session began with an introductory speech by the Vice-Rector for International Relations, Dr. Theodoros Xanthos. The presentation of the Chair of the PhD Programs Committee, Professor Maria Ragussi, “PhD studies in UniWA: Current status and challenges” sparked a lively discussion among the hosts and guests, representatives of universities in Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Moldova, Armenia and Georgia.
The second, third and fourth days of the program were spent in the format of productive training. Professor Svitlana Burlutska presented the results of her own scientific research on the topic “Sustainable Development: Comparative Analysis of Shock Responses in Ukraine and the European Union Countries”, with an emphasis on the further development of this important area in the research of PhD candidates. Associate Professor Liana Maznik presented a lecture on the topic “Trends in Data Analytics – Expanding Business and HRM Opportunities” Colleagues from the Hellenic University and the Moravian Business College of the Institute of Innovation discussed the results of the study and identified promising areas for possible expansion of cooperation within the framework of an interinstitutional agreement and a further draft for future periods – student mobility in various fields of study, mobility of postgraduate students in economic specialties and holding joint scientific and practical events.
Constructive and useful in achieving the program’s goal was a tour of the library of the University of Western Attica, which is a model of inclusiveness in the modern European educational space and one of the favorite places of students and teachers of the university. Professor Burlutska and Associate Professor Maznik replenished the repository of the Greek University UniWA with their own scientific works, which are indexed in scientometric databases. Meetings were held with representatives of the Institute of Business Administration and PhD candidates, during which teaching practices, disadvantages and advantages of postgraduate study, features of compiling curricula and scientific areas, requirements for nomination and implementation of student mobility, expansion of the spectrum of the program for conducting such mobilities for applicants of our university were discussed.
The fifth day was held in the format of an interactive mini-seminar – the case “Designing the Future of Education”. For five hours, participants, divided into international teams, exchanged views on interdisciplinary, transnational courses that will be taught in 25 years. Colleagues from different countries agreed that business courses will be global in nature, and students will collaborate on virtual platforms to solve sustainable development problems, such as developing fair trade policies or scaling startups in the field of circular economy. They also defined the target group of applicants, innovative approaches to teaching, integration of technologies/digital tools, and assessment strategy in 2050. At the end of the seminar, each team presented its own educational course of the future.
Cooperation between the NNIEiU NUCT and the University of West Attica within the framework of the Erasmus+ program has already become a good tradition. Last year, Associate Professor of the Department of Economics and Law Tetyana Lutska and first-level student Maria Demchykhina joined the program. Participation in such initiatives contributes to the integration of the Ukrainian academic community into the European scientific space, the development of interdisciplinary educational programs, improving the quality of training specialists for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, and the popularization of the English language in teaching and research.
