The international grant project "Follow-up Cooperation Training for Ukraine on Issue-specific Training "Industrial Technology Education" was completed, in the framework of which 9 scientific and pedagogical workers from the Faculty of TeSET completed an intensive educational course on overcoming barriers to Ukrainian engineering education during war Among the participants of the project is Assoc. Prof. Iryna Vaskina, senior teacher of the EEPT department, Ph.D.
The project lasted from October 16 2022 to February 19 2023 and consisted of a series of training seminars from leading Japanese scientists, highlighted various aspects of successful engineering education: development of human resources, industrial technology education, integration of employers' requirements into curricula, digitalization of education, etc.. Considerable attention was also paid to the issues of ensuring the development of sustainable technologies, occupational safety and mental health. The topic corresponded to a multidisciplinary approach and caused an active discussion and outlined further directions of development and possible cooperation. As a result, the project participants presented their own "Action Plans" regarding the improvement of education in the difficult conditions of the war and in the post-war period.
The project was funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the ESD Consortium in Aichi. The working group of the project is sincerely grateful for the initiative and support during the implementation of the project of Prof. Hidetoshi MIYAKAWA, Director General, Mr. Masakatsu KOMORI and Ms. Chie SUZUKI from Japan International Cooperation Agency, Mr. Mitsuhiko YAMADA from ESD Consortium in Aichi, lecturers (Prof. Kazuhiro KITAMURA, Prof. Akio UOZUMI, Dr. Naomi HISANAGA, Prof. Toshiyuki KAMADA , Prof. Yuji IWAHORI, Prof. Koichi HASEGAWA, Prof. Mika TANAKA, Prof. Yoshiaki TANIGUCHI, Mr. Makato USHIKO, Prof. Yuji TANAKA, Prof. Shucihrio YAMAMOTO, Prof. Ikuo NISHII, Mr. Shinji SUGIYAMA, Ms. Mayumi OHASHI, Ms. Mayumi SASOU, Dr. Keisuke ISOGAI), special thanks to the translators (Mr. Mitsuaki INUKAI and Ms. Yoko TANGE) for helping to overcome language barriers and Mr. Tacachati NIWA for technical support during the four months of project implementation.
27.02.2023