The Marathon of online events and discussions of issues related to Ukraine, within the academic environment

Dear teachers, students, scientists!

The Fund of the President of Ukraine for the Support of Education, Science and Sports (the Fund) initiates the Marathon of online events and discussions of issues related to Ukraine, within the academic environment.

The Fund plans to organize and promote Ukrainian studies with the aim of changing approaches to studying the problems and issues of Ukraine’s development.

Advisor – the authorized representative by the Head of State in matters of the President’s Fund for the Support of Education, Science and Sports, Olha Budnyk, in her report on the activities of the Fund for the period from February 24, noted: “The task of the educational front is to protect our today and invest in the future by creating competitive advantages for of our universities, internationalization of education and encouraging the world to learn about Ukraine”.

Six months have passed since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine is on the news agenda almost every day, but is it the same in the academic community?

The Fund of the President of Ukraine for the Support of Education, Science and Sports invites the Ukrainian university community to initiate and join the Marathon of online meetings and online discussions on various topics together with partner universities within the framework of the Twinning initiative and beyond.

The purpose of the marathon: to promote and attract the attention of students and teachers of foreign universities to Ukraine.

Dates: September-November 2022

Medical universities are offered to start “Ukrainian medical studios” and hold one or more events with foreign partners.

Necessary actions:

– definition of the subject together with an international partner;

– identification and involvement of speakers;

– date and time set up;

– filling out a questionnaire regarding the date and subject for notifying the Fund about the event;

– creating an online event;

– sharing the information with Ukrainian students and students of the partner university;

– conducting the event.

The preferred language of events is English.

Subject: no restrictions.

It can be one event or a series of events and discussions on subjects related to Ukraine.

We offer the Student’s Union of Odesa National Medical University to participate in such discussions and events between ONMedU and students of our Twinning partner, Queen Mary University of London (UK).

Information about the events will be published on the website of the Fund of the President of Ukraine for the Support of Education, Science and Sports and other government information resources.

Design of online materials

Name of the Marathon (Ukrainian) Українські Медичні студії: Тема заходу

Name of the Marathon (in English) Ukrainian Medical Studies: Topic of the Event

The text should contain the following: “The event is held within the framework of the initiative “Ukrainian studies in the world” with the support of the Fund of the President of Ukraine for Education, Science and Sports”

Please send all possible subjects for the discussion with our partner university and any other ideas for organizing such events to the e-mail address: [email protected]