News and events

Within the framework of the international project UNICOM – Universities-Communities: Strengthening Cooperation, a new important stage of work has begun, focused on developing national approaches to evaluating the activities of higher education institutions in implementing their third mission. This stage directly corresponds to Work Package 4, which include cooperation with the Ministry of Education and […]

On 29–30 January 2026, representatives of the UNICOM project Consortium — University of Genoa and Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Melitopol State Pedagogical University — together with the Department of Educational Studies and Art Pedagogy and other partners, organised and held the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Contemporary Transformations of Teacher Education: Issues of Theory and Practice.” The […]

On 30 January 2026, an international dissemination conference titled “Green Mission of Universities and Sustainable Community Development” was held online within the framework of the Erasmus+ KA2 UNICOM project – “Universities – Communities: Strengthening Cooperation”. The event served as a platform for professional discussion on the role of universities in the green transition, climate adaptation, […]

On 23–24 October 2025, the Annual Congress of the Ukrainian Association for European Studies took place in Lviv, traditionally bringing together researchers, academics and experts from Ukraine and the European Union. The event served as an important platform for discussing the role of higher education in societal transformations, European integration and post-war recovery. One of […]

On 9–10 October, Prague hosted the 6th International Multidisciplinary Conference for Young Researchers, “Science and Innovation: Advancing the Path to a Sustainable Future”, which annually brings together young scholars, lecturers, and researchers from various fields to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and promote innovative scientific approaches. The event gathered representatives of universities from Ukraine and across Europe […]

Ukrainian universities participating in the Erasmus+ KA2 UNICOM project proudly represented Ukraine on the international stage during the ACEEU Forum 2025, held on 9–12 September in Prague. The event brought together more than 150 experts, scholars, business leaders and civil society representatives from across the world. The Forum focused on the role of universities in […]

On July 16–17, 2025, the national Mechaton UA 2025 took place in a mixed format—a two-day marathon of innovative solutions, in which 10 student teams and over 50 participants from different regions of Ukraine took part. The event was organized by a team from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, with Sumy National Agrarian University […]

On 26–27 June 2025, the University of Genoa (Italy) hosted a coordination meeting of the UNICOM project “Universities and Communities: Strengthening Cooperation”. The event brought together project partners from Ukraine, Italy, Latvia, Germany, Sweden, and other countries to reflect on progress and collaboratively develop evaluation criteria for the implementation of the third mission of universities. […]

Translation: As part of the Erasmus KA2 project “Capacity Building in Higher Education,” Sumy National Agrarian University organized a workshop titled “Models of Cooperation Between Universities and Communities: Comparative Perspectives from Germany and Ukraine”, which served as an important platform for exchanging experiences and fostering collaboration between academic institutions and local communities. The workshop was […]

On December 10, 2024, a landmark event for Ukrainian education took place – the Workshop „European Practices for Implementing the Third Mission of Universities” within the framework of the Erasmus+ project КА2 Universities-Communities: strengthening cooperation. The event brought together leading experts from across Europe to discuss topical issues of university development and their role in […]