Journalism Education for Democracy in Ukraine: Developing Standards, Integrity and Professionalism Erasmus Project

Project Title

Journalism Education for Democracy in Ukraine: Developing Standards, Integrity and Professionalism

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The project aims to facilitate the transformation of Journalism education in Ukraine by raising the quality of BA and MA programmes to EU standards, improving students’ employability and international mobility, and promoting ‘media literacy’ within the society. These aims reflect the urgent need to improve Journalism education, as articulated in many independent studies.There are 20 partners • 4 EU HEI with Journalism/Media programmes• 2 independent professional organisations• 1 Quality Assurance organisation• 10 Ukrainian universities representing the Journalism educators across the country• 1 national employer of Journalism graduates • 2 national bodies: the Ministry and Association of Students The 10 Ukrainian university teams will review and reform their current BA and MA programmes to ensure that their new/revised programmes align with EU standards for course design and quality assurance, and with the knowledge, skills, cultural awareness, work-based learning and professional training that would be expected within a EU university. This will entail study trips to learn about European models of Journalism education; training in the utilisation of EQF; self and international peer-review of new/revised curriculum; and staff, student and employer evaluation of programmes. Project findings will lead to the production of National Guideline Statements for BA and MA Journalism programmes. In alliance with the processes of curriculum reform, DESTIN will undertake activities to increase public understanding of the role of journalists and citizens within a multi-cultural society. These will include opportunities for stakeholders to contribute to the development and sustainability of the project (e.g. through Open Days at Ukrainian universities, responses to needs-surveys, and an online discussion forum); and opportunities to learn from a suite of online ‘media literacy’ courses, targeted to the needs of secondary schools, university students, and the wider public.

Project Website

http://www.destin-project.info

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 798470 Eur

Project Coordinator

BATH SPA UNIVERSITY & Country: UK

Project Partners

• DUN LAOGHAIRE INSTITUTE OF ART, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
• WORLD UNIVERSITY SERVICE-OSTERREICHISCHES KOMITEE VEREIN
• IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV
• TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV
• SUMY STATE UNIVERSITY
• HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
• MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE