Bath Spa University delegation from the United Kingdom visited SumDU

On September 30^th – October 4^th the delegation from Bath Spa University (Bath, UK) - Professor Inna Pomorina and Professor Lu Liu of the Business School and Postgraduate Coordinator Sean Cameron, visited Sumy State University under the joint Erasmus+ KA107 project. The visit agenda contained meetings with university management, teaching and research staff of the Oleg Balatskyi Academic and Research Institute of Finance, Economics and Management, as well as Academic and Research Institute of Business Technologies “UAB” where detailed discussion about business-related study programmes as well as possibilities for joint research took place. Besides, British colleagues led training workshops for SumDU students and staff on new developments in the UK higher education, the role of TEF and REF, effective teaching and research in economics. As a result of the visit it was agreed to develop further cooperation with the support of international grant programmes, in particular Erasmus+ and the British Council.

Head of the SumDU International Affairs Department Dr. Kostyantyn Kyrychenko, who was organizing the visit mentioned that the partnership with Bath Spa University began in 2013 with “ALIGN” project of the EU TEMPUS. Since then, the two universities have carried-out series of bilateral projects on staff and students exchange, modernization of study programmes, professional development of staff.