Week of quality in PUET
From November 13 to November 16, 2018 the Poltava University of Economics and Trade hosted the International Forum “Days of Quality in Pute” dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the project “University Quality Management System” and the next XLІІІ International Scientific and Methodological Conference ” Quality of Higher Education: A Competency Approach in the Training of a Modern Specialist. “
The organizers were the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Poltava University of Economics and Trade, Belarus Trade and Economic University of Consumer Cooperatives, Karaganda Economic University, Tajik State University of Commerce, Baku Slavic University, Cooperative Trade University of Moldova.
The main purpose of the forum and conference is to generalization and dissemination of best practices in quality management in higher education, defining approaches to the effective formation of competencies and professional awareness of participants in the educational process.
On November 13, the following issues were considered: preparation of bachelors according to integrated curricula; forms of organization of educational process for remote technologies with students of local centers of distance learning; the peculiarities of the accreditation examination of educational programs, the directions of preparation (to specialties) in higher education institutions from September 2018, and the financial planning of the activities of local centers of distance learning.
On November 14, XLІІІ International Scientific and Methodological Conference “Quality of Higher Education: Competency Approach in the Training of a Modern Specialist” was held.
During the forum on November 15, passed the students’ battles under the motto “The quality of higher education as a result of the formation of competence and professional consciousness”.
After the the Week of Quality, all interested persons had an opportunity to visit youth project “Our United Student Family!” The forum and the conference provided the greatest opportunities for scientific and pedagogical workers to present the results of their own scientific searches for improving the quality of higher education, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness of implemented quality management systems, improvement of methodical approaches of organization of educational process, development of leadership qualities, formation of competencies of students in accordance with the requirements of contemporary world tendencies.
According to the participants, the Anniversary International Forum and the International Scientific and Methodological Conference were held at a high professional and organizational level.