Target area:	Higher Education Development
Sub-target area:	Curriculum Development
Target countries:	Ukraine
Duration:	15/10/2018 – 14/11/2022
Partners:	Bath Spa University (BSU) Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU) Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) Linnaeus University (LNU) World University Service (WUS) – Austria Ethnical Journalism Network (EJN) European Journalism Training Association (EJTA) Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy (BKNUC) Academician Stepan Demianchuk International University of Economics and Humanities (IUEH) Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (IFNUL) Mariupol State University (MSU) Sumy State University (SSU) Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (TSNUK) Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) Uzhhorod National University (UzhNU) Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine (CHNU) Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU) Ukrainian Students Association (UAS) Hromadske Radio (HR) Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MESU)
Budget line:	Erasmus +, KA2 – Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education

Project description

The project aims at reforming journalism education in Ukraine and to enhance public media-literacy to support journalism and democratic society.

The consortium undertakes this project in order to address the need to improve and support journalism education and public understanding of the role of journalists, together with the responsibilities of all citizens and media, for the promotion of democracy in Ukraine. This reform of Journalism education has been selected as a ‘national priority’ for curriculum development by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and it has now become more urgent and challenging due to the recent dislocation and migration of many Ukrainian communities and the ongoing armed-conflict in east of the country.

The project’s objectives are:

1. to audit (desk review) all current curriculum (20 degrees), with gap analyses and action plans;
2. to train curriculum teams in the alignment of programmes and QA with EQF standards;
3. to use European models of Journalism education to inform curriculum reform (2 field trips);
4. to train academic and professional staff in principles and processes of peer review;
5. to conduct peer review (including 10 site visits) of all new/revised programmes;
6. to deliver and evaluate the first year of all new/revised BA and MA programmes;
7. to produce National Guideline Statements for BA and MA Journalism education;
8. to maximize public stakeholder engagement and participation in the work of the project;
9. to deliver and evaluate Outreach Media-Literacy Courses for target groups;
10. to maximize the sustainability of the work and outputs of the project.