The two-day virtual ‘International Cooperation Conference 2024’ organised by the University of Central Lancashire took place
On 24-25 April 2024, the University of Central Lancashire (Preston, UK) hosted the International Cooperation Conference 2024. Nataliia Popovych, Associate Professor of the Department of Multicultural Education and Translation, took part in the conference online and spoke on the topic ‘Transnational Education in Ukraine: Some Examples of Uzhhorod National University’.
The main topic of the conference was transnational education and the achievements of the University of Central Lancashire in this area through partnerships with universities in other countries.
Over the course of two days, the conference featured numerous presentations, discussions, surveys and testing within the framework of two themes, namely innovation and best practice in transnational education. The achievements of best practices in transnational education were presented, in particular, in the reports of Professor Graham Baldwin, an overview of international partnerships by Paul Rowe, the example of the HBU-UCLan School of Media Communications and Creative Industries, the experience of the School of Media Communications and Creative Industries by Professor Peter Lloyd, an outline of employment and entrepreneurship opportunities at the University College Lanka by Gihan Silva, an analysis of academic quality by Helen Collinson, and a powerful presentation on the work of the student department by Carol Porter. All conference participants took part in an interactive session and a university game, and had the opportunity to join the discussion and share experiences and best practices from the universities they represented.
Ruth Connor, Dr Julie Hardy (The use and misuse of artificial intelligence), Matthew Guest (Research and corporate services), Corinne Boddy (The global challenge for universities), Michael Ge (Journey to the East) also spoke about innovation in transnational education. The conference ended, as on the first day, with discussions, comments, and opinions of the conference participants on aspects of innovation in transnational education.
It is worth reminding that the University of Central Lancashire and Uzhhorod National University have a Memorandum of Understanding signed within the framework of The UK-Ukraine Twinning Initiative, which was launched in 2022 and is coordinated by the Cormac Consulting Group (UK).
