Another mission within the Twinning project Support to strengthening the higher
education system in Azerbaijan was implemented on 24-28 June 2019.
Mr. Murad Attarca Director of
Continuous Education Departament of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
University, Ms. Ilona Kazlauskaitė,
Director of International Cooperation Department of Vytautas Magnus University
of Lithuania, and Ms. Ilva Grigoryeva, an expert at Academic Information Centre
of Latvia paid a visit to Azerbaijan within the Component II Pilot Study programmes in priority sectors
are improved to be more student-centred of the project.
The
purpose of the mission was to the organize workshops on student-centred
approach in pilot higher education institutions.
Representatives
of Baku State University, Azerbaijan Oil and Industry University, Azerbaijan
State Pedagogical University, Azerbaijan Technical University and Khazar
University took part in the workshops organized within the mission. Project
experts shared the best practices in the field of student-centred approach in
higher education institutions of their countries and learned about the
practices in local higher education institutions.
Over
100 university representatives took part in the workshops. At the end of the mission,
experts provided recommendations on improving the student-centred approach in
local universities.
Another
mission was held within the Component IV Recommendations
on amendments of legislative and regulative framework developed of the project.
Vice-rector for Research and innovations of Kaunas Technology University Mr.
Leonas Balasevicius visited Azerbaijan for the mission.
The purpose of the mission was to review and to provide recommendations on
how to improve the legislation in the field of doctoral studies in Azerbaijan.
The expert worked with the relevant representatives of the Science, Higher and Secondary
Specialized Education Department of the Ministry of Education and developed
comprehensve recommendations on the establishment of doctoral studies on the
basis of European Credit Transfer System.