Kvit: A parallel higher education world

 Ukrainian higher education is in a parallel world in comparison with contemporary standards of educational process and research, and with criteria for calculating academic quality. 

An Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, or EU, has been a central topic in the Ukrainian media for quite a long time. Hopes of educational reform are now related to signing of this document, which may take place on 28 November.

The agreement not only presupposes a free trade zone to unite Ukraine and the EU; in article 431, reforms of higher education and the standards expected in the Bologna process are also mentioned. 

New cooperation between Ukraine and the EU presupposes establishing international institutions that include representatives from civil society, with the decisions of such institutions having legal power. Therefore, we may soon see media discussions about the agreement going beyond political and economic issues.