Innovative Teaching and Learning Pathways for Responsible Use of Resources Focusing on the ESEE Region

In a world depicted by rapid growth and consumerism, where pressing societal issues such as, the critical climate crises, resources exploitation in developing countries and much more, it is essential to educate all citizens about raw materials, their uses and about responsible production and consumption. Developing life-long learning wider society programmes is an essential tool to educate the population starting with the youngest members of society (pre-school) to adulthood (life-long learning) with a special focus on the life-world orientation from a learners’ perspective. The wider society learning flagship project, ‘Raw Matters Ambassadors at Schools’ (RM@Schools), is an innovative programme funded by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) which promotes science education and careers in the raw materials sector. Since the project’s commencement in 2016, it has gained stronger European representation with a current total of 32 partners from 18 countries. This includes the consortium members from a parallel funded programme, RM@SchoolsESEE. This project aims at extending best practices and diversifying the current portfolio to East and Southeast European countries. What makes this project so innovative is in the programme and individual learning pathways. Considering a multidisciplinary and cultural perspective, a framework was developed to assist in forming raw materials ambassadors through engaging programmes for school pupils from aged 10 up to 19 years old and through the development of educational hands-on toolkits that range from experiments to game-based tools and much more. In particular, and as a way to increase impact, the project aims to mentor teenagers from all educational disciplines between the ages of 14–19 years old to become ‘Young RM Ambassadors’. This approach utilises state-of-the-art teaching and learning methods resulting in peer-to-peer knowledge exchange and dissemination. Built into the programme is a continuous feedback loop that involves stakeholders from all sides of the knowledge triangle: educators, pupils, professionals and researchers.

АНАЛІЗ МІЖНАРОДНОГО ДОСВІДУ ПЕРЕДАЧІ ІННОВАЦІЙНИХ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ ВІД УНІВЕРСИТЕТІВ ДО ПІДПРИЄМНИЦЬКОГО СЕРЕДОВИЩА

The article seeks to explore best international practices of innovation technology transfer from higher education institutions to business environment from the position of an expanded approach to understanding the concept of "technology transfer" in world practice which is used to cover a wider range of activities (in particular, through boosting technology transfer practices in universities as a separate activity type within the traditional knowledge triangle: education – research – business. In this context, technology transfer is viewed as a process of knowledge exchange, including consultancy, joint research, contract-based research as well as other forms of joint new knowledge creation. The study offers insights into best practices in the four top 20 world countries by the highest payment rates for the use of intellectual property which contributes to better understanding of the pathways to develop an effective system of technology transfer in Ukraine. It is argued that Ukrainian universities should create targeted centres for technology transfer with government support and implement best international experience of building similar systems in the developed countries (USA, Japan, France, Spain, etc.). The research findings have revealed that in most developed world countries with the highest royalty rates for the use of intellectual property, the best way to ensure an effective technology transfer is to create an organisational network where at a regional or at the national level a centre is established that accumulates not only financial and human resources but also generates information database and accumulates best practice to enhance and spur the effective commercialization of university R&D. In the context of the key strategic guidelines in technology transfer development for Ukrainian universities, it is suggested they should focus on the following priorities: promoting innovation research and development to respond to market demands; establishing research centres and science parks; increasing the motivation of academic staff for more active research and startup project engagement following the principle of "education through research", as well as the creation of a full-service centre that will carry out a full cycle of activities to support research commercialization, both in universities and at the government level.

An encouragement to publish powerful studies on innovation in health: A journal preface

The health manifesto highlighted that studies on innovation flourish when all sides of the knowledge triangle (research, academia, and industry) work in tandem in terms of enhancing the quality of care. This opportunity should go much better than the implementation of theoretical and academic work in universities worldwide. To respond to this, health innovation is currently being developed by experts in higher education. Therefore, this preface coming from two experts in the field encourages how important to publish studies on innovation in health for reducing the health problems along with issues on healthcare services in clinical or community practice.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS EFFICIENCY MODEL IN THE PROJECT «FOSTERING THE KNOWLEDG

The study, based on existing approaches to assessing the effectiveness of communication in educational projects, used a method to assess the effectiveness of communication of project stakeholders, the effectiveness of communication planning, the effectiveness of information dissemination, the effectiveness of managing project stakeholders' expectations and the effectiveness of implementation reports. The purpose of the work is to apply the method of evaluating the effectiveness of communication processes in educational and innovative research projects and to analyze the effectiveness of communication in the FKTBUM project. Research methods - project and program management methodologies; mechanisms of set theory, system and process analysis. The developed method of evaluating the effectiveness of communication processes in educational innovative research projects allows to evaluate the effectiveness of communication of project stakeholders, the effectiveness of communication planning, the effectiveness of information dissemination, the effectiveness of managing project stakeholders' expectations and the effectiveness of implementation reports. Thus, the results of the study were used to manage communications in the implementation of educational research innovative projects at the National Transport University in the implementation of the international project TEMPUS - "Fostering the Knowledge Triangle in Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova (FKTBUM) - Supporting the knowledge triangle in Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova" . The results of the project show that the efficiency of communication between NTU and international partners is 0.5 - 1.0, which characterizes the good result of the educational project after the communication process, between NTU and DerzhavtotransNDIproekt - 0.75, which corresponds to the level "given response / reaction to information received", Between NTU and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine - 0.50, which corresponds to the level of " read the information". The results of the article can be implemented in the procedure of evaluating the effectiveness of communications in the formation of the required level of information exchange between stakeholders in the process of implementing innovative technologies in educational activities based on a value-oriented approach. Predictive assumptions about the development of the object of study - the development of a method of effective communication model in educational innovative research projects. KEY WORDS: PROJECT, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, STAKEHOLDERS, EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS, COMMUNICATIONS.