Integration of Employers' and Higher Education Institutions: Local Experience

Abstract

The article highlights the experience of a particular institution of higher education in cooperation with institutions and institutions of the social sphere, public organizations. The search for effective ways to integrate the activities of higher education institutions and labor market representatives to increase the level of training of highly qualified specialists. The ways of integration of the institution of higher education (Faculty of Social and Psychological Education of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University) and representatives of the labor market to increase the level of training of highly qualified specialists have been identified, namely: creation of the Council of Employers (ensuring high professional training on the basis of comprehensive cooperation of the faculty with interested enterprises and organizations - leading employers, by combining intellectual potential, practical experience, material, financial and corporate resources); participation in the improvement of educational programs (providing proposals for program learning outcomes to be formed in higher education; providing feedback and reviews of educational programs; participating in working meetings with guarantors of educational programs, administration; participating in meetings with experts of the National Agency for Education). ensuring the quality of higher education, etc.); implementation of practical training of applicants for higher education; providing a base for internships; participation in the development of tasks of internship programs and their approval; support during practical training; providing a description of each applicant based on the results of practice; participation in final conferences and providing recommendations for improving this type of activity); holding joint scientific and practical conferences, round tables, symposiums; giving guest lectures (an important aspect in the organization of educational and research activities, research implementation); involvement in the development of the internal system of quality assurance of education (in particular by participating in surveys).