EdUp - Support and Expansion of the Ukrainian Higher Education Sector in the Area of Resources and Technology
The idea behind EdUp
The goal of EdUp is to implement demand-driven digital courses and teaching formats, and to back and further integrate the Ukrainian higher education system by strenghthening the cooperation network.
The predecessor project SUUUpoRT could successfully establish the required processes and create a strong basis for further cooperation between TUBAF and the Ukrainian higher education system. The activities have also shed light on the ongoing relevance of this project complex.
One the one hand, the number of enrolled students exceeded the anticipated number by far. On the other hand, a detailed analysis revealed further needs and the high potential to realize creative, innovative, and particularly demand-driven teaching ideas. And most importantly: To realize them together, since we are convinced that new ideas and a strong relationship arise from mutual understanding and learning.
With EdUp, we therefore aim on better understanding and addressing identified needs, and provide a quality offer. We also wish to further establish the existing cooperation and create new contacts and bonds to our Ukrainian partners. Therefore, the main focus of EdUp is to facilitate collaborative teaching projects between Ukrainian and EU teachers.
Project Goals
Digital Partnerships (Teacher Twinning)
- Ensure continued access to free-of-cost digital learning resources for Ukrainian students and teachers
- Further boost the digital competences of involved teachers and partners: By fostering the creation of more courses, the EdUp project allowed to gather more experience and try out more options to create high quality virtual courses. For example, by arranging the virtual co-working of student groups, or harnessing browser-based infrastructure that allows the setting up of virtual remote labs (learn more on the Teacher Twins page).
- Improve the process and production quality of the digital courses
- Intensification and perpetuation of the cooperation through facilitating visits, incubating and fostering follow-up project ideas and supporting new initiatives in research and education
- Strengthening existing networks
- Creating new forms of collaboration between the partners by forming Teacher Twins
Needs-Oriented Project Activities
Understanding and mapping the needs expressed by the Ukrainian partner institutions
The needs analysis resulted in a peer-reviewed publication, with a total of 404 teachers and 770 students from Ukrainian universities participating: 2025 K. P. Pilova, T. V. Kuvaieva, D. P. Pilova, A. Yu. Cherep. Published by Dnipro University of Technology on behalf of Economics bulletin of the Dnipro University of Technology. https://doi.org/10.33271/ebdut/90.068
"Results: A survey of teachers and students was conducted among more than 50% of the total number of higher education institutions in Ukraine regarding the digitalization of educational content and general trends in modern higher education. The adaptability of students and teachers of higher education institutions in Ukraine to the modern conditions of functioning and digitalization of higher education with the has been identified the need for constant improvement of the disciplines taught. The need for adaptation of curricula, as well as enhanced cooperation with European universities in both educational and scientific activities, has been identified to create modern content that will meet the needs of students and the labor market and their competitiveness in modern conditions of globalization."
Pooling competences and matching experts of partner institutions:
A total of 11 twin pairs could be funded for course creation in the scope of EdUp. Additionally, we facilitated or supported the matching of more pairs that resulted in joint proposals and a research initiative (no additional funding from EdUp).
Tailoring a demand-driven course offer and implementing new, needs-oriented courses and materials:
The TUBAFdigital course platform on OPAL currently comprises 12 Microcredentials (MC) with ECTS, 42 courses with certificates of participation from TUBAF teachers, and 16 courses provided by Ukrainian teachers (August 2025), that have been produced in the scope of SUUUpoRT and EdUp. The MC and course offer is increasing constantly. The EdUp Teacher Twins will result in about 10 more virtual courses, that have been developed jointly by Ukrainian and German teaching staff!
- Our Finnish partners from Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) organized a number of workshops for academic teams, with more workshops coming up
- During the three-hour ABC workshop, academic teams work together to create a visual ‘storyboard’ showing the type and sequence of learning activities required to achieve the module's learning outcomes and how these are to be assessed.
- Entrepreneurship and Career Opportunity in Raw Material Sector: Lessons, trainings and workshops on raw materials career perspective
Networking
In December 2024, we invited the partners from our Ukrainian partner universities to a TUBAFdigital Staff Week (02-06.12.2024), with friendly financial support of SUUUpoRT and additional Erasmus+ funding.
It was a successful and engaging event that brought together a dynamic group of professionals from various fields to exchange knowledge, forge new partnerships, and build lasting relationships. Last but not least, it was the perfect opportunity for the Teacher Twin teams to meet in person and advance their projects. Also, some entirely new teams were created!
One of the highlights of the event was the training “Design and Implementation of Microcredentials” with our fantastic speaker Dr. Ida Hyvärinen, where participants gained valuable insights into microdentials design, taking into account their stackability, and approaches for their successful implementation.
Capacity Building and Workshops
Our partners from Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) in Finland organized international virtual workshops for teacher and staff training:
- 1st ABC workshop, October 2024
- 2nd Skills and Competencies of the XXI century Workforce, November 2024
- 3rd HEInnovate Action Cards, September 2025
- 4th Industry Involvement in Education, November 2025
Also, LUT organized workshops for students:
- Artificial Inventiveness, 1 ECTS
- Entrepreneurship and Career Opportunity in Raw Material Sector course, 3 ECTS
- Current issues in Enabling Technologies for a Circular Economy, 5 ECTS
Project Consortium / Partner Universities
- TU Bergakademie Freiberg (lead), GE
- Montanuniversität Leoben, AU
- Dnipro University of Technology, UA
Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, FIN
More about EdUp
Project information
Project Number: 2023-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000158407
Project Runtime: 31.12.2023 - 30.12.2025
Funding: 400.000 €
Funded by: Erasmus+
Activities
- Needs structuring, mapping and distribution (description and results: https://doi.org/10.33271/ebdut/90.068)
- Content creation via Teacher Twinning
- Capacity building e-education: Workshops for teachers (LUT)
- Community Management and Student Support
