Journalism Education for Democracy in Ukraine: Developing Standards, Standards, Integrity and Professionalism (DESTIN)
Project acronym: DESTIN.
Period of realization: 15 November 2018 – 14 November 2021.
Budget: about 798 470 Euro.
Contractor: Bath Spa University (United Kingdom).
Official website of the project: http://www.univ.kiev.ua/news/9877
Main Goals of the Project are:
- to carry out an audit of existing bachelor and master programs in journalism (20 programs in 10 OWS of Ukraine) to identify disadvantages and formulate action plans to eliminate them
- organization trainings for teams concerning educational programs (OPs) on the subject of harmonization of qualifications frameworks and European standards and recommendations
- studying the experience of European journalism programs (2 practical visits) for further use as a base for reforming their own programs
- organization trainings on expert evaluation of educational programs on European accreditation technologies
expert evaluation of new / upgraded programs through expert visits to each IDA partner
- one-year implementation of the programs and assessment of the quality of training organization within the project implementation period
- development of national standards (recommendations) for bachelor and master’s programs in journalism
- creation and implementation of online media literacy courses for target groups to ensure the maximum involvement of social partners in project objectives.
- implementation of measures to ensure the sustainability of project results.
Specific Objectives are:
- to audit (desk review) all current curriculum (20 degrees), with gap analyses and action plans;
- to train curriculum teams in the alignment of programmes and QA with EQF standards;
- to use European models of Journalism education to inform curriculum reform;
- to train academic and professional staff in principles and processes of peer review;
- to conduct peer review (including 10 site visits) of all new/revised programmes;
- to deliver and evaluate the first year of all new/revised BA and MA programmes;
- to produce National Guideline Statements for BA and MA Journalism education;
- to maximize public stakeholder engagement and participation in the work of the project;
- to deliver and evaluate Outreach Media-Literacy Courses for target groups;
- to maximize the sustainability of the work and outputs of the project.
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