INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS OF THE ERASMUS+ STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE EU AND UKRAINE

Abstract

The article under consideration here is devoted to an exploration of the significance of strategic partnership projects of EU universities as a case study in the development of the higher education system in Ukraine. The emphasis is on interdisciplinarity as a significant and promising guideline that contributes to the attraction of innovative approaches and the integration of knowledge from different disciplines to achieve maximum results. It is observed that the primary objectives of projects undertaken within the framework of the strategic partnership encompass compliance with the goals of sustainable development, academic mobility of teachers and students, inclusiveness, lifelong learning, interdisciplinarity, and other pertinent factors. The latter aspect is the focus of this discussion, and it is worthy of note that it is increasingly the subject of numerous studies and is actively used. The objective of this study is to ascertain the features of the implementation of the concept of interdisciplinarity in the projects of the strategic partnership Erasmus+, as a means to the development of the higher education system. Methodology. The following research methods were selected for this study: 1) analytical and synthetic methods that facilitated the interpretation and understanding of the key points of scientific works devoted to strategic partnership projects, directly related to these projects; 2) the generalisation method was employed to comprehend the study's results and formulate conclusions. The analysis of strategic partnership projects presented in the work was carried out on the basis of the classification of G. Heckhausen, who distinguished indiscriminate, pseudo-interdisciplinary, auxiliary, complex, additional, unifying interdisciplinarity. Results. In accordance with this theoretical basis, the following strategic partnership projects were considered: "International mobility: opportunities and problems. Proper preparation for studying at a foreign university", "University network of cultural heritage – comprehensive protection, management and use", "DigiLing: trans-European center for e-learning in digital linguistics". The analysis of the projects revealed a comprehensive, complementary and unifying interdisciplinary focus.