Educational visit of a representative of the Polytechnic to the University of Warwick (Coventry, United Kingdom) as part of the UK-UA STEM PRO program

Assistant Professor of the Department of Foundry Machines and Technologies Olha Sergienko took part in a study visit to the University of Warwick (Coventry, United Kingdom) as part of the UK-UA STEM PRO program. This educational program was launched on the initiative of the Foundation of the President of Ukraine for the support of education, science and sports in partnership with the University of Warwick and with the support of the UK–Ukraine Academic Diaspora Network and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Great Britain.

After 10 weeks of online trainings led by British professors, the program ended with a visit of 15 Ukrainian scientists to the UK to share experience in organizing joint research projects and commercializing scientific achievements.

During the program, which lasted from March 25 to April 2, our associate professor, together with other Ukrainian scientists, visited the departments of chemistry, physics, biology and engineering of the University of Warwick, as well as the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG). The researchers took part in a conference organized by the Warwick Institute of Engagement, visited Warwick Innovation District and Warwick Business School. The program of the visit included getting to know the UK Battery Industrialization Center, Oxford Harwell Campus, School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies at University College London and the Natural History Museum in London. The participants also visited the Embassy of Ukraine in London and took part in activities within the framework of the Research Bridge initiative.

In addition to the assistant professor of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic University, the visit was also attended by researchers from the best research centers and higher education institutions of Ukraine: Kyiv Aviation Institute National University, Bukovyna State Medical University, Kyiv School of Economics, Sumy State University, Uzhhorod National University, Lviv Polytechnic, Institute of Space Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Vinnytsia National Technical University, State Institution «Institute of Environmental Geochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine», National Technical University «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute», Kharkiv National Pedagogical University named after H.S. Skovorody, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics.

Thank you to the Foundation of the President of Ukraine for the Support of Education, Science and Sports, the University of Warwick and everyone who helped organize the project, for the opportunity to join the community of active STEM researchers, exchange experiences and gain new connections and ideas!

We work together — we develop together!