Anti-crisis management in Higher Education institutions of Ukraine during the Covid-19 pandemic

The article provides an overview of the anti-crisis managerial strategies of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine and educational authorities of Ukrainian higher education institutions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study comprises results of the on-line survey conducted between the 1st of March 2021 and 11th of April 2021 and covering 380 respondents (faculty members of 12 major higher education institutions in various regions of the country). The statistical and descriptive analysis of the challenges faced by Ukrainian teachers was carried out. The review makes clear that anti-crisis management activities (organizational, socio-psychological, technical, etc.) during corona-based closures have not yet been the object of sufficient surveys and therefore remain an unexplored phenomenon. The review presented proves the urgency of the problem of development of anti-crisis management activities and is intended to facilitate educational anti-crisis management. In addition, the study provides a relevant information basis for decisions and action in politics, administration and academic practice

Ukrainian education during war: a scoping review

On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched an open-ended military invasion of Ukraine. Military actions have a catastrophically negative impact on the education sector: deaths, injuries, and psychological trauma to educators, schoolchildren, and students, damage to educational facilities. Indirect factors, such as diminished access to education and the subsequent exodus of qualified professionals from the country, are other contributors. These indirect factors are exacerbated by increasing violence directed toward pro-Ukrainian educators; reduction or complete cessation of education; and infrastructure degradation in the occupied territories. The purpose of this scoping review is to describe the scope of barriers and to sketch the scale and nature of challenges for the educational sector during war. We aim to record the most important decisions and targeted interventions to maintain education. For monitoring, we use published normative documents, secondary data, information messages from foreign and Ukrainian media, as well as representatives of Ukrainian state and local authorities