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Ukraine: Unfair Advantages

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Posted on 09 November 2009 by Alexander Belyakov

Ukraine’s new system of externally evaluated admissions exams has led to a surge in ‘privileged applicants’ claiming disadvantaged status in the admissions process.

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Ukraine: Villain Today, Hero Tomorrow

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Posted on 22 April 2009 by Nataliya Boyko

The government’s proposal for new textbooks reignites a long-running debate on the use and misuse of history in Ukrainian classrooms.

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Ukraine: Running in Place

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Posted on 15 January 2009 by Ksenia Pasechnik

Despite efforts to distance itself from Soviet times, the Ukrainian education system can’t kick its old habits.

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Ukraine: Butchers, Bakers, and Software Makers

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Posted on 26 June 2007 by Oksana Forostyna

Ukrainian trade schools are still coming to terms with their loss of prestige as they try to supply new workers to fast-changing markets.

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Call for Papers

As part of the Advancing Educational Inclusion and Quality in South East Europe Initiative the Education Support Program of the Open Society Institute (OSI) announces a competition open to individuals on the elaboration of research papers using the statistical data collected as part of the 2009 Cross-National Survey of Parents in South East Europe (SEE) countries. Proposals are invited primarily from graduate students and early career researchers.

Application deadline: February 20th 2010.