About the Project

Tackling the Problem

Many academic programs at universities in Armenia and Georgia are primarily based on traditional scientific teaching methods. These methods largely enhance students’ subject-specific abilities and skills. Consequently, soft skills remain underdeveloped, as they are not sufficiently evolved or adapted to the latest trends in education and the rapidly changing demands of the labor market. This is particularly noticeable in teaching methodology, content, and the assessment of soft skills. To achieve a more advanced level of knowledge and abilities based on soft skills in universities, this project aims to develop and implement five modules and five massive open online courses (MOOCs) related to soft skills in both formal and non-formal education for bachelor’s and master’s programs. The modules will be developed based on the Tuning methodology, aligned with a student-centered approach and labor market demand perspective. This will promote staff mobility in higher education institutions in Armenia and Georgia.

About the Project

The three-year DeSIRe project, funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Capacity Building program, aims to enhance the development of soft skills in higher education institutions in Armenia and Georgia, aligning them with the demands of the 21st-century job market. The development of soft skills ensures that students receive a well-rounded education and equips individuals with the ability to adapt to a constantly changing environment and stay competitive in the job market. The project aims to bridge the gap between the soft skills provided by higher education institutions in Armenia and Georgia and the needs of the labor market.

The Overall Objective

The overall objective of the project is fostering the development of national education systems in Armenia and Georgia regarding SS-based teaching and learning methodologies, tailored framework, strategies, and techniques through enhancing the quality of academic content in line with the 21st century labour market to boost students’ career prospects, their employability and entrepreneurial skillset, thereby helping them deal effectively with challenges of their professional and everyday life.

The Specific Objectives

to develop/revise institutional policies, procedures, mechanisms and tools for SS-based and project-based teaching and learning in line with Tuning Methodology from a student-centred and a labour-market-demand perspective to achieve the desired SS-related learning outcomes.

to build up capacities of the ARM & GE HEIs’ academic staff by developing their abilities of competency- and performance-based teaching on programme countries’ best practices to be able to identify gaps in their SS perception and propose some innovative approaches to their development through a critical and systematic evaluation of existing teaching methods, techniques and strategies.

to develop and implement 10 SS modules in formal and non-formal T&L in PC HEIs so that they will be more tailored to the current trends and needs for the SS and will gradually bridge the discrepancy between the skills obtained in higher education and those demanded by the labour market.

to design and develop SS Methodologies and Assessment in line with current trends and approaches in higher education to enable ARM&GE HEIs to explore the integrative, transferable and empowering nature of SS and their significant role in multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary learning.

to strengthen cooperation among consortium partners through joint and sound management, quality, dissemination and exploitation activities of the project.

Project
Coordinator

Vanadzor State University after H. Tumanyan

Project Coordinator Lusik Vardanyan

Co-coordinator Gohar Dokholyan

Financial Manager Ghukas Ghukasyan

Vice-Rector for Scientific Affairs Varduhi Hovsepyan

Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Lusine Kostandyan

Head of the QA Centre Anna Khachatryan

Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literature Arine Danielyan

Associate Professor of Pedagogy and Psychology Vanane Mirzoyan.

 

 

The CBHE DeSIRe project has been co-funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union. The European Commission’s support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

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