Ukraine after the crisis: Moving to a knowledge-based economy – an invitation...
Dear Mr. Sheremeta, I would like to extend this invitation to you, as a representative of the government, to have a meeting with “IT Ukraine” association using this document as the agenda. We should...
View ArticleUkrainian IT students and alumni rank universities – and reveal appalling...
DOU.UA, a leading online community of IT programmers, has published a ranking of Ukrainian IT universities based on a survey of their graduates and students. The strengths and weaknesses of each...
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Google and Microsoft rated most appealing employers for Ukrainian students
Universum, a global leader in employer branding, has released its first student survey in Ukraine. The survey reveals how attractive an employer is for students and indicates its position in relation...
View ArticleSwedish IT staffing company opens website development training center in Poltava
Beetroot, a Swedish information technology staffing company, on Sept. 19 opened an academy in Poltava to train website developers on the WordPress platform. Twelve students will undergo a three-month...
View ArticleBionic University and MacPaw will teach students programming for iOS for free
Non-profit educational initiative Bionic University, which was created as a part of currently frozen Bionic Hill project, has teamed up with Ukrainian software development company MacPaw to launch free...
View ArticleKyiv Polytechnic Institute intends to build “Science City”
Kyiv (Kiev) Polytechnic Institute (KPI), a leading Ukrainian technical university, has teamed up with private partners Kyiv Polytechnic Science Park, Island Management, and Technology of Nature to...
View ArticleNew tech school helps Ukrainians switch to IT careers
Demand for IT specialists is still growing in Ukraine, as illustrated by the 1,500 people hired by the 25 biggest Ukrainian IT companies in the last six months, 5% more than the previous six months,...
View ArticleMicrolectronics developer teaches to overcome shortage of qualified HR
Ukraine has more than 50,000 software engineers in the information technology industry. Also, according to the Brainbench rating of 2013, the nation ranked third in the number of certified master-level...
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BrainBasket Foundation: “Universities can’t keep up with the speed of...
As the Ukrainian IT sector is still growing in spite of the economic turmoil, the country lacks qualified professionals to meet the expanding levels of international demand for skilled IT staff. If the...
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International conference to highlight IT education trends and issues
Held on Dec. 17 in Kyiv (Kiev), the “Synergy: IT Education & IT Industry” conference aims to “create an efficient platform for dialogue and strategic cooperation between government bodies, domestic...
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NGO launches first TV channel about IT
The BrainBasket Foundation, an NGO aiming to develop IT education in Ukraine, is to set up the first television channel in Ukraine about the IT industry. According to the foundation’s director Vladimir...
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In Odessa, a new business accelerator trains startups and teaches the elderly
A new business accelerator, christened “iQSpace,” was launch in late December in Odessa, southern Ukraine, to promote both entrepreneurship activity and IT literacy. It has three activity areas:...
View ArticleUkrainian NGO launches crowdfunding platform for teachers
Last week a Pro.Svit, a non-profit initiative for innovative education in Ukraine, launched an online platform for teachers to fund educational projects. Christened ‘Go Funded,’ the site aims to...
View ArticleUkrainian NGO launches IT education program with support from Harvard and MIT
Earlier this month the BrainBasket Foundation, a Ukrainian NGO established in 2014 to support IT education in the country, launched its national education program Technology Nation. Offered free of...
View ArticleNew TV channel aims “to unite programmers, innovators and investors” from...
Earlier this week BrainTV, a non-profit media project that aims to cultivate IT specialists in Ukraine, launched in beta mode on multimedia OTT service Divan.TV in 200 countries around the world. The...
View Article‘California in Ukraine’ offers Y Combinator-inspired startup incubation...
A new center for startup entrepreneurship, christened ‘California in Ukraine,’ was launched last week by California-based business angel Igor Shoifot in Kyiv (Kiev). The initiative will be run jointly...
View ArticleGeorge Soros supports IT education program to train Ukraine’s next-gen engineers
BrainBasket Foundation, a Ukrainian NGO dedicated to IT education, has announced that George Soros has offered its support to its Technology Nation program. “Mr Soros is supporting the program...
View ArticleSwedish-Ukrainian company finds IT education lights path to growth
Andreas Flodström and Gustav Henman, two young Swedish entrepreneurs, came to Ukraine in September 2012 knowing “OK Russian” and with the shared goal of setting up a business in Eastern Europe “from...
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Online tutoring platform Preply raises $1.3 million to expand across Europe
Preply, a platform to find foreign language tutors for home or Skype lessons, has closed a $1.3 million seed round to fund its expansion across Europe and further R&D activities. The round was led...
View ArticleMultimillionaire builds IT school of the future in Kyiv
Multimillionaire Vasyl Khmelnytsky, 50, couldn’t even wait for the construction workers to finish the new IT school that he’s building in the northwest part of Kyiv. Reflecting the fast pace of the IT...
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