At the Department of Journalism and Philology of the FРSС of Sumy State University, another virtual academic mobility project was launched, which is being implemented thanks to an agreement between Sumy State University and Polytechnic Colleges of Camarines Sur (Nabua, Philippines). 89 foreign students and 43 of our 061 Journalism graduates are taking part in the program.

Iryna Lyashenko, the deputy dean of the FРSС for international activities, became the program coordinator from Sumy State University. The head of the project from the partner institution is Associate Professor Fillmore J. Murillo.

The program is designed for two semesters. Currently, Anna Chernysh and Olena Ishchenko, teachers of the Department of Journalism and Philology of the FРSС of Sumy State University, are working together with foreign colleagues with students from both countries.

The courses “Communication Skills for Human Resource Professionals” and “Purposive Communication” are offered to implement virtual academic mobility in the fall semester. Both disciplines involve mastering the key competencies of communication ethics, norms and categories of professional communication, the main features and genre specifics of the scientific style, the basics of scientific and analytical thinking, which allow to improve the culture of communication, develop the skills of successful self-presentation in professional activities. In the spring semester, students from Sumy and Nabua will study theories, principles and concepts in communication; problems and prospects of studying communication; concepts of community radio and television broadcasting, the nature of broadcasting, program planning and production.

We state: that academic mobility programs are extremely important for the Department of Journalism and Philology of Sumy State University, because they contribute to the development of intercultural communication, enrich the experience of foreign colleagues and involve them in the global educational space, as well as confirm #media_space_leads_to_the_universe.