Education of foreign students in Ukraine during the war: challenges and vectors of development

Abstract

The study attempts to outline deep reasons of insufficient global competitiveness of Ukrainian higher education. State of the art in the field of attractiveness of Ukrainian higher education among foreign students is traced both in the period of Russia' invasion and in pre-war period. The author investigated overall trends in higher education export, and, based on the experience and practices of countries, suggested the perspectives for improving attractiveness of Ukrainian higher education for foreign students, in particular, employing the potential of higher education as soft power tool.