EXPERIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN INTERACTION WITH EMPLOYERS FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF GRADUATES

The article raises questions about the interest of students, universities, the state and employers in quality education in the modern labor market. In this work, the author focuses on changes in market conditions of the requirements of potential consumers of educational programs - students and employers. Much attention is paid to the learning outcomes and their relevance to the constantly changing conditions of the labor market. The purpose of the article is to study the experience of university interaction with employers in the formation of professional competencies of graduates. As a research task, the authors identified attempts to assess the validity of the participation of employers in the discussion of educational programs and conducted appropriate scientific and pedagogical experiments. The author gives a general description of the trends in the development of mutually beneficial cooperation between universities and employers and their impact on the formation of professional skills and abilities. This direction is also complemented by the impact of independent work of students on the assessment of learning outcomes and the desire to update their knowledge, professional development of university graduates under the requirements of the modern labor market. The role of employers in ensuring the quality of university education is still controversial, but universities often do not involve practitioners in solving topical issues, which is encouraged by the competent teaching staff of the department.

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