New webinar in the “9 Months, 9 Universities”: Creative assignments in higher education: Engaging students through practice-based learning

This webinar is part of the 9 Month 9 Universities webinar series and it will be held on 28 January at 11:00 CET live on YouTube. It is intended for lecturers and educators interested in innovative, practice-based approaches to teaching across disciplines.

This webinar uses editing courses as a case study to explore how creative pedagogy can be an effective approach to teaching applied, practice-based skills in higher education. Drawing on teaching experience in editing coThis webinar uses editing courses as a case study to explore how creative pedagogy can be an effective approach to teaching applied, practice-based skills in higher education. Drawing on teaching experience in editing courses at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the talk focuses on the design and implementation of non-standard creative assignments aimed at developing professional and transferable skills.urses at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the talk focuses on the design and implementation of non-standard creative assignments aimed at developing professional and transferable skills.

About the speaker

Olha Petrenko-Tseunova is a senior lecturer in the Department of General and Slavic Linguistics at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. She holds a PhD in literary studies. She also expanded her academic expertise through the dual master’s programme Heritage Interpretation: History, Culture, Literature, jointly delivered by the Ukrainian Catholic University and the University of Nottingham. Her anthology Ukrainian authors on the writing process: from the Middle Ages to Modernism and the essay collection The Noble tradition: Cross-cutting themes of Ukrainian Culture were published in 2025.