Iryna Didenko
Personal information
Job Title: Head of the Department of Foreign Languages
Academic Degree: Ph.D. in Education
Academic Title: Associate Professor
E-mail: iryna.didenko@knu.ua
Work experience
1/2024 – current
Head of the Department of Foreign Languages.
Faculty of Economics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Vasylkivska Str., 90 A , Kyiv , Ukraine, 03022.
Teaching of the following courses:
- Teacher of the Course ‘ESP’ (Faculty of Economics of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)
- Teacher of the Course ‘Upper-Intermediate Business English in International Investment’ (Faculty of Economics of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)
1/2017 – current
Teacher trainer and English teacher of the British Council Ukraine
Delivering the following courses:
- Teacher of the Course ‘English for Civil Servants’ (Governmental bodies 2018 – 2020, British Council Ukraine)
- Trainer of the Course ‘English for Universities’ for English teachers of Ukrainian HEIs (2017 – 2019, British Council Ukraine)
- Trainer of the Course ‘Remote Teacher Training’ in the British Council project Learning Hubs: Improved Skills for Stronger Societies in Moldova (2021)
- Master-Trainer and Mentor in the British Council project’Teaching English in the New Context’ (2020 – 2023)
- Master-Trainer in the British Council project Teaching and Learning in Difficult Times (2022 – 2023)
- Master-Trainer and Mentor in the British Council project ‘SWITLO: skills and Well-being in Teacher Learning Opportunities’ (2024 – current)
- Master-Trainer and Trainer Trainer in the British Council project ENCOURSE: English and New Competencies for Ukrainian Reformed School Education’ (2024 – current)
- English Teacher in the British Council project BELT (British Euro-Atlantic Language Training), (Governmental bodies 2024 – current)
Education and training
2019
Expert in accreditation of educational programs.
National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Kyiv
2018
Ph.D. in Education.
Kharkiv National Pedagogical University named after H.S. Skovoroda
2016
Professional Award in Teacher Development
British Council
Networks and memberships
2020 – current
Ukrainian Educational Researchers Association
Skills
- Mother tongue(s): Ukrainian
- Other language(s): English C2, German A2, Italian A1, Spanish A1
- Organizational skills and competencies: time management, project management, strategic planning, task analysis, workflow analysis, budgeting, meeting deadlines, coordinating events
- Computer skills and competencies: Microsoft Office, Moodle, Google tools
- Other skills: Research skills, interpersonal skills, public speaking skills
Publications:
Projects
2025-2028
Performer in the Erasmus+ project ‘Inclusive and Trauma-Informed Practices in Foreign Language Teaching: Strengthening HE Connections between Ukraine and the EU (InTeacHE)’
2024-2025
Researcher in the NGO War Child , UERA and Ministry of Education and Science project ‘Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Application ‘Can’t Wait to Learn’
2022-2023
Performer of the grant project ‘Sustainable University: Model of Development in the Post-War Period’ financed by EERA and UERA
2021
Researcher in the British Council project ‘Evaluation of NUS 2017-2022’
