Scientific and educational leadership factors and the competitiveness of Ukraine

Abstract

This paper is devoted to discussing the influence of leadership factors of higher education and science on the formation of a society that seeks to develop a competitive economy in Ukraine. One of the characteristic features of the modern world is the transformation of information and knowledge on the critical resource of economic development, which is evidence of the need to create favorable conditions for the development and implementation of innovative ideas and technologies. The inclusion of scientific and educational components in the reproductive process of the activity of the smart society and its active participation in socioeconomic development with the focus on advanced production technologies requires in-depth study of innovative approaches to the quality of higher education and science. Taking into account the scientific and educational factors that influence the implementation of the principles of the formation of a competitive economy of Ukraine and the sustainable development of society, we perceive thee challenges as a significant problem for Ukraine at the present stage of creating a European educational space.