The social responsibility of dual education in an unstable environment

Background and objectives: in a context of instability caused by various crises, includingmilitary crises, the higher education system is at great risk. practice-oriented (dual) educationis one of the most effective ways to address this problem. the innovation of this study is thatfor the first time a theoretical and practical model for involving all stakeholders in this processhas been created and tested. the aim of the article is to substantiate a socially responsibledual education system in an unstable environment.methods: in terms of objective, this is an applied and quantitative study. the studypopulation is estimated at 13 universities, 10 companies, 50 students between november2021 and november 2022. the sample size is estimated using the cochrane formula.a standard 5-point likert scale questionnaire was used to collect data, where groups ofquestions corresponded to 4 hypotheses. all data were investigated by factor and clusteranalysis using statistica software (version 10.0).findings: all four hypotheses were confirmed. before the war, the first and secondhypotheses were prioritized. according to them, the process approach of social responsibilityof dual education allows designing and launching a system of social responsibility of dualeducation and creating a talent pool at the employing enterprise. after the outbreak ofhostilities, the priorities changed. the third and fourth hypotheses allow, through theorganization of supportive (enabling) processes, to ensure the effective functioning of thesystem. as a result, the majority of stakeholders (31%) consider it necessary to modernizethe mentoring system and provide graduates with relevant professional skills, whilemethodological and career guidance came in second and third (16% and 13% respectively).conclusion: using the theoretical and practical model of formation and implementationof dual education in the unstable conditions of ukraine will help to solve the problems of thecountry out of crisis, post-war recovery of higher education system, to bring the requirementsof production with the possibilities of training specialists in universities and can be applied inother countries in a similar situation.