Academic mobility development of the academic staff in informal education

The research problem and the rationale for its relevance. The scope of informal types of continuous education for academic staff under the conditions of transition to the new university generation 3.0 is analyzed in the article. The authors raise and solve the scientific question about the potential of informal education that is poorly used in the sphere of additional professional education for the purpose of increasing faculty academic mobility in the fields of educational, scientific and entrepreneurial activities. The question raised is of special importance as the initial level of faculty academic mobility is not always sufficient to meet the demands of the government. Moreover, academic staff is not quite aware of the facilities established by informational continuing education both inside and outside university. The goal of research is to develop a subsystem of informational continuing education in the system of development faculty academic mobility. Scientific publications devoted to the issues of informal continuing education for academic staff are reviewed. The methodological basis of the study includes system, axiological, environmental and participatory approaches. The description of results is linked to the characteristics of informal education subsystem that is aimed at the development of faculty academic mobility in educational, scientific and entrepreneurial aspects. The most appropriate forms and methods of organization and implementation of faculty informal education are proposed. Scientific novelty is connected with the identification of system characteristics of academic staff lifelong learning. Theoretical significance of the study lies in the research of informational aspects of lifelong learning that helps to reduce its entropy. Practical significance is connected with the possibility of using the identified informal education methods in academic staff continuing education.