The globalization of educational space shows that university education should meet the needs of society based on the ethical principles of interaction between participants of educational process and use innovative teaching methods. Therefore the purpose of the study is to substantiate the importance of convergence of systems of education at Scottish and Ukrainian universities in order to provide ethical leadership in the field of education. A systematic approach to the realization of the purpose of the study allowed solving the main tasks: systematization of the strengths of Scottish education, justification of the impact of university social responsibility on providing ethical leadership in education, comparing the main indicators of the process of providing educational services in Scotland and Ukraine.As a result, it is established that the synergetic effect from the application of the concept of ethical leadership is achieved as a result of the interaction of all participants in the educational process, namely: the state (awareness and realization of the social mission to develop the potential of youth); universities (development of educational programs taking into account the needs of modern society and the use of teaching methods capable of forming the necessary competences for future specialists); students (interest in obtaining quality education).

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The article deals with development of methodical approach to the integral assessment of financial safety position of machine-building corporations with reference to defining safety margins of the certain indicators chosen for the research in order to simplify the analysis and to the fullest extent possible to highlight special features of financial and economic activity of the abovementioned business entities, their organizational and legal form and production life cycle. The research suggests making calculations of the integral value of financial safety by summing up margin safety values for each sub aggregates taking into account their weight coefficient in the concerned assessment that will contribute to smoothing the trend line of the integral value in the dynamic development and increasing the reliability and the accuracy of analysis. Drawing up of methodology for the integral assessment of financial safety at machinebuilding corporations has been carried out by applying progressive methods of financial and economic analysis and modern approaches to organizing scientific researches and investigations as well as with strict observance of certain stages of the analysis. The concept of a safety margin has been introduced, it is a relative value that shows the real status of financial safety at an enterprise according to a certain characteristic and is calculated in diverse ways depending on the standard value of the analyzed indicator. We offer to set threshold values for a safety margin of financial safety indicators taking into account their possible increase to a certain limit defined by expert means or on the principle of choosing the largest real value of a particular indicator. The rates of weight have been introduced and they enable to adjust a value of the integral indicator in view of technical and technological special features of production and sales of machine-building production. The scientifically-based approach allows assessing financial safety in a completely new format and comparing economic development potential of machine-building corporations which are different in size, equity, branches of activities.

The paper considers the Place-based education as an actual format of modern foreign education. Place-based education is based on strong and diverse (cultural, social, artistic, economic, environmental, etc.) connections with local community and area where students live. The relevance of the study is due to the importance of systematic understanding of Place-based education foreign practices. Abroad, such pedagogy is actively developing on a theoretical and practical level: there are scientific pedagogical schools in this area, as well as educational institutions, where education is organized on this basis. Analysis of scientific literature on the research topic shows the importance of Place-based education in foreign educational practices. At the same time, Ukrainian pedagogical science has not yet fully implemented this positive didactic experience. This determines the purpose of the study, which is to critically review the theoretical approaches of foreign scholars to the Place-based education. The research methodology contains general theoretical and special methods. Place-based education has significant potential in terms of giving students greater autonomy and greater opportunities, so that they could identify complex local and global problems and take responsibility for solving them. Foreign experience in implementing education on the basis of Place-based one is useful for the Ukrainian educational system in terms of European integration processes. The child-centred approach that underlies school education reform involves the personalization of learning, the transition to a competency model, the active use of project-based learning, and the strengthening of patriotic education. As Place-based education combines personalized, competency-based and project-based learning, as well as promotes national consciousness and patriotism, this educational format can be considered to be effective for modern Ukrainian education. We see the prospects for further research in the study of the possibilities of implementing the principles of Place-based education in the process of teaching Ukrainian literature. Key words: Place-based education, child-centred approach, personalized learning, project-based learning, competence learning, development of national consciousness.