Digital Competence of Future Researchers: Empirical Research of PhD Students of Ukrainian University

The article analyzes the experience of Jisc, which provides digital solutions for education and research in the UK, which became the basis for additional research on scaling the Jisc Reseacher model for the formation of digital competence of graduate students in higher education in different countries. The digital competence of the PhD students researcher of a particular educational institution is considered as a factor influencing the quality of education and the readiness of PhD students for its development. The result of the study is to determine the readiness of PhD students of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University to acquire and develop their own digital competence of the researcher. The readiness to acquire and develop digital competence of graduate students both at the level of resource provision and basic digital competence and motivation of future researchers was confirmed by conducting a survey of the experimental group of graduate students of the 1st year of study. To identify general or specific problems for graduate students based on the analysis of average group values for each group of Jisc Reseacher competencies, unformed digital competencies of researchers were identified and the author’s interpretation of the causes and prospects of development was given.