The aim of the project is to promote the development and development of academic staff of the study direction “Education, pedagogy and sport” – attracting new teachers and foreign lecturers, as well as increasing the competencies of existing teachers. The aim of the project corresponds to the specific support objective of the operational programme “Growth and Employment”.The main results of the project are to attract doctoral/scientific candidates and foreign academic staff and to implement further cooperation, as well as to improve the competencies of academic staff. The planned implementation period of the project is 48 months (from October 2018 to September 2022) and its total investment costs are EUR 1649247.07. The estimated ESF co-financing is EUR 1401860,00 and the state budget grant – EUR 247387.07.