An international «A» category sambo tournament was held in Kazan. Participants were fighting for the prizes of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. The strongest athletes of national teams came from more than 20 countries gathered in the capital of the republic to participate in competitions. The Tomsk region and the Russian team were represented by Valeria Anisimova, a student of Tomsk State Pedagogical University, an international master of sports of Russia. Fighting in the weight category of 64 kg, Valeria won a silver medal and took the second place of the podium.

«The competition turned out to be very representative: it gathered all the world leaders in this martial art, - said Denis Vyshegorodtsev, trainer of the athlete. - Valeria performed very well tactically. The silver award is a good result in such competition»

The student herself believes that real success is yet to come: «In general, I am pleased with the medal, but the course of the fight, it seems to me, could be better. Not everything that I planned was realized, there is something to work on at home».

And there is really something to prepare for: the tournament held in Kazan became the pre-launch for the 2019 Sambo World Championship, which will be held in Seoul (South Korea)

The team of Tomsk State Pedagogical University - Vyacheslav Likhachev, Maxim Leyman, Alexander Malyshev - became the winner of the regional stage of the «Digital Breakthrough» hackathon 2019 for IT professionals, designers and managers in the digital economy.

According to the results of the regional stage, our participants were included in the list of winners of the «UMNIK» program, aimed at supporting commercially oriented scientific and technical projects of young researchers.

To participate in the hackathon finals, participants from TSPU arrived in Kazan. “The Guinness record was set at this hackathon: more than 3,000 participants, - says the captain of TSPU team Vyacheslav Likhachev. – In total there were 20 categories. We presented the project in the nomination 'Monitoring the employment of graduates', which collected 24 national teams and became one of the largest categories. On behalf of our team, I express my gratitude to everyone who helped us, starting with the preliminarily testing. In particular, many thanks to Timur Talgatovich Gazizov for the assistance provided, as well as to the entire team of TSPU’s IT-department".

Many employees and pupils of the children's organizations of our city know the volunteers of the “Point of View” squad of the TSPU: our activists are frequent guests in kindergartens, schools and specialized institutions.

Students brought a creative workshop “Gifts of Autumn” to the “Boarding school for students with visual impairments” in order to develop children's creative abilities, creative thinking, self-organization skills and motor skills. Kids created crafts from pumpkin seeds, and showed their individuality by adding their own elements to the craftwork.

“We helped children when necessary, actively shared our experience with them, got acquainted and just had a good time, - said the leader of the squad Zarina Umerova. - The students at the boarding school liked this workshop: the children were interested in each other’s crafts, took pictures, organized an exhibition and thanked us for a great time.”

The second important event of the week was a visit to the Charity Fund named after Alena Petrova and the volunteers of TSPU have been fruitfully cooperating with it for a long time in the framework of various actions and projects.

“This time we were able to work with children aged 4-6 years, - Zarina said. - We made crafts from natural material, in particular from fallen leaves. We did everything together - this is very important, since interaction with volunteers helps in developing social and communication skills in children. ”

In a creative lesson, the pupils of the foundation learned to make compositions, combine colors and materials in the manufacture of crafts. The children proudly demonstrated finished products to parents and teachers, expressed hope for a new meeting with volunteers of the “Point of View” squad of TSPU.

The final stage and awarding of the winners of the Third All-Russian Festival of Best Inclusive Practices, organized by the "Perspektiva" regional public organization of disabled people, took place in Moscow. The winner’s diploma in the nomination “The best inclusive practice in the field of preschool education” was given to Galina Borisovna Cherevach, associate professor of the department of social pedagogy of the TSPU. As part of the competition program, Galina Borisovna presented the project “Sensory Integration of Preschoolers with Different Developments in Kindergarten”, aimed to develop a balanced sensitivity among preschoolers and prevent behavioral disorders.The final stage and awarding of the winners of the Third All-Russian Festival of Best Inclusive Practices, organized by the "Perspektiva" regional public organization of disabled people, took place in Moscow. The winner’s diploma in the nomination “The best inclusive practice in the field of preschool education” was given to Galina Borisovna Cherevach, associate professor of the department of social pedagogy of the TSPU. As part of the competition program, Galina Borisovna presented the project “Sensory Integration of Preschoolers with Different Developments in Kindergarten”, aimed to develop a balanced sensitivity among preschoolers and prevent behavioral disorders.

“We took part in the Festival to show what sensory integration is and how to help children with disabilities using it, - said G.B. Cherevach. - In addition, here we met interesting people and learned about various developments in the field of inclusive education.”

This year, the competition was attended by teachers from 16 regions of Russia from Kaliningrad to the Krasnoyarsk , which went through two stages: the first was organized at the regional level, and then the winners were invited to Moscow said on the website of “Perspective”. The main condition for the selection of practices: children with disabilities should study in inclusive classes, and not at home. In the final, a representative of each region made a presentation in which he clearly demonstrated the development of inclusive practices in his school and the results of this work. For each participant, it was a valuable experience: teachers from different cities of Russia exchanged practices and learned how to make the general education program accessible to each student.В финале представитель каждого региона выступил с презентацией, в которой наглядно демонстрировал развитие инклюзии в своем учебном заведении и результаты этой работы. Для каждого участника это был ценный опыт: педагоги из разных городов России обменялись практиками и узнали, как сделать общеобразовательную программу доступной для каждого ученика.

A competitive selection of participants for the new season of the popular project "DANCES", which is broadcast on TNT took place in Krasnoyarsk. Student of the Department of Culture and Arts Ksenia Nikitina and a graduate of the same department Sergey Druzhinin successfully presented an unusual number in the style of modern choreography.

Time and again the guys perform together and win the hearts of the audience with their own professional performance. They also came to a large-scale project with a bold statement: "We are one of the strongest duets of this casting." The tutors of the TSPU students, the project mentors - Yegor Druzhinin, Miguel and Tatyana Denisova – highly appreciated and unanimously supported the artists' further fight for the title of the best dancer in Russia.

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According to the rules of the project, in the future the duet will be disbanded, Sergey and Ksenia will have to participate in the trials independently. But this doesn’t bother the guys: students of TSPU want to go this way in different teams. “I would like to join Miguel’s team. He inspires me as a person and I like what he does! Undoubtedly, other mentors attract me, but I feel that I will have contact with Miguel”, - Sergey shares his thoughts. “And I would prefer Yegor, I really like his view on the choreography and on the project itself”, - said Ksenia.

Our participants were lavish in advice to colleagues who have yet to go through the casting: “You need something original, interesting and extravagant. Just a cool number is not enough in my opinion. We need a strong and confident personality, core, charisma! And then, perhaps, everything will be successful", - Sergey recommended.

The development of the military-historical camp program “Legacy of the Times. The String of History” by Faculty of history and philology of TSPU undergraduate Gleb Igorevich Balabaev and TSPU graduate Anastasia Viktorovna Dikk was awarded with the laureate diploma of the All-Russian competition of programs and scientific and methodological materials “Organization of rest and recreation of children”.

The camp program was implemented as part of the summer activities of the Children's Green Camp "Cape Verde" (Seversk) and was marked with the diploma in the nomination "The best program to ensure employment with children in difficult situations."

“We gave the children the opportunity to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the Middle Ages, - says Gleb Balabaev. - We are changing the ‘Legacy of the Times’ for the second year. This time, the program got additional title ‘String of History’ inspired by the book with the same title by L.N. Gumilyov. During the work "We invited our students to take part in a series of workshops, participate in applied and role-playing games, show themselves in the trials and also listen to the performance of a folk group."

The camp program was carried out jointly with representatives of the Russian Military Historical Society, the historical reconstruction club "Chimera" and trainees from TSPU.

In the Finnish city of Vantaa, the European Judo Championship was held among juniors up to 21 years old. The tournament program was completed by competition among mixed teams. A student of Tomsk State Pedagogical University, Aleksandra Askarova, joined the Russian team, which confirmed the title of the strongest team by taking the first place.

“The Russian team held four matches at the championship, in each of them Alexandra Askarova took part,- said Oleg Loparev, head coach of Sports Club “Sibir.” - She won all the matches. Sasha was stronger than the her opponent from Italy. As a result, Tomsk, together with the Russian team, became the winner of the European Championship. For the first time Tomsk fihters achieved such success"

Alexandra entered the country's team in the weight category up to 70 kg. In total, 14 teams took part in the tournament.

In the framework of the educational program "Museology" an excursion to the Tomsk Regional Museum of Local Lore named after M.B. Shatilov was organized for the second-year students of the Faculty of History and Philology of the TSPU.

Senior staff scientist Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Timofeeva talked with students, as with future colleagues. During the tour she told them about the methods of creating an exposition, organizing an exhibition space, the principles of the general concept of museum exhibitions and much more. The guys were surprised when they heard that the museum is located in the former mansion of the gold miner I.D. Astashev (XIX century). The building has great architectural and artistic value: the mansion retains the layout typical for the 19th century, the relief of walls, the furniture remaining from the time the monument was built, a concert hall where the organ is installed.

Each location of the museum has its own theme, which is associated with the history and / or nature of the Tomsk region. The essence and idea of ​​the exhibitions are perfectly conveyed by the genuine artifacts gathered together, reconstructions, artworks, collections of objects and modern technical equipment.

“If we were asked what a museum is, we would say that this is a place where you can meet with the past, - students share their emotions. - The museum preserves things that were long before our appearance, what remains of the past and nowadays it has great historical and cultural value. Therefore, before the excursion to the museum there is a feeling of an upcoming meeting with something unusual and special"

By tradition, the first big citywide fall event in Tomsk is Tomsk Day. Mayor of the city Ivan Grigoryevich Klein started the holiday from Voskresenskaya Mountain with a symbolic cannon shot: “Five years ago we came up with this holiday to show that the main asset of our city is you, its residents. Today we will see the university parade again and tell freshmen, what it means to be a Tomsk citizen. We will set new tasty records at the food festival, enjoy the festival of flowers, hear the performances of your favorite musicians, enjoy the colorful fireworks and once again declare our love to our old, but always young city".

The rector of TSPU A.N. Makarenko and representatives of other educational institutions of the city, honorary Tomsk citizens became the participants on the opening ceremony.

Students from Tomsk State Pedagogical University and five other universities showed their youth spirit at the beginning of the holiday: activists marched from Lenin Square to Novobosornaya Square, presenting creative numbers along the way. After having met at the main stage of Tomsk, the students launched a dance flash mob and initiated freshmen into Tomsk citizens.

For two days, entertaining venues, workshops and festivals took place in the center of Toms. Russian artists and Tomsk cover groups presented their music numbers. The spectacular fireworks impressed the visitors: more than 30 thousand citizens saw a salute of six thousand volleys.

Minister of Science and Higher Education Mikhail Kotyukov - on new challenges that universities face.

The Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia Mikhail Kotyukov at the Eastern Economic Forum talked about the problems and prospects of higher education, shared his thoughts about attracting foreign students, brain drain, as well as state support for scientists.

— Mikhail Mikhailovich, how many freshmen have entered Russian universities this year?

— 715 thousand.

— Is it a big number or not?

— Certainly, the number is huge. In total, more than 4 million people study at our universities. This includes full-time students, part-time students, evening students, and those who receive a second degree. This year, out of 715 thousand freshmen, 465 thousand will study on a budgetary basis. In principle, this is the optimal amount for the development of the labor market. An important fact must be taken into account: getting an education once in a lifetime is not enough. Many people realize that technology is changing very quickly, competencies must be constantly updated. In this sense, the idea of continuing professional education is more relevant than ever.

Now universities are developing educational projects for adults, so any person can find the program they need for their careers. As part of the national "Education" project, we have begun to create a special information platform. It will work as a navigator, that is, a person can, upon request, find the necessary competencies and educational institutions that can offer these competencies.

The practical component is very important. This is a challenge for universities. Programs should be new and develop dynamically, follow changes in the labor market, and in some cases anticipate these changes and offer students the most advanced educational products.

— And which areas of education this year were the most popular among applicants?

— Previously, we counted that using figures of enrolment competition - how many applications were submitted. It was done this way when I myself entered the university. Today, these figures are not informative enough. Any applicant can choose up to five universities, and in each of them he or she can pick, let’s say, three areas - a total of 15 applications. Therefore, it would not be entirely correct to say that the more applications, the more popular is some specialty. Nevertheless, most people chose medical and pedagogical areas.

— For the first time, I presume?

— This is a trend of recent years. Every 10th person entering a university on a budgetary basis is somehow connected with pedagogy. We talked about these figures on the eve of the admission campaign, which was later confirmed. The economics and jurisprudence are traditionally popular, we see an interest in oriental studies and humanitarian specialties. In fact, this is great, because the spectrum is wide, and applicants can really choose interesting directions for themselves.

A curious situation is related to the winners of all-Russian educational contests for schoolchildren. There are not many of them, a little less than 2%. They usually prefer mathematics and computer science, physics, philology, economics, law and management, and software engineering. I am glad that not everyone went to Moscow and Petersburg. A very good indicators are in Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Education centers in many regions of Russia are developing quite dynamically.

— Does anyone leave Moscow to study at universities in other cities?

— We have not specifically monitored it, but if this happens, it is not in large quantities. But there is potential for regional platforms to work together with industrial and high-tech companies to offer a competitive educational program for children and the opportunity to find work on the spot.

For this, within the framework of the "Science" national project we are creating scientific and educational centers. The initiator of the project is practically a region itself, the governor personally leads both the application and the management system. A region forms a new interaction of science, education and production. In fact, training programs are becoming a real tool for training highly qualified personnel who already have a workplace. In general, it will lead to economic development of a region.

— What about the housing support for young academic staff of universities?

— I would expand state support not only to university employees, but also to all research and teaching staff. As part of the federal targeted programs, we are implementing a special subprogram to provide housing for young scientists. It has been working since 2011. Already more than 5.5 thousand families have received real help and improved their conditions. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev personally and very carefully monitors this issue. He proposed this solution in 2010, when he was president.

Now, my colleagues from the Ministry are preparing proposals for expanding the program. It should have various forms: the provision of state housing certificates, the possibility of developing official housing funds. The issue of academic mobility will not be left without attention, when young researchers can move from one region to another to participate in various projects.

Another component is the consolidation of people in the territory. For this we need housing cooperatives. We have accumulated experience and land that can be offered for such projects. Now the program will be designed to expand the scope of the provision of certificates. Next year, I think, we will be able to determine the list of additional measures for the construction of facilities and the development of cooperatives.

— It's about "keeping the brains”. But did you manage to solve the problem of "brain drain"?

— Today we do not have a real problem with the massive departure of promising researchers abroad. Moreover, for the development of international cooperation, it is important that our professionals work in the best organizations abroad, and then return.

We have been implementing a program of mega-grants for many years: laboratories are being created in Russian scientific educational institutions to educate young researchers, which are led by internationally recognized scientists. It may be Russians who have gone abroad, or citizens of other states. The task is to form new scientific schools and new teams in Russia under their leadership.

This year we announced the next stage of this competition. We have unprecedented indicators - 11 applications for one place. The interest of recognized scientists to work in Russia is obviously increasing, and this is a good sign. We believe that the task of the national project to attract young researchers to Russian science - 35 thousand people until 2024 - can be carried out taking into account such high pace of work.

— But in general, what is the influx of foreign students into Russian universities? They said that by 2024 there should be 425 thousand.

— This is the goal.

— What is the dynamics? Is the number of foreign students increasing?

— In recent years, dynamics is positive. The number of such students is growing. 425 thousand - a very high bar. By this indicator, we will be one of the leading states in the world. The figure is quite realistic. Today we have about 250 thousand foreigners at our universities, in this sense we see all the opportunities to expand the program.

— Are these students from neighboring countries or the whole world?

— The geography is wide, many come from countries that border Russia. Here we primarily identify promising markets - those countries where Russian companies and corporations plan to work. Training of specialists should be consistent with the implementation of investment projects and building economic and international relations.

— Are there many students from Far Eastern region? I recently flew from China, sitting next to a 21-year-old Chinese freshman, she speaks excellent Russian. I was surprised that she entered Moscow State University and flew there flying to study.

— They fly to Moscow, Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Vladivostok. We are now in the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University, and it also has serious plans to attract foreign students. The annual positive dynamics allows us to be sure that the quality of Russian education is improving, it is more and more in demand in the world. In this sense, we believe that the education export development project can certainly be implemented within the approved framework.

— What is happening with to the Megascience projects?

— This is a very difficult task. We must create a unique scientific infrastructure, the analogues of which are practically nowhere can be found. One of the projects should be implemented on Russky Island. We intend to create a scientific facility here - a synchrotron, which will allow us to conduct research in a wide range of areas. This material science, marine biology, the creation of new drugs and more.

The presidential decree sets clear deadlines and parameters, and a research program is being prepared by the government. It has two components. The first is a list of scientific problems and scientific and practical issues that can and should be resolved in Russia. The second is the technical parameters of those unique installations that need to be formed. The program has actually reached the final stage. We held several strategic sessions with potential users of the installations, determined the software component and are now concluding the discussion with technical experts.

— Let's get back to education. What principles the yesterday's school graduates follow to choose a university? Are they chasing fashion? And how to teach youth and their parents to choose not by brand, but by quality? Or can a brand in education be considered as a quality mark?

— This is a difficult question. It is not only about choosing a university. It is always better when choice is rational - but what is rational? This is a fairly relative indicator for each individual person. The brand plays an important role today. As consumers, we somehow respond to it. In this sense, we, of course, support the efforts of our universities to increase performance in both Russian and international rankings. Some success has been achieved here, but it is more important that the content of the educational program meets the needs of the labor market - current and promising.

Today 715 thousand freshmen have been enrolled and we understand that we need current programs. After four years of undergraduate program or five years of specialty program, upon entering the labor market, the knowledge and competence of graduates should correspond to the demands of time.

For this, it is necessary to increase the practical component in the implementation of educational programs so that industrial partners and employers will cooperate not only during entrance and final exams, but during the entire education process. It is very important. We believe that company employees can teach at universities and read part of the course. Students must undergo practical training in those production conditions that they will later encounter. Today, such programs will certainly develop.

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