Tomsk State Pedagogical University

FINAL VIEWING OF CREATIVE WORKS MADE BY STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF CULTURE AND ARTS

Semi-annual academic viewing of educational and creative student works was held at the Faculty of Culture and Arts of TSPU. As usual representatives of the faculty - honored artists, art historians - took part in it.

Teachers evaluate the fine art of students by looking at paintings in three stages and noting the quality and stylistic variety of art works. In addition, a number of problems were noted related to the general level of training of students: associate professor of the department of music and art education N.N. Vagin believs that class attendance is one of the most important factors in the effectiveness of the educational process and professional growth.

By the end of the examinations,...


"POINT OF VIEW" TEAM OF TSPU IS BACK TO WORK

NEW SEASON OF GOOD AFFAIRS OF TEAM TSPU “POINT OF VIEW”

In the new year of 2020, activists of the volunteer team “Point of View” of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University continue their close cooperation with the Children's Charity Fund of Alena Petrova. The children of fund liked working with volunteers as part of the “Touch” project, aimed at the socio-psychological support of families in need of palliative care.

At weekly meetings, the TSPU volunteers help the Foundation’s child psychologist conduct thematic workshops and entertaining and gaming programs for children. During the implementation (the project was launched last year), 12...


TSPU STUDENT - THE AMBASSADOR OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD

The student of the Faculty of History and Philology of the TSPU Valeria Tabrosko joined the international volunteer program "Ambassadors of the Russian language in the world", implemented by the State Institute of the Russian Language named after A.S. Pushkin (Moscow) and supported by the Presidential Grants Fund.

It’s not so easy to become a participant in the project: candidates have to complete several competitive stages, including reading any poem, showing a concert number, presenting a fragment of a lesson according to the proposed methodology. In addition, all future teachers of the Russian language undergo distance two-week training on the basis of Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, as well as...


YOUNG RESEARCHERS REPRESENTED THEIR WORKS AT THE TSPU "I STUDY NATURE" CONFERENCE

Traditional events for schoolchildren of Tomsk and the Tomsk Region — the regional scientific-practical conference “I study nature” and the exhibition-festival “Science for Children” –– gathered about 90 participants at the TSPU. The guests were welcomed by Dean of the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of the TSPU Elena Georgievna Pyanykh and Associate Professor of the Department of General Physics of the TSPU Aleksey Removich Arzhanik.

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The program started with the exhibition-festival "Science for Children." This year, interesting exhibits and experiments were demonstrated by employees of the Museum of the Beginning of Science “The Point of Gravity”, the TEMUR STEM Center, the Faculty of Physics...


TSPU ENTERED THE FIRST LEAGUE OF THE NATIONAL aggregated RATING OF RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES

Tomsk State Pedagogical University took a leading position in the National Aggregate Rating of Russian Universities. It entered the first league, having received a high mark in all respects.

In total, the study presents an analysis of the achievements of 721 universities in Russia, only 38 universities made it to the first league.

To conduct the study, we considered the positions of universities in eight ratings that satisfy the requirements of publicity, stability, mass character and frequency:

  1. National University Rating - Interfax.
  2. “First Mission” Rating (based on the project “Best Educational Programs of Innovative Russia”).
  3. University Rankings RAEX.
  4. Rating of demand for universities -...


Valery V. Obukhov

Valery V. Obukhov

 

 

Education, scientific activity:

  • 1969-1974 - Student of Physics Faculty at Tomsk State University
  • 1975-1978 - Post-graduate student
  • 1979 - Candidate's Dissertation (Lomonosov Moscow State University)
  • 1990 - Doctor's Dissertation (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna)
  • 1994 - Academic status of Professor at the Department of Theoretical Physics

Field of Scientific Activity

The head of the scientific school of theoretical physicists specialized in the research of classification problems in gravity theory. Valery Oukhov assisted to the development  of the principles of classifications of spatio-temporal manifolds  according to the presence of specified sets of Killing's fields. Important classification problems for Stackel, conformally-stackel and homogeneous spaces for general theory of relativity (both in the presence of substance and in vacuum, as well as for alternative gravitation theories (including theories with a dilatopic field) have been set and solved. As a result a new scientific school on the verge of gravity and mathematical physics was created.

Articles in the leading foreign journals (J. Math Phys., Journal of Phys., Phys. Lett., and others) are regularly quoted by the specialists in the field of gravitation and mathematical physics.
A visiting professor of the universities of Barcelona (Spain), Cali (Colombia), Pembroke (USA); a member of the American Mathematical Society; Honorary Professor of the University of North Carolina in Pembroke (USA); a full member of the International Pedagogical Academy.

Obukhov is heading the project on improvement of personnel potential of understaffed rural schools of Tomsk region jointly with the Department of General Education of Tomsk region. The concept of the program is creating of  administrative-pedagogical teams which are able to solve actual problems that an understaffed rural school has. The results were highly evaluated by pedagogical teams and schools involved in this project and the project itself got a support of the Department of State Policy of the RF Ministry of Education and Science.

Lecture courses on Classical Mechanics, Physics of Nucleus and Elementary Particles, General Theory of Relativity.

Research adviser on 5 Candidate and 1 Doctoral dissertation.

Administrative work

  • 1994 - Head of Post-Graduate Department
  • 1994 - Head of Doctoral Department
  • 1994-2000 - Vice-Rector for Research, TSPU
  • 2000 - till present - Rector, TSPU
  • 2001 - till present - Chairman of Dissertation Board on Doctoral Programs (13.00.01, 13.00.08).

Editor-in-chief of the scientific journal “TSPU Bulletin”, which is included in the list of leading peer-reviewed journals of Higher Attestation Commission.

Member of Organizing Committees of a number of national and international scientific conferences.

Reviewer of scientific journals “Russian Journal of Physics” (Russia) and Mathematical Review (the USA).

Grants

Since 1996 - till present – head of the researchers’ group working on RFBR grant in Mathematics. Executor of RFBR grants in Physics, programme “Universities of Russia” and presidential programme of support of the leading scientific schools of Russia.

Head of the grant of federal scientific-technical programme “Priority Lines of Science and Technology”, two scientific projects “Education Development”, one of which is currently being implemented.

Scientific coordinator of subprogram“Peculiarities of General Education”.

2009 – head of the grant “Scientific and Methodical Support of Content Improvement and Development of Educational Programmes of Additional Education of Ungraded Rural School Teachers under the сonditions of Introducing Federal Educational Standard of New Generation” of departmental target program "Development of the Scientific Potential of Higher Education (2009-2010)."

2003-2005, 2006-2007, 2008-2009 head of the grant of the President of the Russian Federation for support of the leading scientific schools of the RF.

Other statuses and awards:

  • 1997/2007 Laureate of Tomsk region Administration Scholarships in education and science
  • 2001/2003 Letters of commendation of the Ministry of Education
  • 2002/2004 Letters of commendation of Tomsk region Administration
  • 2002 – Honorary Badge “Honorary Employee of Higher Professional Education”
  • 2002 – Medal “For Merits to Tomsk State University”
  • 2003 – Medal “For Merits in Carrying out the National Population Census”
  • 2004 – Letter of commendation of the Ministry of Education and Science
  • 2004 – Medal “For Merits to the City”
  • 2004 – Anniversary Medal “100 years of Trade Unions of Russia ”
  • 2007 – Letter of commendation of the State Duma of Tomsk Oblast

Statements and Presentations :

  • 21 September, 2015 "Development of strategic partnership of general and pedagogical education systems in the Tomsk region"
  • 7 August, 2015 Interview to the regional weekly newspaper “Tomskiye Novosti” (Tomsk News)
  • 2 April, 2015 The article "School of Talents" in the magazine "Territory of Intellect"

Selected publications:

The total number of publications is 120, 4 of them are monographs.

TSPU weighlifters at the All-Russian competitions

The strongest athletes from among the students of the country competed each other in kettlebell lifting: The All-Russian competitions were held on the basis of the Siberian State University of Physical Culture and Sports (Omsk). The team of the Faculty of phydical culture and sports of the TSPU showed a high level of professionalism: our students took the third place, as well as excel in personal standings.

More than 120 athletes from ten regions of the country came for medals in Omsk, including Tomsk, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Omsk regions, and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. The first day of the competition opened the opportunity for the participants to compete in a long cycle, as well as pass relay races. On...


VICTORY OF TSPU STUDENTS AT THE TOMSK REGION CHAMPIONSHIP IN BOXING

In the "Jupiter" sports complex the Boxing Championship of Tomsk Region ended. 278 boxers from Zyryansky, Kargasoksky, Parabelsky, Pervomaisky districts, the cities of Asino, Strezhevoy, Seversk and Tomsk became participants in the competition.

In the weight category over 91 kg Sergey Misuno, a student of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports of TSPU (coach-teacher V. G. Pimenov) won. Oraz Sobirov, a student of the Faculty of Technology and Entrepreneurship of TSPU, became the winner in the 60 kg weight category (trainer and teacher Y.Y. Ribitsky).

The main judge of the competition was Dmitry Nikulin, judge of the international category, Seversk. The panel of judges also included students of the...


TSPU AT "BIG UNIVERSITY" EVENT IN TOMSK

Employees of Tomsk State Pedagogical University, along with colleagues from other universities of the city, as well as the Moscow School of Management "Skolkovo", are taking part in the events of "the Big University" project that will unite all Tomsk universities and research institutes. The opening of the "Big University" will be a serious step towards winning the competition for the creation of a world-class scientific and educational center. 

“I believe that Tomsk science should be more visible, and this is one of the main goals of the project. The business should have one entry point for the implementation of research and development. Tomsk Oblast is one of the few regions of Russia that can...