Source: Peoples’Friendship University of Russia –
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Training qualified foreign specialists, educational strategies, collaborations, digital technologies and much more were discussed during the II International Educational Forum at RUDN University. The event brought together more than 1,000 participants and 300 speakers from 40 countries, including representatives of government, scientific organizations and businesses, as well as rectors of leading universities. This time, the focus was on cooperation with partners from the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific region and Africa.
“RUDN University and other forum participants exchanged experience on equal accessibility of education, culture and science. We shared our experience in completely different fields of activity. That implies the library, work with key employers, work for the financial sector, and demographic issues. We tried to make the forum a real platform for discussion, for developing new solutions,” said Yulia Ebzeeva, Vice Rector for Educational Activities at RUDN University.
Andrey Omelchuk, Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, was among the speakers of the forum. In his speech, he noted that the Russian education market is attractive and interesting for foreigners. There is an increase in the number of students from other countries in Russian universities.
“Over the past 5 years, the number of foreign students has increased by 87,000 and reached almost 415,000. Today, the realization of the potential of every person is attributed by the President of Russia to the national development goals. Our focus is not only on ensuring access to education. We are actively working on modernisation of educational infrastructure and on development of new approaches to train highly qualified personnel. To this end, our country has launched a number of significant initiatives, including a project to create a constellation of modern campuses. Thanks to the national Youth and Children Project, 40 such campuses will be built by 2036. They will become a key component for a new way of life and points of attraction for students from all over the country and from abroad,” said Andrey Omelchuk.
International collaborations and startup support
Another section of the forum was dedicated to the international educational community, and representatives from all continents took part, including countries such as Iran, Sri Lanka, Jordan, Gandouras and Peru.
“The main theme of all the reports is the desire to improve the effectiveness of higher education, the search for proven approaches to the use of artificial intelligence, and the opportunities offered by AI. All the speakers, without exception, emphasized the importance of international collaborations and international cooperation. Almost all the universities represented here are internationally oriented, they are interested in cooperation with Russian universities and, in particular, with RUDN University. We also appreciate that a representative of the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was able to attend the forum, who emphasized the importance of promoting the Russian language abroad and the role of our university in this area,” said Marina Reketz, Vice-rector for International Affairs at RUDN University.
As the Vice-rector noted, the participants of the section shared interesting practices, for example, how to support various student startups through reliance on business and with the help of the state.
“The President of the University of Jordan said that they have a triple agreement between the student team, the university and the partner company. The second example was shared by an expert from Sri Lanka. Their country has a government program to support student startups, and these startups receive funding from the state budget as part of the program due to universities’ recommendation. There are different approaches, but the goal is the same — to stimulate the activity of students, involve them in professional activities, and create a business,” said Marina Rekets.
Following the forum, RUDN University signed several cooperation agreements, including with the Firdowsi Mashhad University (Iran), Razi University (Iran) and the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan. According to the Dean of the Law Faculty of the Academy, Safarzoda Nekruz Faizi, the university is interested in student exchange, staff development, joint writing of textbooks and monographs.
“In addition, we want to work with RUDN University specialists to develop legal solutions for the issues facing our country,” said Safarzoda Nekruz Faizi.
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