Transformation of the Role of the Auxiliary Staff in Modern Universities

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
Сахарова ◽  
N. Sakharova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
The Face ◽  
Education Market ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University

The article analyzes the key factors of infl uence of external and internal environment on the functioning of Russian higher education institutions, ways to improve the competitiveness of modern universities in the face of increasing global competition in the education market, reviews the activities of the Government to ensure the achievement of the strategic objectives of the Russian Federation development for the period up to 2020 in higher education, defi nes trends in requirements for the competences of certain categories of university staff , provides data on the auxiliaries staff of universities across the country, discusses diff erent points of view on the role of auxiliaries staff in the university functioning, identifi es the main control problems of auxiliaries staff.

scholarly journals Academic excellence as “competitiveness enhancement” in Russian higher education

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Tsvetkova ◽  
Sylvie Lomer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
World University Rankings ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
The Government ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Russian Universities

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse critically the Russian Academic Excellence Initiative (the Project 5-100), designed to propel five leading Russian universities into world university rankings (WURs) by 2020, and research it through the lens of neoliberalism. The paper seeks to reveal recurrent discourses and dominant orders of discourse constituting the overall concept of “excellence” in Russian higher education (HE) policy. Design/methodology/approach Since the Project 5-100 has been designed in line with a neoliberal model of academic excellence initiatives, emphasising “competition as a driver of excellence” (Hazelkorn, 2009), Fairclough’s approach to critical discourse analysis (CDA) has been adopted as a qualitative research method. There is no universally accepted definition of “excellence” in HE policy; therefore, this CDA also aims at revealing the Russian government’s vision of the concept and its voice in HE policy. Findings The paper concludes that the government reinforces neoliberal discourse on the HE agenda and transforms the 5-100 Universities’ identities through emphasising the role of WURs in modernising the HE system. Consequently, within the neoliberal paradigm, the Project 5-100 can be regarded as a manifestation of the commodification of “excellence” in Russian HE policy. Originality/value This research intends to broaden knowledge of excellence initiatives in HE policy and reveal their features and neoliberal natures. It also seeks to contribute in terms of showcasing a qualitative study of the Project 5-100 for future comparative analyses of similar HE policies.

scholarly journals Synergy of Higher Education Collaboration with Local Governments in Efforts to Overcome the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-248
Author(s):  
. Karomani ◽  
. Mahpul ◽  
M. Iwan Satriawan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
The People ◽  
Community Service Programs ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a serious impact on various aspects of Indonesia, especially the economy. The government has made countermeasures by issuing various policies and social programs. However, the implementation of policies is not necessarily followed by the attitude of the people who are not disciplined and indifferent. The role of higher education is very much needed to provide guidance with a humanist approach. Therefore, it is necessary to have a synergy of good cooperation between local governments and universities in facing obstacles in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic. The research aims to analyze how the synergy between the government and universities is in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic cases in the community. The research was conducted with a qualitative approach. The data were obtained through literature review and interviews with the Provincial Government of Lampung and the University of Lampung. The results of the study show that the synergy between the government and universities is good. This is shown by interaction and mutual support. Where the government acts as a policy maker and facilitator, while universities act as a support for implementation through community service programs.

scholarly journals World Academic Rankings and Competitiveness of Russian Universities

2019 ◽  
pp. 5-18
Author(s):  
I. B. Stukalova ◽  
A. V. Shishkin ◽  
A. A. Stukalova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Analysis Of Dynamics ◽  
The University ◽  
Russian Universities ◽  
Academic Rankings

Advance in the world academic rankings remains one of the priorities of development of the Russian higher education determined by the President and the Government of the Russian Federation.As an axiom authors adopted the provision that the academic ratings are the tool of assessment of level of competitiveness of the national universities, and a rating position of the university – a peculiar integrated indicator of its competitiveness. Authors offered hierarchy of levels of competitiveness of subjects of the higher education system. The results of the analysis of dynamics and the current position of the Russian universities in the world academic rankings (on the example of the rating of QS), analysis of participation in the rating of the QS universities of the countries of EEU and also analysis of perception of a rating position of the university by potential customers and consumers of educational services are given in the article. By an empirical way it is proved that ones the interest of target audience in a rating position of the university as to an indicator of its competitiveness and as to criterion for selection of higher education institution grows. Methodological basis of the research conducted by authors of article were the principles of scientific knowledge: logical and historical. Methods of the structural, comparative and statistical analysis are applied.

Why International Students Choose to Study at Russia’s Leading Universities

2020 ◽  
pp. 102831532096351
Author(s):  
Alena Nefedova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Russian Government ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Education Market ◽  
The Government

Many governments invest significant funds to promote their national higher education systems in the global education market, and Russia is no exception. In 2013, the government launched the Russian academic excellence 5-100 Project “to maximize the competitive position of a group of leading Russian universities in the global research and education market” and to attract international staff and students from all over the world. Although Russia is currently in the seventh place for international students globally, it has one of the fastest growth rates compared with its previous position in the global market. Existing literature on the motivation of international students who choose to study in Russia is minimal. To fill this gap, this study uses the results of interviews with international students to discover what brought them to Russia. The conclusions drawn highlight the need for the Russian government to improve its migration policy for international students as well as to publicize the quality of Russian higher education.

scholarly journals Humanistic orientation of Russian higher education as a new vector of its development

2021 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 01023
Author(s):  
Rimma Gilmeeva ◽  
Luitsiia Shibankova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Active Subject ◽  
Humanitarian Values ◽  
Cultural Reality ◽  
The University

The relevance of the problem is due to the fact that the system of education in the global educational environment turned to be dependable from the challenges of a dynamic socio-cultural reality. High-technological industry with the growing role of knowledge in all the spheres of life activity, and in the sphere of an intellectual labour implies reconsideration of higher school functions as valuable social institutions. The article reveals the potential of higher schools connected with regeneration of knowledge, and with an efficient development of professional-corporative identity of the personnel, interaction with stake-holders, and regeneration of the crisis of reliability in the educational organization. The problem of preserving humanitarian values of education in the process of training as an active subject of knowledge society continues to be principally essential. Therefore, there appeared the need to search for a relatively new socio-cultural model of the university, which will be able to preserve an idea of humanity and fundamentality of higher education. The authors’ scientific positions will be of interest to the University-teachers, the researchers, the young scientists and the post-graduate students.

The University

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
First Century ◽  
John Henry Newman ◽  
The Public ◽  
Personal Influence ◽  
The Face ◽  
The University

What significance might John Henry Newman have for the university in the twenty-first century? This chapter focuses on four major contributions from Newman. First, he offers a picture of the task that should be at the heart of higher education, the cultivation of intellect. Second, he challenges the modern university to allow for and to facilitate the power of teachers to exercise a beneficent personal influence on their students. Third, at a time when there is a renewed salience of religion in the public domain, his advocacy of the role of religious faith in the university presents a stream of thinking that has to be constructively examined and weighed carefully, inviting neither automatic rejection nor acceptance. Finally, in the face of a range of pressures that threaten the ethos of the university, he provides a strongly counter-cultural source of ideals.

scholarly journals The role of the university in achieving SDGs 4 and 7: a Ukrainian case

2021 ◽  
Vol 250 ◽  
pp. 04006
Author(s):  
Artem Artyukhov ◽  
Iurii Volk ◽  
Tetyana Vasylieva ◽  
Serhiy Lyeonov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Combined Model ◽  
Technological Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University

This article deals with the development of the university activities model to ensure the quality of education and technology transfer (SDG 4) and to create a successful background in achieving SDG 7. We conduct an analysis of the literature on the achievement of SDGs through governmental instruments of influence, as well as the creation of effective university model ensuring the education quality and technology transfer. In addition, we demonstrate the role of the government in financing higher education in Ukraine. We also present the evaluation of the popularity of educational programs related to energy efficiency and a “clean” environment in Ukrainian universities after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The indicators of the use of various energy types by Ukraine are assessed, and a comparative analysis of these indicators with the data for EU-28 is performed. Based on the data presented, conclusions are drawn about the need to improve the quality of university training and to activate the university technology transfer. Successful practical approaches that can be of use for different higher education institutions are outlined. A combined model of quality assurance and technology transfer at the university is presented. An algorithm for testing the model and assessing the technological level of readiness for implementation is developed. The presented chain “combined model – model testing algorithm – determination of the technological level of readiness” is also assessed from the point of view of socio-economic impact on the main stakeholders. The use of the combined model lays background for the university’s own sustainable development as a tool for achieving SDGs.

scholarly journals Research University: Principles, Environment, Innovations, Traditions. Historical Aspect

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
G. V. Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research University ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
University Management ◽  
Historical Aspect ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The University

This paper studies the basic principles of the Russian research university, its scientific, educational, social and cultural environment with the aim to study the transformation of the classical Humboldt’s model of university. The author emphasizes the role of the university environment as a key factor of shaping the personality of a research university graduate. There is discussed the importance of scientific and pedagogical schools and their leaders in the university’s development and functioning. The innovation activity is defined, and it is proposed to consider the innovative university system as a new essence of its structure. The turn of the XX century is characterized by the significant role of university traditions and of the Ministers of Education and Science in keeping and developing Russian higher education. The article is addressed to the heads of higher education institutions, to the experts in the sphere of university management, as well as to the researchers in the sphere of education and science. 

FAITH–BASED COMMUNITIES AND POLITICS IN DULLSTROOM-EMNOTWENI: LOCAL STORIES OF IDENTITY

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Landman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Cultural Conflicts ◽  
Local Identities ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Local Municipality ◽  
The Face

A majority of the black community of Dullstroom-Emnotweni in the Mpumalanga highveld in the east of South Africa trace their descent back to the southern Ndebele of the so-called ‘Mapoch Gronden’, who lost their land in the 1880s to become farm workers on their own land. A hundred years later, in 1980, descendants of the ‘Mapoggers’ settled in the newly built ‘township’ of Dullstroom, called Sakhelwe, finding jobs on the railways or as domestic workers. Oral interviews with the inhabitants of Sakhelwe – a name eventually abandoned in favour of Dullstroom- Emnotweni – testify to histories of transition from landowner to farmworker to unskilled labourer. The stories also highlight cultural conflicts between people of Ndebele, Pedi and Swazi descent and the influence of decades of subordination on local identities. Research projects conducted in this and the wider area of the eMakhazeni Local Municipality reveal the struggle to maintain religious, gender and youth identities in the face of competing political interests. Service delivery, higher education, space for women and the role of faith-based organisations in particular seem to be sites of contestation. Churches and their role in development and transformation, where they compete with political parties and state institutions, are the special focus of this study. They attempt to remain free from party politics, but are nevertheless co-opted into contra-culturing the lack of service delivery, poor standards of higher education and inadequate space for women, which are outside their traditional role of sustaining an oppressed community.

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