scholarly journals Universities as Centres of Attraction for Proactive Youth in the Ural Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 828-841
Author(s):  
Viktor A. Koksharov ◽  
Gavriil A. Agarkov ◽  
Anastasia D. Sushchenko
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Ural Region ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Russian Regions ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Industrial Base ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Information Classification ◽  
Regional Universities ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth

Universities, comprising a strategic resource in building up a region’s human capital, play a key role in ensuring sustainable economic growth. For proactive young people seeking opportunities to obtain higher education, develop professional trajectories and enhance their social connections, Russian regions lacking such facilities are seen as less attractive. This situation provokes an outflow of the most promising university candidates from the peripheral regions to the various centres of attraction. Thus, a relevant research question concerns the relationship between the quality of regional universities and the retention of young specialists, who may be expected to support the future development of industrial enterprises in the region. The assessment of interregional mobility carried out by the present study is based on an analysis of responses from applicant and graduate surveys supplemented with statistical data (Monitoring the Effectiveness of Russian Universities, Rosstat). In or der to process this information, classification and data comparison methods were used. The results of the study showed that the Sverdlovsk and Tyumen oblasts are the primary centres of attraction for university entrance candidates from other Russian regions to the Urals, with the inflow of such applicants to these oblasts comprising on average 4.1 % and 13.2 %, respectively, of 18 year olds enrolling in these institutions during the 2015– 2019 period. At the same time, the largest universities provide relevant training for the region’s industrial base (up to 87 % of employed Ural Federal University graduates work in the Ural Region). The research results can be used to enhance the activities of universities and employment services in terms of developing tools for attracting and retaining proactive youth, improving the mechanisms for studying postgraduate migration in order to increase the region’s attractiveness.

scholarly journals Searching for employment: highly educated immigrant women and combined capabilities

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Tytti Steel ◽  
Marjut Jyrkinen
Keyword(s):  
Capability Approach ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Gender And Age

Our paper addresses the ways in which highly educated immigrant women encounter and experience employment services in Finland. This qualitative study examines a group of women who have experience with both governmentally funded Employment and Economic Centre services (TE Services) and services offered by the third sector. The research question in this paper is as follows: How do the employment services support the capabilities of immigrant women job seekers trying to find work? Our analysis is inspired by Sen’s capability approach and Nussbaum’s concept of combined capabilities. The first empirical section addresses women with a foreign background as job seekers and their internal capabilities. We look at the enabling factors and hurdles faced by highly educated immigrant women trying to enter the job market due to their gender and age. In the second empirical section, we analyse how the combined capabilities are constructed through contacts with employment services.

Tools for Assessing the Potential of Industrial Complexes and Territories in the Context of Digital Transformations

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 1200-1209
Author(s):  
V. I. Men’shchikova ◽  
Y. V. Vertakova ◽  
V. I. Drozdov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Russian Regions ◽  
Telecommunications Networks ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Applied Software ◽  
Industrial Complexes ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

conditions for the introduction of digital technologies and its own level of potential. This makes the issues of assessing the digital potential of economic systems at various levels increasingly important. The presented study expands and assesses the concept of the potential of industrial complexes in the context of digital transformations.Aim. The study aims to assess the digital potential of industrial complexes based on the analysis of regional conditions for the use of information technologies and information and telecommunications networks.Tasks. The authors substantiate the urgency of the problem and the experience of solving it; explore the essence of the potential of industrial complexes in the context of digital transformations, summarize approaches to its assessment, characterize the digital potential of the industry; assess the digital potential of the regions of the Russian Federation as specific territories where industrial complexes are located; propose ways of increasing the digital potential of territories.Methods. This study uses general scientific methods of cognition and methods of comparative analysis to develop the general research logic and explore the essence of the examined phenomena and processes. It also uses such methodological tools as analytical introspection (determining the estimated phenomena of the examined object through the analysis of practical materials) and theoretical cognition (grouping and summarizing scientific research in the field of digital transformations in the economy). Methods of applied statistics and cluster analysis are used to examine various aspects of the use of information technologies and information and telecommunications networks in regional Russian organizations. Applied software Excel and IBM SPSS Statistics are used to perform calculations, process and evaluate the information used in the study.Results. The authors conclude that it is necessary to separate digital potential from the structure of potential of industrial enterprises and complexes. Digital potential is described as an opportunity for enterprises to build a more effective management system through digital technologies and/or their implementation in production processes. By using the total placings method and data clustering based on intergroup relations, the authors are able to rank regions of the Russian Federation and group them into six clusters by the degree to which information technologies and information and telecommunications networks are used in organizations. Major directions for increasing the digital potential of Russian regions as specific territories where industrial complexes are located are proposed.Conclusions. The conducted study explores the essence of the potential of industrial complexes in the context of digital transformations, summarizes approaches to its assessment, and determines the essence of the digital potential of the industry; assesses the digital potential of Russian regions as specific territories where industrial complexes are located; proposes ways of increasing the digital potential of territories.

Lithuania's Industry Role in the Curricula of Engineering Education in Mechanics Faculty at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU)

2006 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 621-624
Author(s):  
Mečislovas Mariūnas
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Acceptance Level ◽  
Bologna Declaration ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Individual Industry ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University

In the paper the industry role in the curricula of engineering education is examined. There are shown that the information obtained on industry developments trends, product export/import ratio as well as the level of investments injected into individual industry sub-sectors helps to make projections as to the number and profile of future professional staff; more specifically, as to the type of curriculum modules and the university acceptance level. Based on the information obtained from university graduates and managers from industrial enterprises as well as other authorities and summarized in an appropriate way, adequate corrections are introduced into the curriculum module without prejudice to regulations of the Government of the Republic Lithuania and to the provisions of the Bologna Declaration.

scholarly journals Participation of Prison Inmates in Vocational Skills Acquisition Programmesfor Self- Reliance and Sustainable Economic Growth in SokotoState, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Kulu, HARUNA ABUBAKAR ◽  
Mannir ABBA
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Prison Inmates ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Vocational Skills ◽  
Graphic Arts ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth

The study focused on assessing the extent of participation of prison inmates in vocational skills acquisition programmes in SokotoState. The main objective of the study was to assess the extent of participation of prison inmates in vocational skills acquisition programmes for self – reliance and sustainable economic growth in SokotoState. One research question and one null hypothesis guided the study. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 1226 respondents at the time of the study. The sample size of the study was 351 comprising all the 85 prison officials and 266 convicted prisoners of the Sokoto central prison deliberately selected for the study. The instrument used for data collection was self-structured questionnaire tagged “Questionnaire on the participation of prison inmates in vocational skills acquisition programmes (QPPIVSAP). The instrument was subjected to face validation by three experts. The reliability coefficient for the instrument was 0.80. The data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation, while the null hypothesis was tested using t-test at the probability of 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that VSA programmes for prison inmates were only found available in Sokoto Central Prison and there were prison inmates trainees in the prison. The findings further revealed that the trainees participated in the available VSA programmes to a high extent in the study area. Based on these findings, the study recommended among others that the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) should extend the VSA programmes to other convict and satellite’s prisons for inmates’ self – reliance and sustainable economic growth of the state and the country at large. The NPS should introduce more vocational trades that are not available in the prisons. Such as electrical and electronics repairs, graphic arts, shoe making and automobile mechanic skills acquisition programmes while the prison inmates should be encouraged to patronize the programmes for their self-reliance and sustainable economic growth of the society.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND INFRASTRUCTURAL FACTORS ON INCOME INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN RUSSIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 70-75
Author(s):  
Rogneda Groznykh ◽  
Elena Ignatieva ◽  
Oleg Mariev ◽  
Alla Serkova
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Russian Regions ◽  
Average Life Expectancy ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Prime Objective ◽  
Relative Change ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The prime objective of the research is to examine the factors influencing both the alteration in the income distribution and the relative change in the incidence of poverty in the regions of Russia. The list of the identified factors/determinants includes economic, demographic, and infrastructural factors. An econometric model, indicating the relationship between the explanatory variables with both the income inequality index and the relative poverty proportions in Russian regions has been provided in this article. The determinants that cause variations in the income inequality and poverty of a country such as social mobility, average life expectancy of urban women, life expectancy of rural men, the number of university graduates, etc. have also been specified in this study. The analysis was executed based on a dataset of 72 Russian regions for the period between 2012-2017.

scholarly journals Actualization of technology engineers training for digital economy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Е.И. Черкасова ◽  
М.В. Журавлева
Keyword(s):  
Practical Experience ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Technological Transformation ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Technological Improvement ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Engineering Staff ◽  
Engineering Personnel

Актуальность статьи обусловлена необходимостью совершенствования подготовки инженерных кадров в соответствии с условиями «Индустрии 4.0», которая реализуется на промышленных предприятиях нефтегазохимического комплекса Российской Федерации. Технологическая трансформация промышленных предприятий оказывает влияние на рынок труда и меняет требования к компетенциям инженерных кадров – выпускникам ВУЗов. Проведенный обобщенный анализ литературных источников – профессиональных стандартов позволил авторам выявить направления актуализации подготовки инженеров, позволяющие обеспечить соответствие результатов образовательного процесса требованиям профессиональных стандартов. Показана важность владения инженерным специалистом междисциплинарными компетенциями. Раскрыто содержание актуального набора компетенций инженера для решения задач цифровизации и технологического совершенствования производств. Представлен практический опыт по их формированию в ФГБОУ ВО «КНИТУ». Статья предназначена для работников системы образования и руководителей организаций. The relevance of the article is due to the need to improve the training of engineering personnel in accordance with the conditions of "Industry 4.0", which is implemented at industrial enterprises of the petrochemical complex of the Russian Federation. Technological transformation of industrial enterprises has an impact on the labor market and changes the requirements for the competencies of engineering staff-University graduates. The conducted, generalized analysis of the literature resources – professional standards, allowed the authors to identify areas of updating the training of engineers, allowing to ensure compliance of the results of educational process with the requirements of professional standards. The importance of an engineering specialist's possession of interdisciplinary competencies is shown. The content of the current set of competencies of an engineer for solving problems of digitalization and technological improvement of production is revealed. Practical experience on their formation in FSBEI HE “KNITU” is presented. The article is intended for employees of the education system and heads of organizations.

Transformation of Employment Structures in Poland - Servitization of Economy

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-108
Author(s):  
Dorota Kotlorz ◽  
Anna Skórska
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Added Value ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
It Services ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Polish Economy

Transformation of the Polish economy and the related process of reallocation of labour resources have been progressing since the beginning of the 1990s, but their growth is insufficient. The current level of development of the service sector does not constitute an adequate alternative to diminishing employment in the so-called declining heavy industries, which were dominant in the Polish economy for many years. Given that a more dynamic growth in the services sector can contribute to the labour market balancing alleviating the unemployment problem, not only by the absorption of people laid off from the restructuring industrial enterprises but also by providing new jobs for young people, it is necessary to increase consistently the share of modern section services in GDP and total employ-ment.Increasing employment and created added value in modern, knowledge-based services are consistent with the direction of changes observed in the developed countries.In Poland, the employment is steadily increasing in services related to real estate and businesses, financial and insurance services, particularly in IT services. The knowledge embodied in products and technologies and highly skilled labour resources determines the innovativeness of the economy, providing a source of growth and competitiveness. Therefore, the direction and pace of these changes are important.One of the possibilities of further service sector development in Poland is the offshoring of business services. The created BPO and KPO centres allow for the absorption of high-quality labour resources, including university graduates, whose numbers are increasing from year to year. This is even more important as in the long time span the sector development and created jobs will increasingly be based on the human factor and the skills possessed by employees rather than on lower labour costs compared with other locations. 

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