Between Mathematics, Railways and Literature...

In 2021, Russian University of Transport (previously known as MIIT, Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers) turns 125 years old.The Department of Higher Mathematics has existed since the inception of the university and has a rich history.This significant date provides an opportunity to the authors to refer to some of the most important moments in the history of this Russian higher educational institution, as well as to recall the names of some scientists, mathematicians, university professors, whose activities undoubtedly influenced both the level of training of domestic railway engineers, and the high status of the educational institution itself.It is also an opportunity to highlight the continuity of the values of mathematical knowledge for the past and future generations of students in transport and transportation fields.

Assessment of future teachers' satisfaction with the conditions for the implementation of Russian-Chinese joint educational programs

The relevance of the research is due to the need to increase the competitiveness of joint educational programs of pedagogical orientation in the system of Russian-Chinese relations in the field of higher education. The student satisfaction indicator not only indicates the attractiveness/unattractiveness of the educational program, but also allows you to identify the most vulnerable places in the organization of the educational process. The purpose of the study is to identify ways to improve the conditions for the implementation of Russian-Chinese joint educational programs of pedagogical orientation. Materials and methods. The study applied a descriptive method to conducting a survey of students studying under the bachelor's degree majors "Preschool Education", "Music Education", "Fine Arts" at the Moscow Institute of Arts of the Weinan Pedagogical University (Province Shanxi). 198 graduates participated in the questionnaire, accounting for 77% of the total number of graduates from the Moscow Institute of Arts. The study was conducted using the author's questionnaire, compiled taking into account the practice of assessing student satisfaction at Moscow Pedagogical State University and the recommendations of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China on the evaluation of joint Chinese-foreign educational programs. Results. In the study, the assessment of students' satisfaction with learning was carried out in five directions: satisfaction with the quality and content of training, satisfaction with the organization of the educational process, satisfaction with the material and technical support of the educational process, satisfaction with the organization of research activities, satisfaction with the socio-psychological climate at the institute. The study found that students' satisfaction with the organization of the educational process (68.2%) and its material and technical support (66.92%) was the highest, compared with their publishing activities in research work (60.4%). Despite the impossibility of implementing programs under the "3+1" scheme, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the internal motivation of students during online training in the "4+0" mode did not decrease, which led to the preservation of the contingent of students throughout the entire period of program implementation. Discussion and conclusion. The research results have practical significance for managers, employees and teachers of pedagogical universities participating in the implementation of Chinese-foreign joint educational programs, as well as for representatives of the scientific community dealing with the problems of ensuring the quality of such programs. Further research of students' satisfaction with studying under Russian-Chinese joint educational programs for teacher training can be aimed at analyzing the quality of implementation of such programs at the level of academic degrees of students of pedagogical universities.

Nutrition issues

For the first time, the Moscow Institute of Public Catering publishes a scientific journal on its own. The organization of such a journal makes it possible to print scientific and practical articles not only of a strictly scientific order, but also of a practical one, solving the problems of today.

Book Review. E.R. Ioanesyan, N.K. Ryabtseva, M.L. Kovshova, P.S. Dronov, O.S. Orlova. Predstavlenie emotsional’noy sfery cheloveka na materiale raznykh yazykov (‘Hu-man emotions domain as exemplified in a variety of languages’). Moscow: Institute of linguistics, 2020. 244 p.

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MIKHAIL NIKOLAEVICH KOSHLYAKOV – OCEANOLOGIST, MAN, TEACHER

On July 30, 2021, at the age of 91, Mikhail Nikolaevich Koshlyakov left this world. He was Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Honored Professor of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, winner of the Makarov Prize, Chief Researcher, former Head of the Laboratory of Sea Currents at Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the famous oceanologist.

The strategies of inter-Balkan communication: Translation. Retelling. Paralipsis

The book includes preliminary materials for the biannual Balkan conference (Balkanskie chteniya / Series Balcanica 16. “The strategies of inter-Balkan communication: Translation. Retelling. Paralipsis”. Moscow, Institute of Slavic Studies, April, 20–22, 2021), organized by the Centre for Linguocultural Research “Balcanica” and dedicated to the communicative aspect of translation problems.

The economic and organizational model of the international admission campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic (the case of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology)

Relevance. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, universities all over the world had to deal with a major challenge – transition from face-to-face to online learning. It was necessary to make this transition without damaging the quality of education and the transparency of examinations, especially entrance examinations taken by international students. The number of the latter fell significantly because of the pandemic and the competition for overseas students became especially fierce. One of the optimal solutions to the problem of conducting entrance exams during the pandemic was the online proctoring system. Research objective. This research aims to assess the economic efficiency of the online proctoring system by looking at the case of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). Data and methods. The article compares the most popular online proctoring systems on the market and used by universities in Russia and other country. Furthermore, it analyzes the results of the international admission campaign in 2020 and the economic effect of the in-house proctoring system in comparison with other readymade solutions. Results. The research results showed that the MIPT’s in-house proctoring system is no less efficient than the most popular readymade systems used by the majority of universities in Russia and worldwide, yet the costs of developing and operating the university’s own system are significantly lower. Conclusion. The development of an in-house online proctoring system can increase the economic efficiency of universities in terms of international admission in the forthcoming years.