YKSUG continues to develop a strategic partnership with the Baltic Sea Region University Network

The meeting with the representatives of the network was held in the framework of the meeting of the supervisory committee of the Baltic Sea Region University Network (BSRUN) and the international forum "Universities as a bridge between East and West".

Representatives of the universities of Belarus, Russia, Latvia, Poland, Estonia, Finland, Sweden came to discuss actual questions of cooperation in Riga. Among them were the Vice-rector for Academic Affairs of the Grodno University Yuri Bialykh and the Head of the International Projects Unit Alena Apiakun.

The participants considered issues related to the development of international cooperation of universities, the intensification of joint scientific research, strategic partnership, the successful development of internationalization and university campuses.

Yuri Bialykh noted that the meetings also resulted in an agreement on the development of academic mobility with universities and on participation in the development and implementation of joint international projects with partner universities of the BSRUN network in the framework of the Erasmus + program.

Certificates on the completion of the School of Russian language at YKSUG have been presented to representatives of the Chinese province of Gansu

Within two weeks, employees of the Government, the Corporation for the Development of Roads, Aviation and Tourism, the Department of Health and the Commerce Department of Gansu Province studied the Russian language at the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.

- The project "School of the Russian language" is another step in strengthening the relations of the Grodno oblast with the province of Gansu. I am confident that he will find his continuation within the framework of the agreement signed between the regions, – said the chairman of the Economy Committee of the Grodno Oblast Executive Committee Andrey Svirydau. – I am very glad that Grodno University organized the courses perfectly!

Vice-rector for Academic Affairs of YKSUG Yury Bialykh stressed that knowledge and impressions that the listeners received during the past two weeks are very important. Yury Bialykh expressed his hope that the visit to Grodno helped them to understand and understand Belarus better.

Representatives of Gansu Province thanked the administration of the Grodno Oblast Executive Committee and YKSUG for the opportunity to improve their knowledge of the Russian language and get acquainted with the Belarusian culture, the city of Grodno and its economic potential.

- I am in Belarus for the second time, in Grodno for the first time, and I am ready to return to this city again and again. I really liked the city's landscapes, high-level excursions to enterprises, – shared his impressions one of the listeners, an employee of the Commerce Department of Gansu Province Zhang Yaohua. – In the future, I would like to have closer contacts with the Grodno oblast.

The work of the School of Russian language for the representatives of Gansu Province was organized for the first time. As the dean of the Faculty of Pre-university Training Yuri Romanovsky said, a special program was developed for the listeners. So, all classes were conducted in the form of business games, which were related to the work of guests, economic and social communication, and the establishment of partnerships.

– The level of Russian language proficiency has definitely become higher. This is evidenced at least by the fact that they all can build more complex sentences and communicate on abstract topics, – said Yury Ramanousky. – We hope that the project will continue next year, especially since we have established good contacts with the employees of the Government of the province.

The Faculty of Philology of YKSUG and University in Pardubice to start student exchange

Issues of mutually beneficial cooperation were discussed during the meeting of the Head of the Department of Romance-Germanic Philology of the YKSUG, Nadeya Ulasiuk, with the representatives of the German Language Department and the Language Center of the University of Pardubice.

In particular, the parties have defined a plan for cooperation in the field of German studies and the implementation of joint projects in the field of teacher education. An important topic of the meeting was the academic mobility of students. It is expected that in the near future an exchange of students will take place: five YKSUG students will go to study at the Czech University, and Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno will in turn receive students from the University of Pardubice.

Among the promising plans is the holding of lectures and seminars for students and undergraduates of YKSUG by professors and teachers of a Czech university.

Within the framework of the visit, the Head of the Department of Romance-German Philology, Nadeya Ulasiuk, also met with students and teachers of the University of Pardubice who were studying the German language. Nadzeya Ulasiuk spoke about the development of German studies in Belarus, the traditions and customs of our country. She also presented the educational and scientific potential of the YKSUG, talked about the work of the German Language and Culture Center at the YKSUG, the successful project "Summer School of the Russian Language" and invited everyone to participate in it. In addition, she made a presentation on the intercultural and transcultural dimension in a linguistic, cultural and historical context, at an international conference, and gave lectures on linguistics and regional studies.

All the news of the Faculty of Philology can be found here.

Anna Bidnaya, the head of the International Students and Academic Mobility Office of Education Internationalization Center took part in 7^th International Staff Training Week within Erasmus+ programe

7th International Staff Training Week within Erasmus+ programe was held in Mikolas Romeris University (Vilnius, Lithuania) on3-7 July, 2017.

More than 40 staff members from 20 countries of the world took part in the event.

International Staff Training Week holds in order to broaden and deepen cooperation between European and Partner-countries universities within Erasmus+ programe. This time the meeting has been aimed on universities’ staff members, who are involved in the process of internationalization: staff members of international cooperation departments, international students offices, document management departments, project administration offices, library staff, as well, as faculty coordinators of international affairs. The 7th International Staff Training Week is a part of series of events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Erasmus+ programe. 

Participants of the event had an opportunity to get acquainted with the organization of international cooperation, international project activities and academic exchanges in Mikolas Romeris University, exchange experience and make new contacts for further cooperation. Within the 7th International Staff Training Week Anna Bidnaya, the Head of the International Students and Academic Mobility Office of the Education Internationalization Center of YKSUG, presented educational opportunities and scientific potential of YKSUG foreign colleagues, shared her experience in organization of academic exchanges, realization of international projects, told about specifics of work with international students.

- Participation in such an event, undoubtedly, is the perfect opportunity for improving personal skills, borrow international experience of internationalization, make new contacts for the further cooperation and make new partners, - said Anna Bidnaya.

Organizers of the International Staff Training Week proposed participants cultural program: participants visited cultural and historical sights of Vilnius, visited National library of Martin Mazvid.

Faculty of Economics and Management strengthens cooperation with the University of Bialystok (Poland)

This is the result of Training mobility of Maryna Karpitskaya, dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management, to the University of Bialystok within “Erasmus+” programe

During the meeting with Marzanna Poniatowicz, the dean of the faculty of economics and management of the University of Bialystok, Maryna Karpitskaya discussed the programe of cooperation between the universities. She also invited staff members of UwB to join the “Visiting professor” programe. Also, Maryna Karpitskaya and Piotr Bialas discussed the possibility of future joint summer school.

The traineeship allowed Maryna Karpitskaya to get new experience in the organization of study process and scientific researches.

– I’ve studied the organization of study process, evaluation mechanisms and knowledge control of students, implementation of new educational technologies, attended lectures of leading specialists in economics.

More news of the Faculty of Economics and Management here.

Professor of Bialystok University of Technology shared with students and academic staff of YKSUG experience in international scientific and research projects

Jan Piwnik visited Faculty of Innovative Mechanic Engineering of Yanka Kupalaa State University of Grodno within the “Visiting Professor” programe.

During the visit, the professor conducted lectures and practical classes with Master students of “”В рамках визита гость провел лекционные и практические занятия с магистрантами специальности «Construction Materials Processing In Machinery Manufacturing» in disciplines «Resource saving technologies of machinery manufacturing» and «Progressive processing processes of construction materials ».

During the meetings with the faculty staff Jan Piwnik shared his experience of work on international projects, ordered by Swiss, Austrian and Canadian enterprises.

 More news from the Faculty of Mechanic Engineering here.

First interdisciplinary diploma project defended at YKSUG

Students of different specialties of the Faculty of history, communications and tourism under the guidance of Valentina Morozova, professor of History of Belarus , archaeology and special historic disciplines department, and Irina Gerasimchik, associate professor of department of journalism, designed a unique project “Music of Centuries”.

The joint work of YKSUG students was evaluated by the members of state examination commission. The defense was also attended by Henadz Hachko, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Aleksandr Niechukrin, Dean of the Faculty, staff members of Academic Affairs Department and other guests.

Authors and creators of the projects are students of the “History (World and National History)” specialty: Dmitry Stankevich, Nikita Karankevich, Anna Shulskaya and student of the “Information and Communication” specialty Darya Gavrilchuk. The main idea of the project is to organize tourist trip through Belarus in youth-friendly 2.0 format. That means introduction of remarkable pieces of historical and cultural heritage through cultural education and interactive part. The project is aimed on school students who are to pass exams or tests on history of Belarus, as well, as on freshmen students, who are keen on history of motherland.

Smorgon region is going to be an implementation venue for the project, because a lot of historical memorials are concentrated in the area: Krevo Caslte, St. Michael’s Chursch in Smorgon, museum in manor of Michal Kleofas Oginsky in Zalesye and museum in manor of Francisk Bogushewich in Kushliany. Moreover, those objects belong to different historical periods, but they are linked in one route by the idea of history reception, consistency of development of intellectual and spiritual potential of our ancestors, which in sum allows conducting a tour through space and time.

The students themselves developed touristic route, prepared leaflets and other information materials. Every checkpoint on the route is not an excursion, but also quests, games and fun activities to entertain introduction into history.

Project is interdisciplinary because it involves students of different specialties: Sociology, Tourism and Hospitality, Linguistic Support of Intercultural Communications.

Graduates proposed their project to various touristic companies, including Regional Tourism Center of YKSUG. Dean of the Faculty proposed students to enter Master’s studies and continue work on their project with help of the faculty and university.

This project won the 1^st place at the University Contest of Youth Ideas

Education Ministry of the Republic of Belarus has established a list of specialties in which applicants are enrolled without exams

The list of specialties is established by the Decree of the Education Ministry of the Republic of Belarus of March 20, 2017 No. 25.

The list of 29 most demanded economics specialties is included in the list established by the document. Among them are "Technical labor and entrepreneurship", "Equipment and technologies of highly efficient materials processing processes", "Machines and equipment of the forest complex", "Metallurgical production and material processing", "Agronomics", "Zootechnics", "Veterinary medicine", "Forestry ". The gold and silver medalists, as well as the entrants who have a distinction diploma of vocational education with a general secondary education with distinction, and a diploma of secondary professional education have the right to enter these specialties without examinations.

No entrance exams in these specialities are required for the winners of international olympiads (diplomas I, II, III degrees), as per the list approved by the Education Ministry of the Republic of Belarus, and the republican olympiad in academic subjects conducted in the 2016/2017 academic year, for which this subject is defined as the second subject of the profile test.

Without entrance examinations - the winners of the third (regional, Minsk city) stage of the republican olympiad on academic subjects, conducted in the academic 2016/2017 year on student courses, the list of which is established by the Ministry of Education and Science.

The command of the military faculty of the Yanka Kupala State University became the winner of the championship of military faculties in military-applied all-around and all-around military-sports complex

Our students won the second place in the republican competitions.

The championship of military faculties of civil higher educational institutions for military-applied all-around fighting was held at the sports base of the Belarusian State Academy of Aviation within the framework of the 12th military sports festival.

These competitions united teams of seven military faculties of the leading higher educational institutions of the Republic of Belarus. Among them are representatives of the military faculty of the Yanka Kupala Grodno State University.

Within two days, the top 50 sportsmen competed for the right to become the strongest. The race for prize-winning places was in three age categories: among military men under 30, over 30 years and over 40 years. Participants had to run 100 m, 1 or 3 km, to get over obstacle course, to throw a grenade with maximum accuracy and do as many pull-ups on the crossbar as possible.

In the category of servicemen up to the age of 30, the third place was taken by the teacher of the Department of Theory and Organization of Physical Training and Sports of the Servicemen – Captain Pavel Kirmel, head of Physical Training. Among the military men over 30 years, skipper Dmitry Karpuk also entered to the top three of the winners of the battalion of cadets of the military faculty of the Yanla Kupala University.

• As Victor Golub, the main referee of the competitions, said, competition is increasing with the growing prestige of competitions in military-applied all-round fighting. Military personnel of military faculties who were not included in the main teams but wished to compete in the individual championship, could take part in the championship.

The Department of Politology from law faculty of Yanka Kupala State University and the Institute of Philosophy (National Academy of Sciences) of the Republic of Belarus have plans to extend scientific and research cooperation.

During the negotiation Victor Watyl, the head of the department of political science at the law faculty (GRSU), and Anatoly Lazarevich, director of the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences in the Republic of Belarus arranged to extend and deepen the cooperation in the field of scientific researches.

The meeting of representatives of two higher education institutes was held within framework of the republican conference “The Belarusian Philosophical Society : History and Modernity” which was held on April 11, at the Institute of Philosophy  (National Academy of Sciences)  in the Republic of Belarus.  The scientific forum was organized in the context of the priorities of the Year of Science in Belarus.

The participants - scientists from all regions of the country - reviewed the milestones of the philosophical movement in Belarus in the XX-XXI centuries, the experience of self-organization of the country's philosophical community, the tasks and perspective directions of its activities. Doctor of Political Sciences Viktor Vatyl made a report within the framework of the section "Methodology of research and forecasting of the cultural and civilizational dynamics of Belarus".

As it was noted at the Institute of Philosophy (the National Academy of Sciences) in Belarus, the work of the conference was focused on developing mechanisms and recommendations for the development and popularization of philosophical knowledge, also as well as on organizing interdisciplinary scientific and humanitarian discussion, implementation promising research and publishing projects, promotion of the Belarusian philosophical tradition in the eyes of domestic and international scientific and educational community.