International seminar on the implementation of the Bologna process in the Belarusian education system was held at Yanka Kupala State University with the support of the European Union experts.

The coordinator of  the project FOSTERC is a representative of  Polytechnic University of Valencia, and the experts from the University of Turku, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences and the University of Bialystok visited Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno to discuss the implementation of the Bologna process in the Republic of Belarus. The representatives of the project note that its goal is, first of all, to orient the Belarusian education system to a student. It is necessary to turn to modern methods of developing educational programs based on the competence approach, which is aimed at the practical component of the content of education, the independent work of students and getting necessary professional competences. This approach in education involves creating new teaching methods and testing its effectiveness.  During the training part of the workshop participants developed a pilot version of the curriculum, defined and formed methods for evaluating students.

The representatives of Physico-Technical Faculty of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno took part in Management Meeting and Workshop of  Erasmus+ project "Improvement of Master Level Education in the Field of Physical Sciences in Belarusian Universities".

The meeting was held 30 November – 1 December, 2017 in Riga Technical University (Latvia). The participants from universities of Belarus, Belgium, Cyprus, and Latvia discussed   Master level education improvement and curricular development in universities.

The Republican Universiade 2017 Futsal, the students of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno is the Best

In the framework of the Universiade was held Open Cup of futsal for the prizes of the Belarusian Association of student sport. For the first place in the competition fought for the students of all higher educational institutions of the country.

The team of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno were in group "A". Opponents of our students in group stage were players from 15 universities, of which students of Kupala University won in group matches.

In the semifinal, the students of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno met with representatives of the Gomel state University by Francisk Skarina. The match ended in a draw.

– The game score was 4:4, – said the coach of the team, senior lecturer in sports games Vasiliy Savich. However, in the penalty shootout our players snatched victory from opponents.

In the final, our students had played with the team of Belarusian state pedagogical university named after Maxim Tank.

The match was good: playing in a dead heat, almost to the last minute the score was 4:4. But a few seconds before the end of the game, the students snatched the victory from opponents and scored the decisive and winning goal. The game ended in our favor with a score of 5:4! – added Vasiliy Aleksandrovich.

Note that in the team of the Grodno University included students of the faculty of physical culture Kirill Karpenko, Artem Kuzmitskiy, Evgeni Leshko, Edward Pugach, Paul Teslyukevich, faculty of mathematics and informatics Alexander Kremko, Tom Lazarchik, Sergey Pleshkov, faculty  of engineering and construction  Dmitry Knysh and Eugene Laptukhov, the law faculty Mikhail Kirillov, Nikita Tchaikovsky, a student of the faculty of history, communication and tourism Vadim Kuzma and student of the physico technical faculty Maxim Shishlov.

Assistance in the preparation of our students had a senior lecturer in the department of physical education and sport Alexei Obelevski and senior lecturer in sports games Arkady Obelevski.

Professor of  Bialystok University Joanna karpinskaya met with representatives of the faculty of biology and ecology the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno and discussed perspective directions.

Currently, between the two universities, an agreement on cooperation. In the framework of the signed document parties plan to develop partnerships for the Erasmus+ programme: to prepare a joint project proposal, to undertake joint research in the field of environmental chemistry, to publish the results of their research in rating publications.In addition, representatives of the Department of ecology and Professor of the Polish University agreed on joint organization of international scientific-practical conference "Actual problems of ecology", which is annually held at the faculty of biology and ecology Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno.

During the visit Professor Joanna Karpinskaya lectured for students of the specialty "Bioecology" and MA of the specialty "Ecology" in the course "Chemical ecology". Also the guest told about the history and modern structure of the University in Bialystok and the main directions of scientific works of sruff of faculty of biology and chemistry. Note that the research of Professor Joanna Karpinskaya associated with the development of new microextraction methods for isolation of organic compounds from the environment, which is important for students and teachers of the faculty of biology and ecology.

Pedagogical Skills Week will be held at the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.

The program of the Pedagogical Skills Week, which will be held from 5 to 7 December, provides for a master class, an open lecture-dialogue, a distant heuristic occupation and a roundtable discussion.

Teachers of the Grodno State University as participants of the course "Methodology of learning through discovery: how to teach everyone in different ways, but equally" of Andrei Korol, doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, will share their experience in using innovative educational technologies in the educational process.

On Tuesday, 5 December, a master class "Social Network as an Educational Resource (using the example of the Instagram social network)" for students and teachers of the University will be held". Beginning will be at 12.00 at the address: Ozheshko, 22 street, aud. 209. Lecturers of this master classes are Ekaterina Pchelnik and Elena Lapish, the teachers of Technological College, Educational Institution “The Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno”.

On Wednesday, 6 December, Svetlana Leskevich, an associate professor of the Department of Foreign Languages, will hold an open lecture-dialogue "Belarussian language: fields of application" for the 1st year students of the specialty "Belarusian Philology" of the Faculty of Philology. The beginning will be at 11.40 in the educational media complex, aud. 218a.

On Thursday, 7 December, a remote heuristic lesson "The lesson of tax literacy" will be held for students of the 1st year of specialties "Jurisprudence" and "International Law" of the law faculty and also for pupils of 11 "A" tax class at the secondary school No. 13 in Grodno. In the lesson will be attended by Lydia Semashko, the head of the inspection of the Ministry of Taxes and Levies for the Grodno region, Svetlana Cheburanova, the dean of the law faculty, and Marina Kolotsey, the head of the teaching and methodical department, assistant professor of the theory and history of state and law. Beginning will be at 15.00 (educational media complex, aud. 218a).

Also there will be an open lecture "Once again about taxes: for everyone" for students, undergraduates, graduate students of the Faculty of Economics and Management. The participants will be Lidia Semashko, the head of the inspection of the Ministry of Taxes and Levies for the Grodno region, a member of the Coordination Council of the Economics and Management Department, and Marina Karpitskaya, the dean of the Economics and Management Department. Beginning will be at 11.40 am at the address: Gospodarcha 23 st., aud. 101.

The Week of Pedagogical Excellence will end with summing up the results and awarding the winners of the creative works "A cloud of poetric values" (beginning will be at 11.30, aud. 209) and the roundtable discussion of participants of the course "Methodology of learning through discovery: how to teach everyone in different ways, but equally" of Andrei Korol and students of pedagogical specialties on the topic "Professional skills of a modern teacher: the path to success" (beginning will be at 11.45, aud. 209).

We invite you to take part in the events of the Pedagogical Skills Week!

Trainings on development of critical thinking and research activity of the teacher at universities of Kazakhstan were conducted by representatives of the pedagogical faculty of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.

Elena Belokoz and Natalia Mikhailova, associate Professors of the Department of Pedagogics and Social Work, were invited as foreign experts to conduct trainings in the framework of the project "Training by domestic and foreign specialists in pedagogical specialties on the basis of the best international standards in management and training". The project is implemented by the Higher School of Education of Nazarbayev University on the initiative of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The trainings were held at the Karaganda State University of the name of academician E.A. Buketov and Atyrau State University of the name of H. Dosmukhamedov and they were devoted to the development of critical thinking and research activities of the teacher. Students, undergraduates, and teaching staff of higher educational institutions took part in them.

- The training in Atyrau State University of the name of H. Dosmukhamedov was visited by professor Abzal Taltenov, the rector of the university, doctor of chemical sciences, Nurlan Nogayev, the governor of Atyrau region, professor Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed ,the first deputy chairman of the Nur Otar party, the doctor of law, and the delegation of the administrative apparatus of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which was in Atyrau with a working trip - said Natalia Mikhailova, assistant of the dean of the Faculty of Education. - The management highly appreciated the content of the training session, and Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed recommended to consider the possibilities of using this project for training officials, political scientists and ideologists of Kazakhstan, using the opportunities of Belarus and, in particular, the coaches of the Grodno University.

In addition to the trainings, the associate professors of the Chair of Pedagogics and Social Work conducted a series of meetings, during which they discussed the prospects for further cooperation of the Grodno State University with higher education institutions in Kazakhstan.

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

In the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno students-athletes were honored.

The solemn meeting of the administration of YKSUG, the faculty of physical culture and representatives of the sports club was held on November, 23. The event was invited students and graduates who create sporting glory at the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.

Among them are winners and prize-winners of world and Europe championships, European games, republican competitions, masters of sports, including international class. This fighters are Radik Kuliev, Alexander Grabovik, Sergei Malyavsky, Ilya Lavrinovich, Andrei Mikhailovsky, Maxim Pashkov, as well as athletes are Maxim Andraloyt and Irina Zhuk.

 – I  am very much pleased to welcome today the famous university athletes who, thanks for their sporting achievements, celebrate not only their native alma mater, but also they strengthen the state's image in the international arena, - Irina Kiritko, the first pro-rector, , greeted the participants of the event. – Believe in yourself and remember that your victories are the victories of the whole country!

Irina Fedorovna congratulated the guys who participated in the match with the representatives of the US national Greco-Roman wrestling team, she thanked them for exciting fights and victory over rivals. The first pro-rector sent a special words of thanks to Vyacheslav Maksimo, the coach of the YKSUG students, honored coach of the USSR and the BSSR, professor, head of the department of physical education and sports, as the support and preparation wouldn’t be possible without him.

 "The work of the coach and his sportsmen is a multifaceted work," said Vyacheslav Alexandrovich. - The coach supports his sportsmen not only in the sports arena, the coach supports them constantly and the coach is both a psychologist, a doctor, and a second father for sportsmen. We inherited the traditions of the Soviet sports school, which we are going to be continued in the future, so that our athletes could conquer new heights.

At the meeting, students asked their questions to the university administration and told about plans for the near future and coming competitions. On behalf of all the sportsmen of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Irina Zhuk thanked the university administration and teachers for their support during the competitions and studies.

At the end of the meeting, Irina Kuturko presented the students with grateful letters from the university and presents.

The Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno disseminates the experience of organizing and conducting  of orienteering competitions

For the first time the faculty of physical culture of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno conducted "Sports Orientation and Methods of Training" courses.

The first graduates recently received certificates and also in the near future they plan to take part as organizers in orienteering competitions, both in our country and abroad.

Certified experts in the field of orientation were students of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno and Grodno State Agrarian University, teachers of Grodno schools and teachers of additional education from Minsk and Volkovysk. Many of the participants are members of the Grodno orienteering club "Cronan".

As Edward Arod who is one of the organizers of the courses, the chairman of the Grodno regional federation of orienteering, the deputy chairman of the Belorussian federation of orienteering, the assistant professor of sports disciplines, said Vasif Vagif Ogly Rustamov , the student from Azerbaijan, who is educated at the faculty of physical culture of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, already is due at home. The Azerbaijan Orienteering Federation is interested in the specialist who will hold competitions on this kind of sport at a high level. Colleagues from Azerbaijan are confident in the highly professional preparation of the student and also they plan to adopt the Belarusian experience in sports orienteering.

Within the framework of the courses the participants studied the features of the organization of the competitions and the tourist camp and they noted the factors that influence on the result of orientation. At the same time, special emphasis was placed on ensuring the safety of athletes. In addition, the classes were devoted to general and special physical training of the organizers of competitions and tactical, topographical and technical preparation for orienteering.

Igor Martynenko, Head of the Department of Civil Law and Procedure of the Law Faculty of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, took part in a seminar on the protection of the archaeological heritage of Belarus

Specialists in the protection of historical and cultural heritage, representatives of the land management service, the departments of architecture and construction and housing and communal services, the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus met to discuss issues of improving the protection of archaeological sites and artifacts in the E.F. Karsky regional library.

- Today, we have done a lot to protect the monuments of archeology, - said Elena Klimovich, First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Ideological Work, Culture and Youth Affairs of the Regional Executive Committee. - In all districts of Grodno region, inventory of the monuments has been carried out, also in many regions some projects have been developed for the protection of monuments of archeology. Such projects as Ivie, Mosty, Ostrovets, Oshmyany districts today are on the approval of the Ministry of Culture.

During the seminar Igor Martynenko, the head of the law and process department of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, introduced the basics of responsibility for violations of legislation in the field of protection of historical and cultural heritage and also he demonstrated some examples of vandalism, destruction of monuments, illegal excavation of archaeological excavations.

It should be noted that complex and systematic studies of the legal protection of historical and cultural heritage are conducted at the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, one of the results of which is the introduction of the special course "Legal Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage" in the educational process and the publication of the same textbook in 2017.

The seminar was organized by the management of ideological work, culture and youth affairs of the Grodno local government.

Students-athletes of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno named the best in mini-football and volleyball competitions at the sport and athletic metting of student youth of the Union State

In the Brest hero-city, competitions were attended by more than 200 students from 20 universities of Belarus and Russia.

Many of the participants are candidate masters of sports. Among them are students-athletes of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, who repeatedly won and became winners of regional, national and international competitions.

As part of the Spartakiad, the students of YKSUG showed a high level of sports training: young men and women performed well in two sports, taking first place. The men's national team of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno named the best among the teams in mini-football. The guys beat all the teams in their subgroup and won with the score 7: 6 with the BSUFK representatives in the final meeting. Arkady Obilevsky, the senior lecturer of the sports games department, was training this team.

The women's team won in volleyball.

- Our volleyball players easily beated other players from the Fyodor Dostoyevsky Omsk State University, completing the game with a score of 2: 0. With the same result the match with the Southern Federal University ended in favor of our team. In the game with representatives of the Baranovichi State University, we also won with a score of 2: 1.- said Stanislav Lisovsky, the coach of the women's volleyball team at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, the senior teacher of the Department of Physical Education and Sports. - In the finals we met with athletes of the Belgorod State National Research University and won in two games over rivals.

The teams of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno returned home with Cups and diplomas of the winners.