SUAI Students Attend International Lectures on Aviation

May 12 and 14, 2020 Ivan Berazhny, a senior lecturer at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Degree Programme in Aviation Business, offered online lectures to the students of transport technology processes. The lectures included an introduction to airline revenue management and a review of COVID-19 impacts on airline fares. Ivan Berazhny provided the students with latest insights, relevant statistical information on airline performance, including IATA sources, current approaches to airline strategic development, airlines positioning at different markets, and airlines decision-making when managing the pricing of airline products.

Our students Natalia Prishcepa, Sofia Bogdanova, Elizaveta Suslova, Semion Aleskeev, Anastasia Gorelova and Polina Erofeevskaya listened to the international speaker, asked questions in the chat and left positive feedback on the meeting. Below you can read the impressions shared by the participants.

Prishchepa Natalia, group 1821

I would like to express my deep gratitude to the lecturer Ivan Berazhny for sharing the information and his experience in the field of civil aviation. During the lectures, we learned about how aviation performs during coronavirus pandemic, about its impacts on the airline industry, variation in �fuel price�, performance of �hub airports� and much more. A huge plus for me was that one of the lectures was conducted entirely in English, which helped me improve my learning of aviation subjects in English. Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, many thanks for the experience!

Bogdanova Sofia, group 1821 

It was very interesting and informative to attend the lectures and interact with the expert Ivan Berazhny from a Finnish university of applied sciences Haaga-Helia. Thanks to this opportunity provided by the university, I learned a lot of new and useful information in the field of logistics and not only. The lecture was in English, and everyone could pose a question to the lecturer. I thank our university and our Finnish partners for such a unique opportunity!

Suslova Elizaveta, group 1821

The lectures organised by Nikolai Mayorov and conducted by Ivan Berazhny, a lecturer from the Finnish University of Applied Sciences Haaga-Helia were very rich in knowledge. All issues considered were very relevant, such as factors affecting the pricing policies in the air transport industry, air transport under conditions of coronavirus pandemic. In addition to the latest statistics, an analysis of the air transport situation in the world was also given. The lecturer from Haaga-Helia explained the topics in clear language. Giving feedback to the lecturer was possible at each lecture, the teacher also answered all the questions on time. The experience of these lectures was unique and very useful.

Alekseev Semion, group 1821

On May 12 and 14, our entire group listened to lectures by Ivan Berazhny from the Aviation Business program in Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. We learned a lot of facts and current information about global air transport. We practiced English, everything was very clear and understandable with a very interesting presentation and graphics. We hope that we will get another chance to listen to such lectures.

Gorelova Anastasia, group 1822

These lectures are a unique and interesting experience for us. We were able to see our future profession from the economic and financial perspectives of the air transport. We had the opportunity to ask questions and chat with an international expert in English. Many thanks to Berazhny Ivan, Mayorov Nikolay and Fetisov Vladimir Andreevich for this meeting!

Erofeevskaya Polina, group 1822

  Firstly, I would like to express my gratitude for the fact that we were able to hold such concise, but so informative and interesting lectures. Thanks to our university and thanks to the lecturer of Haag-Helia University of Applied Sciences Ivan Berazhny! It was very nice to listen to him. Each of us learned about how airline revenue management outside of our country is applied, as well as about the cost of flights after removing restrictions due to COVID-19. Lectures were held in both Russian and English, which allowed us to practice our aviation English.

SUAI Participates in Erasmus+ Webinar on Remote Attendance Learning

May 8, 2020 University of Deusto (Spain) and National Erasmus+ Office in Russia organized a webinar for Russian and Eastern-European universities to discuss remote work and learning during the pandemic situation.

SUAI participated in the event to learn experience of Spanish colleagues and share its own tools enabling work and studies during this period.

In the webinar the participants shared their views and methods in transition to remote work and learning, discussed difficulties for some of the universities� services and offices and talked on different pedagogical models in online learning.

The universities agreed that finding correct models and tools is the key issue in transition to efficient remote functioning.

SUAI Participates in QS Solutions Webinar on Navigating Your University Search during Covid-19

May 5, 2020 QS Solutions experts organized a joint webinar together with INSEAD R&D Center (France), Michigan Ross School of Business and Indian School of Business.

How to Navigate Your University Search during Covid-19? � became the key question of the webinar to discuss with students, staff and administrations at universities. The session considered enrollment possibilities in 2020, choosing education online and responding to COVID-19 issues.

In the webinar the participants talked on current challenges and modern processes launched and accelerated due to the pandemic situation. Students have to choose their education this year without visiting campuses and the webinar recommended on how to make a better choice. Universities will also need to adapt to stay attractive for international candidates.

SUAI at German Week in St. Petersburg 2020

The second half of April 2020 German Service for Academic Exchange (DAAD) organizes events to promote German education in St. Petersburg within German Week 2020.

It is an annual event since 2003 aiming at increasing popularity of German culture in St. Petersburg. Among others interested in social, economical and cultural life in Germany, Russian and German universities make use of this week to create new contacts and share experience.

SUAI participates in online-meetings and webinars, since the whole schedule is now in the internet. In the webinars universities talk on academic exchange, scholarships for German education and other enrollment issues in 2020.

This week will see two webinars on abovementioned topics on April 29 and 30:

-        18:00-19:00, 29.04, https://www.daad.ru/ru/event/vebinar-stipendialnye-programmy-daad-2/;

-        17:00-18:00, 30.04, http://daad.reflact.com/beratung_daad/ .

QS Solutions: Managing International Partnerships and Mobilities

April 23, 2020 SUAI participated in discussions within the webinar on QS Solutions: Managing International Partnerships and Mobilities.

The webinar dwelled on current challenges in international activities that have suffered the most during the pandemic situation. Ability to organize stable work online has proved to be a necessary condition for a top ranking university. In the webinar QSU experts advised on tools and methods that reduce the negative influence of global problems and urgent measures, priority given to united structure of university activities and swiftness of reaction to challenges.

The participants discussed means to promote international programs and academic mobility, to find new partners and create distant forms of education.

15th International Conference on Electromechanics and Robotics Zavalishin's Readings � 2020 by SUAI

April 15-18, 2020 SUAI held the XV International Conference on Electromechanics and Robotics Zavalishin's Readings � 2020 simultaneously to the XIV International Conference Vibration � 2020.

This year the Conference was held online due to the pandemic situation. The new Boiling Point Center at SUAI provided the necessary means and technologies to make this digital event possible.

The Conference is an open platform for knowledge exchange between researchers, faculties, PhD students and undergraduates concerning automated control systems, technical physics, electromechanics, management in power engineering, dynamics, mechatronics, robotics, biomechanical systems and technologies and other topics.

Over the years the Conference has evolved in its concepts broadening fields of interest and geographical participation. Reports by leading national and international researchers were heard by the participants who also witnessed the latest achievements in robotics, automation and power engineering.

The best articles and reports are to be published in Russian and English respectively in the journals of the Conference.

We thank everyone for active participation and we are looking forward to seeing you in 2021 at SUAI.