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SUAI at First UK-Russia Rectors Forum

November 14, 2019 the First UK-Russia Rectors Forum brought together Russian and British higher education leaders to discuss and academic mobility, online-education, talent recruitment etc. SUAI was represented at the Forum by its Vice-Rector for International Affairs Konstantin V. Losev.

Within university-university talks in the Forum Konstantin V. Losev met Stephen Flint, Vice-President for international Affairs at the University of Manchester to discuss trends and focuses of international higher education.

The participants of the Forum promoted active international contacts, dwelling on importance of cooperation in science and education for better understanding between the countries. Many of participants have had long-term warm contacts based on respect and hard work.

In conclusion, the parties agreed to enhance long-term cooperation and simplify academic mobility between Russia and UK.

SUAI at High Level UNESCO Conference

November 13, 2019 SUAI’s Rector Yulia A. Antokhina represented the University at the High Level UNESCO Conference on inclusion and mobility in higher education.

In the Conference within the 40th UNESCO General Conference universities-partners of UNESCO promoted access to higher education of excellent quality based on open sources and IT mechanisms.

The Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation marked growing popularity of Russian higher education, Mikhail M. Kotyukov, sharing positions with France and Germany.

In accordance with UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals, the Conference resulted in accepting the UNESCO Global Convention on higher education qualification recognition, integration and equal accessibility.

CosmoStart 2019 Opening at SUAI

November 7, 2019 the SUAI’s Rector Yulia A. Antokhina opened the CosmoStart 2019 Festival. This year’s CosmoStart is dedicated to the Moon surface studies to commemorate the 60^th Anniversary of Soviet expedition of 1959 when the world saw the pictures of the Moon’s dark side for the first time.

The Festival brought together more than 1000 participants from 12 regions of Russia to test R&D achievements, enjoy the show and meet colleagues and friends.

Russian cosmonauts Sergey K. Krikalev, Andrei I. Borisenko, Mukhtar R. Aikhmanov and St. Petersburg administration attended the Festival to encourage youth and discuss national cosmonautics.

Meeting with Dr. Carlos López-Mariscal

October 31, 2019. Dr. Carlos López-Mariscal visited the university and gave a lecture on Writing the Best Journal Manuscript and on Tailored vector polarization states of light, presenting a novel experimental technique to straightforwardly generate arbitrary vector beams and  demonstrating numerical evidence to validate their designed state of polarization. 

The second part of the presentationdwelled on development of leadership skills for young scientists and possibilities of realizing their potential in science.

SUAI Meets Polytechnic Institute of Advanced Science (France)

October 22, 2019 SUAI welcomed a French delegation from the Polytechnic Institute of Advanced Science (IPSA) of the Toulouse campus Head Jean-Marc Chalin and the Coordinator of IPSA development program with Russia Marina Latour.

SUAI met the guests with speeches and presentations by the Rector Yulia A. Antokhina, the Vice-Rector for the international Affairs Konstantin V. Losev and the Vice-Rector for Educational Activities Valery A. Matyash promoting student exchange.

In the negotiations the parties discussed the dual certification program and curriculums for French students, interns at SUAI. The IPSA delegation met their students at SUAI to hear positive feedback on educational process.