Since the beginning of the fall semester KNRTU specialists have been participating in the implementation of the grant supported by the Potanin Foundation “Engineering Education in the Age of Change: Hybrid Learning, Micro Qualifications Partnership in the BRICS+ Format”. The project leader is Alexander Gorylev, Associate Professor of the Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law, Deputy Head of International Cooperation Office of Lobachevsky University.

From September to November 2024, KNRTU representatives conducted a series of online classes integrated into the training program for the lecturers of Lobachevsky University. Based on the results of the classes, the lecturers will receive certificates of professional development from the Institute of Additional Professional Education of KNRTU.

From November 27th to 30th, Artem Bezrukov, Associate Professor of the Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry; Julia Ziyatdinova, Director of the Institute of Additional Professional Education; and Anna Sukhristina, Director of International Affairs, were invited to Lobachevsky University as experts to participate in a face-to-face session. During the session, our experts shared their experience with colleagues from Nizhniy Novgorod and guided them to the development of their own educational projects. The workshops and trainings were practice oriented and were focused on improvement of the educational process and programs.

As a part of the face-to-face session, Artem Bezrukov spoke about the implementation of the #fondpotanin25 anniversary grant at the Department of Physical and Colloidal Chemistry, timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Foundation.

The concluding event of the project – an international seminar and roundtable “Engineering Education in the Age of Change: Hybrid Learning, Micro Qualifications Partnership in the BRICS+ Format” – will be at Lobachevsky University in early February 2025. The results of the project and prospects for further inter-university cooperation in education will be discussed at this event.

“ This format of collaboration is a great opportunity to translate KNRTU experience, exchange expert opinion with colleagues from other universities, as well as to follow promising areas of development of higher education” - said Anna Sukhristina.