On January 29, 2020, Karaganda industrial university hosted the webinar “Introduction to QS Rankings”, organized by the head of the quality management System Department Olga klimentyevna Pak.

As you know, the rating of the best higher education institutions depends directly on the main indicators and achievements of the University in the field of science, education and competitiveness, which is calculated using the method of the British consulting company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) – which is one of the most influential global rankings of the best universities of world importance.

QS World University Rankings was developed in 2004 by Quacquarelli Symonds in conjunction with the British publication Times Higher Education (THE).

This rating evaluates universities in the following key positions: activity and quality of research activities, employers ‘ opinions and career potential, teaching and internationalization. These indicators cover the key strategic missions of universities of global importance, for which they are responsible to the participants of the process: the academic community, employers, students and their parents. Every year, the study evaluates more than 2.5 thousand higher education institutions around the world. According to its results, a ranking of the 500 best universities in the world is compiled, as well as university rankings for individual disciplines.

The level of university achievement is assessed based on a combination of statistical analysis of educational institutions, audited data (including information on the citation index from the Scopus database, the world’s largest bibliometric database of scientific publications), as well as data from a global expert survey of representatives of the international academic community and employers who Express their opinions about universities. The following are quantitative and qualitative indicators for evaluating the performance of universities.

During the webinar, regional Director of QS World University Rankings for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Zoya Zaitseva told the event participants about the methodology for selecting universities in the QS-rating and the position of Kazakh universities in it.

Zoya Zaitseva focused her attention on how to increase the University’s awareness, as well as on what is strictly forbidden to do in order not to lose her position in the QS-rating.

At the end of 2019, our University also submitted an application to participate in the QS-rating.

As Olga Klimentyevna noted: “Karaganda industrial university has a lot of serious work to do to improve its scientometric indicators, internationalization, and recognition among the international academic community. But this process is actively moving forward.”

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On January 20, 2020, in order to achieve the most favorable conditions for developing educational programs for two-degree education, the university hosted an online conference with representatives of the US University of Dubai branch and representatives of the University of Jordan, where they discussed issues of expanding cooperation.

Double-degree education is the possibility of parallel training in two (or more) universities under a joint educational program with the subsequent receipt of diplomas of the relevant educational institutions.

Double-degree education is an important area of ​​practical integration of Kazakhstani higher education in the international educational space. Work in this direction, being the main strategic direction of the development of the university in order to increase the competitiveness of the university in the educational, research, international educational space of the university, meets the basic principles and requirements of the Bologna process.

It is worth noting that for university graduates who have successfully completed a double-degree education program, the possibility of employment in Kazakhstan and foreign companies will double.

Representatives of KSIU asked questions and received constructive, comprehensive answers. At the moment, KSIU teachers have begun preparations for the development of double-degree educational programs and the arrival of US representatives.

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At the initiative of President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev,  2020 is declared the Year of the Volunteer in Kazakhstan.

In his speech at the closing of the Youth Year, the Head of State said, noted that in our time it is a mistake to perceive volunteering as just one-time community work day and environmental events-challenges. After all, it is generally accepted that volunteering is a movement that originated in the West, and, they say, has nothing to do with us. But we all know that the very essence of volunteering – to do something from good intentions – is in line with our national traditions and values. Volunteering is not just free work, but an indicator of citizens’ responsibility and readiness to change the world for the better.

Since 2019, our government has specifically launched the “Social Student Voucher” project, which is aimed at supporting volunteer initiatives, to support and develop the volunteer movement in Kazakhstan. Under this project, students who work 20 hours as volunteers receive a reward of 20 thousand tenge, and students who work 50 hours receive 50 thousand tenge.

For the convenience of volunteers, the country launched the online platform QazVolunteer.kz, developed by the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan in conjunction with the ALE “National Volunteer Network”. The work of the qazvolunteer.kz online platform allows you to create channels of interaction between volunteer participants, coordinate the activities of volunteers and volunteer organizations in Kazakhstan, and provide information support for volunteer projects / programs / actions.

The functionality of the qazvolunteer.kz online platform allows volunteers to implement new initiatives, post information about their activities in the public domain, and organizers of projects, actions and events to find volunteers and volunteer organizations. It also forms a rating of volunteers on the platform based on the results of the work.

Visitors to the qazvolunteer.kz online platform can familiarize themselves with materials on international experience of volunteering, positive practice of volunteering in the country, conducted and planned events.

In the Karaganda State Industrial University, over 40 volunteer students take part in the project.

In January 2020, 4 students – volunteers of our university, having successfully passed the project conditions, received 20 thousand tenge. From November to December 2019, they worked under the Social Student Loan program as part of the Republican charity project Zhenis, whose work is aimed at creating and developing an understanding of the values ​​of the relationship between children and the older generation; facilitating the involvement of the target group in the educational process; introduction of new social technologies, psychological support for the elderly; stimulating them to an active, interesting and long life by organizing joint leisure for the elderly and children in the city of Temirtau.

In the city of Temirtau, the Shanyrak volunteer organization is functioning at the Temirtau Youth Club, in which more than 200 active students are involved in the volunteer movement. KSIU volunteers help in orphanages, visit veterans of the Great Patriotic War and home front workers left without relatives, take part in charity work, help the police in finding missing people, participate in socially significant projects of our city, and also conduct a huge number of events a year.

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The Karaganda State Industrial University summed up the first paid UNT – 2020.

Acceptance of documents for participation in the delivery of UNT-January 2020. was carried out in the period from December 1 to December 15, 2019 on the basis of P of ENT (main building of KGIU, 121 cabinet), and men enrolled in KSIU on a full-time basis on a paid basis until the end of the first academic period – on the basis of the front office of the Admissions Committee (main building of KGIU, 117 office).

Of the 30 educational institutions of the city of Temirtau and the village of Aktau, 626 graduates submitted applications for participation in UNT, which is 62% of all graduates (1011 people) in this region.

Unified national testing on the basis of the Karaganda State Industrial University (KSIU) was carried out in accordance with the approved two-stream order on January 18 and 19, 2020.

The collection of applicants on January 18 and 19 was organized at 7.30 hours. The organized launch of graduates in the classroom on January 18 and 19 began at 8.00 and ended at 9.00. Inspection of applicants at the entrance and their launch in the audience was carried out by representatives of the State Commission. According to the instructions, the test pass was carried out using an arched metal detector and 2 hand-held metal detectors provided by employees of the Department of Internal Affairs.

The medical staff on duty was organized at the KSIU medical centre, where, if necessary, qualified medical assistance could be provided to test participants.

The testing was controlled by representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the State Commission, the Special Monitoring Group and the Anti-Corruption Agency.

When checking with metal detectors during the launch, mobile phones were discovered on January 18, 2020 – at 2 applicants, on January 19, 2020 – at 2 applicants. These applicants were not admitted to testing, relevant acts were drawn up.

In the course of testing using video surveillance, the facts of using mobile phones in 1current were revealed – by the 1st applicant, who was removed from testing in this regard, and the test results were canceled. In the second current, such facts were not revealed.

After testing, scanning of answer sheets was carried out. Identification was carried out by representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and members of the State Commission.

In general, the technology for conducting UNT was strictly observed in accordance with the Rules for the Unified National Testing.

Parents and teachers of schoolchildren could observe how UNT is going on online both on the NTC website and on the university’s Internet resource (https://old.tttu.edu.kz//).

UNT Results – January 2020:

1 current (01/18/2020) – 350 people were announced, 346 graduates came to UNT (including 1 graduate whose results were canceled), which amounted to 98.8%.

Of these, 21 people passed 2 subjects (History of Kazakhstan and Reading Literacy) and will participate in the creative exam.

4 entrants did not appear at UNT.

UNT results for those who donate 5 items:

– overcame the threshold level of points and scored more than 5 points in individual subjects – 224 people, which amounted to 68.9%.

– maximum score – 97;

– minimum score –18;

– the average score is 55.7.

UNT results for those who passed 2 subjects (History of Kazakhstan and Reading Literacy) and those wishing to participate in the creative exam:

– overcame the threshold level of points and scored more than 5 points in individual subjects – 19 people, which amounted to 90.5%;

– the minimum score is 17;

– maximum score – 32;

– the average score is 24.4.

2 current (01/19/2020) – 417 people were announced, of which 124 were applicants who had previously submitted for UNT in other settlements, but who had passed UNT on the basis of KGIU due to weather conditions. 392 people appeared at UNT, of which 357 handed over 5 items, 35 – 2 items.

25 applicants did not appear at UNT.

UNT results for those who donate 5 items:

– overcame the threshold level of points and scored more than 5 points in individual subjects – 181 people, which amounted to 50.7%.

– maximum score – 112;

– minimum score –22;

– average score –55.26.

UNT results for those who passed 2 subjects (History of Kazakhstan and Reading Literacy) and those wishing to participate in the creative exam:

– overcame the threshold level of points and scored more than 5 points in individual subjects – 29 people, which amounted to 82.9%;

– the minimum score is 10;

– maximum score – 35;

– the average score is 23.9.

The acceptance of applications for appeal based on the test results was carried out on January 19 and 20, 2020 from 9:00 to 13:00. No appeals were received by the appeals commission.

Similar UNTs will be held in March and August. Unlike the main July UNT, paid tests do not allow you to qualify for a state educational grant.

It should be noted that those who have not passed the threshold level and who do not have enough points to enter the university on a paid basis will be able to retake testing in March this year.

… Perhaps, when taking UNT, the student chose the wrong combination of specialized subjects, or it was his first attempt, which ended in failure, but which, in turn, would lead him to strengthen his training in core disciplines, or change the set of core disciplines …

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