Representatives of all three faculties of KSIU during the autumn semester were trained in the program “Academic Mobility” at the Technical University of Ostrava.

The participants of the program were students of technical specialties “Metallurgy”, “Construction”, “Materials Science and Technology of New Materials”, “Technology of Materials Processing by Pressure”, “Computer Science and Software” and “Automation and Control”. Before the trip to the Czech Republic, the candidates passed two stages of competitive selection, showing a sufficient level of knowledge of a foreign language and having a good average score of the document on education.

Academic mobility of students is one of the main principles of the Bologna Declaration and one of the strategic directions of the KSIU. This program is aimed at improving the quality of higher education, increasing the effectiveness of scientific research, establishing external and internal integration links, and using the world’s educational resources.

“Studying in another country, our students develop and expand their language teaching skills and learn new methods,” says the rector of the KSIU Bakhyt Zhautikov. – On the international labor market graduates of joint educational programs have additional advantages. The experience of participation in the program “Academic Mobility” expands the horizons of intellect and provides new professional opportunities. Over the four-year period, the external academic mobility of our students has increased from four to twelve people a year.

As usual, after returning home, the participants of the program have a lot of emotions and impressions of what they saw.

Artem Plotnikov (2nd year, “Automation and management” group):

– The Czech Republic is a rather ambiguous country. From her visit I have a lot of positive emotions and memories. We studied in the city of Ostrava – it is 370 kilometers from the capital. They have experienced all the differences in education and its value. Much is made for independent study at a time convenient for you, the materials are given in an accessible form. All the training material, as well as its schedule and the number of points received for the tests, can be easily obtained on the university’s website through your personal cabinet. Teachers there are pretty demanding, do not make allowances, which I think is fair. Since mid-September for four months, I have been trained at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. All my lectures were somehow connected with programming, so if you make progress in this field, then I’m sure that studying there will multiply them.

Khurshid Akhmedov (2nd year, construction group):

– If you know English, then studying abroad is easy. And in the Czech Republic it’s best to know Czech – this will help a lot when communicating with the local population. At the university, I liked teachers who were always ready to help, knowing that we know English not yet perfectly. Students are very sociable and kind. I became friends with local children, learning about their culture and national cuisine, and with representatives of Turkey, Italy, Vietnam, Slovakia, Germany and other countries. I think this is a memory for life.

Over the past few years, students and undergraduates of KSIU have been trained and practiced in leading universities not only in the Czech Republic, but also in Poland, Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. In turn, KSIU gives knowledge to students and undergraduates of KSTU, Karaganda Economic University Kazpotrebsoyuz and many others. In addition, within the framework of the memorandum with the strategic partner of ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC, 25-30 students of the Institute of Information Technologies LNMIIT (Jaipur, India) study annually at KSIU.

– The program “Academic Mobility” in KSIU  has been working for several years and is in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Process. The money for these purposes is specially allocated by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Then we negotiate with the partner universities with which we have signed cooperation agreements. After that, our students who passed the competitive selection are sent free of charge to European educational institutions for one academic period – as a rule, this is the autumn semester, “says the vice-rector for academic work Galina Sivyakova. – Thus, our university, keeping pace with the times, improves the quality of education. Students of KSIU receive additional information abroad, study new subjects. In addition, getting into a completely new system for them, they adapt to other conditions of life, learn to determine their own trajectory of learning.

New time puts forward innovative requirements to the learning process. It is obvious that academic mobility is an integral feature of modern higher education. Expanding the scale of academic mobility in higher education institutions leads to a change in the quality of the institution itself, which in turn requires all its employees to be prepared to meet new challenges. Therefore, there is a need to study all aspects of this process in order to apply it to improve the national education system and the interests of Kazakhstan as a whole.

As noted by the participants of the trip, Herman Lifantiev and Grigory Miskov, the student life in Ostrava is very rich: after studying – regular trips and events, excursions to museums and planetariums. And this is done by the students themselves – they are interested in quality and active leisure activities. The price is very affordable, as for students discounts are provided. There are almost no differences between the European education system and Kazakhstan, if we analyze the quality of teaching. Very much depends on the student: if you want to learn, you will do it. But such trips are undoubtedly important for all participants of the program “Academic Mobility”, because this is an exchange of experience, acquaintance with another country, improvement of a foreign language and a good motivation for further development and progress.

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In the reading room of the KSIU library from January 31 to February 2, open reviews of the books “Novelties of Literature” are held for faculty and students of all courses. This exhibition presents all the textbooks and manuals that came to the fund of the university library in the first semester of the current academic year – and this is about one and a half thousand copies and more than 40 titles.

Almost 30% of all literature is in English, 60% in Kazakh, and 10% in Russian. Books were purchased in the publishing houses “SSK”, “Evero” and “CyberSmith”. Most of all, the department of TMT was lucky, since a solid part of the purchased textbooks is devoted to its disciplines. Several types of novelties will help in the teaching process the departments “Construction”, “EEaATS” and “TMP”.

490 books (18 titles) were delivered free of charge by the Association of Higher Educational Institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan. This is the literature of Kazakh scientists translated into English. In addition, the university received 110 books (8 titles) in the Kazakh language – these are textbooks of famous scientists, translated from English. Basically, this literature on chemistry, metallurgy and computer science.

– On the site KSIU , we regularly publish the list of books coming to our fund, – says the head of library Svetlana Noskova. – But we want teachers and students to get acquainted with new products, hold them in their hands, read the content and the annotation, make notes to themselves, which can be useful to them for work. The main aim of our exhibition is to ensure the use of new literature in the educational process.

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Cultural and recreational center “Zhastar-Otanga” had been operating for more than two years on the basis of the Karaganda State  Industrial University. The first deputy chairman of the Karaganda regional branch of the party «Nur Otan»  Ospanova K. B. visited  this center.

Center “Zhastar-Otanga” was opened with the support of the branch of the party “Nur Otan” working in JSC “ArcelorMittal Temirtau”. The center works in three directions: volunteering, journalism and KVN games. More than two hundred young men and women are engaged here, in this they are assisted by representatives of the Temirtau youth club, activists of the youth wing “Zhas Otan” in Temirtau.

Ospanova K. B. highly appreciated the work of this center and its leadership, and also got acquainted with the future plans of the activists.

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The meeting of the activists of the members of the party  «Nur Otan»  of the KSIU with the participation of the first deputy chairman of the regional branch of the party «Nur Otan», Kadisha Ospanova, was held at the university on January 17.

Among the participants in the meeting were deputies of the regional and city maslikhats, members of the party, teachers of the KSIU and representatives of student youth.

Head of the Chair of the Assembly of the Peoples of Kazakhstan Semenova T. V. acquainted the audience with the activities of the recently opened office of RGK “Ruhani jangyru”. He appeared on the initiative of Akim of Temirtau Ashimov G.A. and includes work on the formation of patriotism through the program “Tugan Zher”, the promotion of modern Kazakhstan culture in the global world, the implementation of the projects “Atameken”, “Sacred Geography”, “Otanym- tagdyrym”and others. All the planned activities are aimed at the formation of a high historical consciousness and active citizenship, the development of spiritual and moral values ​​among young people, the propaganda of the trinity of languages, the strengthening of interethnic tolerance and social harmony.

On the basis of the office of Ruhani Jangyru, such projects as the communication club in three languages ​​”Speaking club”, the forum of patriots, the festival of national cultures “Caravan of Friendship” and the multimedia project “The History of My City” are already being implemented. The office of Ruhani Jangyru closely cooperates with the regional Assembly of the people of Kazakhstan, the regional office of Rukhani Jangyru, the akimat of the city of Temirtau, the history and local history museum, the historical and cultural center of the First President of the RK, ethnocultural associations, colleges and schools of the city.

Ospanova visited the laboratory of the university, having familiarized with their activities, and then met with the leadership of the Karaganda State Industrial  University, the heads of the departments and leading teachers. The participants discussed the tasks set by the Leader of the Nation in his Message to the People of Kazakhstan “New Opportunities for Development in the Conditions of the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, and ways to address them.

It was noted in the university, which was graduated fifty years ago from the First President of the RK N.A. Nazarbayev and where highly skilled personal are trained in the mining and metallurgical profile, there is everything that is needed to realize the big plans: experienced teachers, talented students, interactive equipment, a modern computer park, hardware and software complexes of Festo, Siemens and Sew Evrodrive. On the basis of KSIU, a 3D-printing laboratory is being created, where not only students but also schoolchildren will be engaged. The Karaganda Regional Center of the Cisso Networking Academy is opened at the university, where the course “IT Essentials – Fundamentals of Information Technology” is taught. The Center of Metallurgy operates in KSIU, the uniqueness of which lies in the created laboratory base, which makes it possible to carry out research on the complete closed cycle of metallurgical operations. A new large thermal furnace for smelting complex ferroalloys is being prepared for commissioning. Preparing the staff for the future digital economy, the University is developing new educational programs, among which are Transport Logistics, 3D Engineering, New Construction Technologies, Alternative Energy. New laboratories are developing, modern equipment is being purchased. And the training of students of the KSIU in the universities of Europe under the program “Academic Mobility” integrates our university into the world educational space.

Kadisha Bazarbaevna Ospanova noted the tremendous work being done at the KSIU, and wished even more significant success in the future work. On this day, several employees of the university received letters of appreciation from the leadership of the regional branch of the party «Nur Otan», and three representatives of the university who joined the party received in a solemn atmosphere membership cards.

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In the course of the charity event “Gift from Santa Claus”, in which students, teachers and leaders of the Karaganda State Industrial University took an active part, 54 sets of underwear, socks, tights, t-shirts, pajamas, as well as sweets for all pupils of the Adaptation Center for Minors Temirtau (ACM).

Last Monday, December 25, representatives of the volunteer center “Kamkor” at KSIU, dressed up in Santa Claus costumes, Snow Maiden and clowns, went to the children with presents and a concert program. Together with them representatives of the management of the university and the trade union committee went to the ACM.

Members of the volunteer center “Kamkor” and the Committee for Youth of the KSIU have been initiators of the action for several years. Actively responding to the appeal, students and teachers collect money, for which sweets and necessary things are then purchased.

The choice of the ACM is made consciously. Here there are children aged 2 to 17 years from disadvantaged families, which the guardianship authorities took away from drinking parents. Before the court decision, girls and boys live in the Center for 1-2 months, after which they are distributed to orphanages in Kazakhstan. Many children do not have clothes, so the center’s staff asked the KSIU volunteers to buy specific items.

Hasten to do good deeds and give joy to those who need it! The leadership, teachers and students of KSIU are able to do this.

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