Society

In the summer of 1955, three geologists of the Amakinskaya expedition sent a secret radiogram to their superiors: ”We smoked a peace pipe, the tobacco is excellent. Avdeyenko, Elagina, Khabardin”. According to the official version, they are considered the discoverers of one of the largest primary diamond deposits in Russia… But there are still disputes about the authorship of the discovery.

St. Petersburg Mining University held a student flash mob ”Back to Science” as part of the events timed to coincide with the opening of the Year of Science and Technology.

An international photo exhibition “Let’s save the heritage of centuries!”, timed to the 30th anniversary of the inclusion of the historic center of St. Petersburg in the UNESCO World Heritage List opened in the Main Library of Mining University.

In an interview to Forpost, Oleg Baulin, Rector of Ufa State Petroleum Technological University (USPTU), explains whether distance learning can replace contact study sessions and what competencies employers require from fresh graduates, aside from the field-specific knowledge and skills.

The students, who missed their alma mater, were in a working mood on the first day of school.

Rector of the University of Mines Vladimir Litvinenko held a working meeting with the Governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District Dmitry Artyukhov. The parties discussed the training of priority specialists for the region, as well as areas of possible scientific cooperation.

Valery Falkov also answered the question about whether it is planned to shorten the summer vacation so that students could fully work off the missed practical and laboratory classes.

Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolay Patrushev visited St. Petersburg Mining University. The main topic discussed during his meeting with the rector Vladimir Litvinenko was the training of qualified engineering staff for the national economy.

In an interview to Forpost, Gleb Turichin, Rector of the Marine Technical University, spoke about how to prevent the engineering education from degradation, when Russian universities will meet employers’ requirements, and why so far no one can take our country’s institutions for PhD studies seriously.

Some time later, the Belarusian BELAZ Company also announced the creation of robotic dump trucks. They were sent to the Chernogorsky coal mine in the Republic of Khakassia, where the SUEK Company operates.