Regional Development: New Challenges for Engineering Education (SYNERGY-2021 Conference Results Review)

The article summarizes the results of the plenary session of the international network conference “Regional development: new challenges for engineering education – SYNERGY-2021”, held at Kazan National Research Technological University from October 19 to 20, 2021. The forum which brought together representatives of universities and industrial enterprises of Russia and abroad was devoted to the issue of training engineers for the petrochemical industry. Among the participants were representatives of international societies for engineering education, ten national research universities and seven supporting universities of PJSC Gazprom, state authorities and industrial enterprises of Tatarstan. It was possible to observe the work of the plenary session in real time via the Internet in all the supporting universities of Gazprom. The event was organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy (IGIP), the Association of Engineering Education of Russia (AIOR), as well as the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan and Kazan National Research Technological University. Gazprom PJSC became the general sponsor. In total, the conference gathered more than 450 participants (380 online and 85 in person) from 40 universities in Russia, the USA, Great Britain, Germany, Portugal, Finland, Poland, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Latvia, and Estonia. Representatives of 7 industrial enterprises spoke, 77 reports were made.

1. Rüütmann, T., Annus, I., Kübarsepp, J., Läänemets, U., Umborg, J. (2021). Updated Curriculum for Engineering Pedagogical Continuing In-Service Education. In: Proceeding of ICL2021 – 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning 22–24 September 2021, TU Dresden and HTW Dresden, Germany, pp. 379-390.

2. Soloviev, A.N., Prikhodko, V.M., Petrova, L.G., Makarenko, E.I. (2021). The New IGIP Curriculum for Advanced Training of Teachers of Engineering Universities. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher education in Russia. Vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 49-59, doi: 10.31992/0869-3617-2021-30-1-49-59 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

3. Dreher, R., Kondratyev, V.V., Kuznetsova, M.N. (2021). Social-Ecologic Oriented Curricula in Engineering Education: “Leonardo’s Oath” as an Answer to Janus-Headedness in Engineering Work. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia. Vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 115-124, doi: 10.31992/0869-3617-2021-30-1-115-124 (In Eng., abstract in Russ.).

4. Dreher, R. (2021). Digitality as a Challenge – Digital Learning as an Answer? Consequences of Engineering Teaching. In: Proceeding of ICL2021 – 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning 22–24 September 2021, TU Dresden and HTW Dresden, Germany, pp. 1785-1796.

5. Chuchalin, A.I. (2021). Adaptation of the Core CDIO Standards 3.0 to Higher STEM Education. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia. Vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 9-21, doi: 10.31992/0869-3617-2021-30-2-9-21 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

6. Chuchalin, A.I. (202). Evaluation of Components of Curricula of Engineering Programs for Compliance with the Recommendations of CDIO-FCDI-FFCD Standards. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia. Vol. 29, no. 7, pp. 9-21, doi: https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2020-29-7-9-21 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

7. Quadrado, J.C., Pokholkov, Yu.P., Zaitseva, K.K. (2021). ATHENA: Contributing to Development of Higher Education Institutions for the Digital Age. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia. Vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 125-131, doi: 10.31992/0869-3617-2021-30-1-125-131 (In Eng., abstract in Russ.).

8. Budzinskaya, O.V., Sheinbaum, V.S. (2019). Seven Years Later (Conceptual Proposals on the Emerging System of Qualifications). Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia. Vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 84-93, doi: https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2019-28-5-84-93 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

9. Bednyi, B.I., Bekova, S.K., Rybakov, N.V., Terentyev, E.A., Khodeeva, N.A. (2021). Professional Postgraduate Studies: International Experience and the Russian Context. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia. Vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 9-21, doi: 10.31992/0869-3617-2021-30-10-9-21 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

10. Bednyi, B.I., Mironos, A.A., Rybakov, N.V. (2019). Doctoral Education as an Institutional Resource for Training Research and Higher Education Personnel (Article 1). Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia. Vol. 28, no. 8-9, pp. 44-54, doi: https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2019-28-8-9-44-54 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

11. Kashina, M.A. (2019). Negative Effects of Reforming Russian Graduate School: Analysis and Ways to Minimize. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia. Vol. 29, no. 8-9, pp. 55-70, doi: https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2020-29-8-9-55-70 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

12. Kondratyev, V.V., Galikhanov, M.F., Osipov, P.N., Shageeva, F.T., Kaibiyainen, A.A. (2019). Engineering Education: Transformation for Industry 4.0. (Сonference Review). Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia. Vol. 28, no. 12, pp. 105- 122, doi: https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2019-28-12-105-122 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

13. Matushansky, G.U., Zavada, G.V., Matushanskaya, Yu.G. (2019). Barriers Impeding Postgraduate Training and Dissertation Submission and Defense. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia. Vol. 28, no. 8-9, pp. 55-66, doi: https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2019-28-8-9-55-66 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

14. Senashenko, V.S. (2020). Features of Postgraduate Programs’ Reforming as an Issue for Scientific and Pedagogical Discussion. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia. Vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 58-73, doi: https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2020-29-3-58-73 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

15. Terentev, E.A., Bednyi, B.I. (2020). Problems and Prospects for the Development of Doctoral Education in Russia: The View of Regional Universities. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii = Higher Education in Russia. Vol. 29, no. 10, pp. 9-28, doi: https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2020-29-10-9-28 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

16. Kondratyev, V.V., Osipov, P.N., Starshinova, T.A. (2019). Work Experience of the Dissertation Board for Pedagogy in Technical University. Upravlenie Ustoychivym Razvitiem = Sustainable Development Management. No. 5, pp. 104-108 (In Russ.).

17. Osipov, P.N. (2021). Preparing and Defending a Dissertation: On the Benefits of Barriers. Pedagogika i psikhologiya obrazovaniya = Pedagogy and Psychology of Education. No. 3, pp. 105- 118, doi: 10.31862/2500-297Х-2021-3-105-118 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

18. Starshinova, T.A., Vavilova, E.L. (2019). Postgraduate School – Problems and Solutions: Seminar of PhD Students and Young Scientists as an Integrative Form of Training. Upravlenie Ustoychivym Razvitiem = Sustainable Development Management. No. 5, pp. 115-119. (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

19. Terentev, E.A., Rybakov, N.V., Bednyi, B.I. (2020). Why Do They Go to Graduate School Today: Typologization of the Motives of Russian Graduate Students. Voprosi obrazovaniya = Educational Issues Moscow. No. 1, pp. 40-69, doi: 10.17323/1814-9545-2020-1-40-69 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

20. Bednyi, B.I., Rybakov, N.V., Sapunov, M.B. (2017). Doctoral Education in Russia in the Educational Field: An Interdisciplinary Discourse. Sotsiologicheskiye Issledovaniya = Sociological Studies. No. 9, pp. 125-134, doi: 10.7868/S0132162517090148 (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).

21. Shafranov-Kutsev, G.F., Efimova, G.Z., Bulasheva, A.A. (2017). Tendencies and Factors of Efficiency of the Training of Graduate Students of the Russian Higher Education Institutions in the Conditions of Reforming of the Higher Education. Sotsiologicheskiye Issledovaniya = Sociological Studies. No. 9, pp. 135-144, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7868/S013216251709015X (In Russ., abstract in Eng.).