The article deals with the issues concerning school education and teacher training higher education from the point of view of innovative University as a consumer and a customer of the results of these systems activities. The authors state their point of view on the ways to solve the current challenges of teacher education development, identify its significant problems and risks, describe the specificity of a modern pedagogical situation, point out the requirements of teacher training education, the structure of teacher’s professional competence. The article suggests the concept of teacher training at research University based on the leading role of scientific training, presents a new interpretation of a principle of scientific value in learning. Describes a possible role of the leading universities in formation the regional educational environment.

The article considers the twenty year-old history of accreditation in the system of higher education. The authors argue that socio-economic and demographic conditions determined the specific features of modernization in the structure of higher education and the development of the Russian model of accreditation in the form of institutional evaluation. The reasons for establishing two types of accreditation - state and public-professional - are pointed out. Taking into account the influence of the state educational policy and the expansion of global cooperation, in particular, the Bologna process, three stages of the development of accreditation of higher education institutions and study programmes are identified: innovation stage, European stage and separation stage. Analyzing the experience of the development of the accreditation system as a social phenomenon the authors focus on its specific features, achievements and problems, and also outline the tendencies in its further development.

This article considers the main requirements to be taken into account when developing a university’s education policy. The authors discuss conditions for the implementation of an innovative education policy and dwell on internal and external criteria for the evaluation of an education policy. The article substantiates the necessity of using different time scales when implementing a university education policy. Attention is drawn to the need for a gradual but significant overhaul of the curricula and syllabi, whereby only the universally useful knowledge and skills would remain. Three-level decision-making system to implement an education policy is introduced. Any university ought to combine in a holistic way all of its policies, such as education, research, financial, and planning ones. Therefore, their optimization should be carried out simultaneously.

The article discusses the problems and consequences of introducing in national universities effective contract management. The possibilities of using it as a tool for improving the system of remuneration, to motivate teachers to research activities and «harmonization» of the relationship between teachers and administrators. Special attention is given to the description of university management system and the characteristics of universities’ interaction with the academic personnel in terms of improving quality and competitiveness of the faculty in the world market of educational services. The article formulates a set of proposals improving the systems of remuneration and academic contracts for the faculty members at the universities of Russia.

The article describes in detail the implementation practice of effective contract for faculty members of the university, from planning to the results of the effectiveness. The authors consider the structure of indices matrix for evaluation the efficiency of faculty staff activities. The categories of faculty positions are introduced, and an assessment scale is presented.

The article is devoted to the problem of updating the motivation policy with regard to the teaching staff of national higher school. The author considers historically existing in our country approaches to the organization of basic and additional wages of teachers, their social support, moral motivation. The article substantiates the need to change these approaches and formulates priorities in this sphere.

The paper presents some results and prospects of development of the contemporary institution for additional professional education. The structure integrates a comprehensive approach to human resourcing of the engineering university on the basis of additional professional programs (professional development) for educators and industry community of the real sector of the economy. The experience of a research university in the interaction with industry in additional professional training (professional development) is analyzed.

This paper describes new approaches to renew the methodology and content of KNRTU education process taking into account an interaction of education, science and industry. The paper represents the main principles of education process arrangement. Networking with Russian and foreign education and research institutions, as well as industrial companies, is emphasized for the purposes of education programs. The author underlines the importance of e-learning and distance education technologies.

The article describes the main aspects of the scientific and scientific-production activities of Kazan National Research Technological University. It is shown that the strategic goal is to maximize KNRTU competitive advantages in the field of deep processing of raw materials, technology development of new materials for civil and defense values. The paper stresses the importance and the need for development of engineering activity in order to form an integrated system “science - education - production”.

The paper shows the experience of Kazan National Research Technological University in developing international cooperation. The role of regional policy in university internationalization is explained. The priority regions for international cooperation are distinguished; they are Asia, Europe and North America. The role of the university international honorary doctors in efficient contacts is described. The goal of university internationalization as training competitive engineers is analyzed.

The article dwells on the main theses of the conception of the university youth policy, reveals the basic functions, tasks of the educational work, and the basic implemented such as development of student self-government, self-improvement and leadership development, recreation and cultural work at student hostels, development and popularizationof volunteering, patriotic education and formation of students’ civic stand, health-saving technologies and others.

The article describes the range of university activities focused on talented students and pupils, analyzes the experience of Kazan National Research Technological University (KNRTU) in this sphere. The main approaches, mechanisms and forms of pre-university training and career-oriented work of KNRTU are covered in the paper. The paper summarizes the practical experience and outlines the forward-looking working methods in seeking talented students, and as well presents promising ways to promote engineering professions and engineering education among the secondary school and college students.

The article discusses the results of Russia’s participation in the project on the social dimension of student life EUROSTUDENT V, which is a significant event in the framework of the Bologna process. It is the first experience of participating in such a project for Russia. Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia was responsible for the implementation of this project. The survey was realized in the shortest possible time. We used the standard for all member countries methodology and analyzed the findings. The authors highlight some social aspects of the Bologna process, give a brief description of the content, goals and objectives pursued by the project EUROSTUDENT, and describe some of the important results of Russia in the context of international comparison.

The article presents the theoretical and empirical data about the a goal as an indicator of life perspectives and as a professional activity’s component. The results of the survey on goals of professional development of students of pedagogical universities and teachers are also presented. The authors came to a conclusion that there is an evident problem of outprofessional tendency of future teachers, and the problems of object-oriented self-relationship and the lack of lifelong goals for the professional development typical for teachers-practitioners. The revealed problems can be viewed as the features of the dysontogenesis of the professional formation.

The article is devoted to results of applying computer-based system of verification of graduation qualification theses at Tver State University for the detection of plagiarism. We used a system «Antiplagiat.VUZ» as software. Statistical analysis of data was conducted for all directions of training in the 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 academic years. Features of the application of such systems were studied.

The authors dwell on training technology aimed at overcoming adaptation barriers by first-year students. Specially organized training promotes development of educational professional activity, development of students’ self-understanding. The article describes the main barriers arising during the period of adaptation of first-year students to educational professional activity. Among them are: the low level of self-understanding, fear of entry into a new group, unformed professional intentions, the low level of self-checking, lack of skills of constructive interaction. Stages of training adaptation work on overcoming of these barriers are given. The results of assessment the efficiency of the training technology are presented. Students who have completed the course of social and psychological adaptation increase their level of self-understanding, internal motivation to educational professional activity, self-checking, self-control, self-management, constructive interaction. Thus, the adaptation training is an effective technology to overcome the barriers to development of educational professional activity, self-understanding and effective communication by first-year students.

The article focuses on the issues of development of the students’ Olympiad movement in Russia, in particular, the development of student research competitions in higher school. Concurrently the expansion of Olympiad movement, a list of issues occurring now in national higher education expands too. One of the main problems is the decay of ties of the Olympiad movement with the scientific community, predominance of “Olympiad management” with the corresponding subculture. The authors invite all interested parties to join the discussion about them the topical problems of students’ Olympiad movement.

The article is dedicated to the problems of religious education in modern society. The question as to what is the best way (are the best ways) to organize religious education in state-support schools, on theological faculties is now a constant topic of debate. The article brings up some issues of discussion concerning the questions as to how religious education should be organized.

The article discusses the need to embed now the content curators into educational events of different levels. Content curator fulfills important didactic functions such as analytic and research, as well as compensatory, reducing overhead and forces other users to find relevant information. Personal knowledge management is considered as a basis of the content curation. This role can be performed by a teacher or a student including in the context of the massive open online courses (or MOOCs). In general, content curation increases the subjectivity and personality of education space.

The paper considers the global e-learning market trends and discusses the applicability of online courses which are considered to be the best technologies to face the modern lifestyle. The number of students choosing online courses has been rising, which leads to the future increase of online courses offered by universities. The paper analyses as well factors affecting global education market development. The article deals with the issues of the usage of learning management systems (LMS) as a basis to implement online courses.

This paper presents the general principles of learning design of collaborative network, according to which the activity of learning agents is built around the creation of various types of educational digital objects. These objects in general can be described as«digital story». Due to the fact that the network activity is associated with creation and changes in digital objects, organizers and participants of the activity have an opportunity toobserve, analyze and discuss the situation of the collaboration. Here presented the methodology of using diagrams of collaboration on the board with alphanumeric notation, which allows discussing and analyzing of qualitative data about the group members, which are formed in the course of training or social and educational projects. The analysis of real cases shows that the technology and methodology of static and dynamic diagrams help to analyzeand discuss situations that happen during collaborative activities.

The authors provide information about the Ufa period in the history of the Moscow Petroleum Institute named after I.M. Gubkin, which in April 2015 marks the its 85th anniversary. For the first time in one article the authors present a summary of the structure and the head of the Ufa branch of the Moscow Petroleum Institute, note their achievements in the development of an educational institution in the difficult war and postwar years. It is shown that the current achievements of the Ufa State Petroleum Technological University are the result of the traditions established by the selfless work of team staff of the Ufa branch of the Moscow Petroleum Institute.

The article presents the results of sociological survey: questioning of graduates of the professional educational organizations of Zelenodolsk town, analyzes the main reasons of youth migration from small towns to megalopolises. Basing on higher education institution practice the authors offer solutions of typical problems for many cities of Russia.

The article discusses the role of university library in providing comfortable conditions for students’ self-dependent work. The experience in creating multifunctional educational environment is described by the example of the reading room of the University library at Tomsk Polytechnic University. Environment multifunctionality is shown at the level of working area, information and librarian. The motivation role of the multifunctionality in the process of extracurricular studies is emphasized.