RosNOU Rector becomes academician of Russian Academy of Education

On 24th October, the Russian Academy of Education (RAE) held a general meeting and elections of academicians and corresponding members of the Academy. According to the elections results, the Rector of the Russian New University (RosNOU) Vladimir A. Zernov was elected a full member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Education.

In his speech at the panel session of the Vocational Education Department, Vladimir Zernov talked about the directions of his activities in recent years.

Prof. Zernov also noted that he has been immersed in the topic of public-private partnership for a long time, and as the rector of a non-state university, he has a lot to say and share. According to his observations, just 10-15 years ago the list of top universities in our country included almost exclusively state universities. But now the situation has changed, and private universities make up the majority of the list. Among other reasons, it has happened due to the high quality of the education they provide, their prestige and popularity.

The Rector of RosNOU also mentioned that his dream is to revive the popular science TV show “Evident, but Incredible”, albeit in a different iteration than it used to be back in the days of Sergei Kapitsa*. This is an absolute must-do as the motivation of schoolchildren to study natural sciences is falling and the number of those willing to pass the unified state exam in physics is steadily decreasing. Educational and popular science TV shows could ignite in children’s minds learning curiosity and the desire to engage in engineering and technical creativity.

“If we do not solve this problem, it is unreasonable to expect technological sovereignty in the future”, — concluded the Rector.

* Sergey Kapitsa (1928 — 2012) was a Russian physicist and demographer. He was best known as host of the popular long-running scientific TV show, Evident, but Incredible (1973-2012). From 1999 to 2012, Sergey Kapitsa was RosNOU’s scientific supervisor.