There were meetings at Herzen University, but they did not choose a rector. The disruption is associated with a possible merger of the university with the State University, and the idea of \u200b\u200bmerging is attributed to Kropachev.
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In March 2016, the Pedagogical University named after Herzen had to choose a new rector. The current head of the university, Valery Solomin, who came to this position five years ago, decided to leave - in the summer he will turn 65. In December 2015, the start of the election procedure was announced. The "legacy" of Solomin's successor is not bad.
To date, the Herzen RSPU includes 21 faculties, 89 directions for the preparation of doctoral students and graduate students, 3 branches: in Vyborg, Volkhov and Dagestan. The material and technical base of the university (excluding branches) consists of 67 buildings with a total area of 145 thousand square meters. m. There are 18 land plots with a total area of 57 hectares in permanent use. It has its own dispensary, health center, printing house, hostels for students to live in the city. Every year, the RGPU receives almost a billion rubles as a subsidy from the federal budget, and the same amount from other sources. More than 20 thousand students and graduate students study at the daytime, part-time and evening departments.
As the President of the Russian State Pedagogical University im. Herzen Gennady Bordovsky, the university put forward three candidates for the post of rector: the first vice-rector of the university Sergey Goncharov, vice-rector for international cooperation Dmitry Boykov and Vice-Rector for academic work Vitaly Kantor.
"They all different ages, different experience, but have the necessary qualifications, honorary title And degrees. They have been associated with the university for many years,” Bordovsky said. Also, a self-nominee, chairman of the committee of general and vocational education Leningrad region Sergei Tarasov.
At the university, the “Varangian” was met tensely, but they were sure that the vice-rectors would be able to compete with him, knowing in detail about the problems of the university. But then events began to occur that called into question the unconditional victory of the university candidate. To begin with, for unknown reasons, Boykov and Goncharov were removed from the elections. “The attestation commission screened out two candidates, but it is not known by what criteria. The commission does not report them, and this is not transparent. Otherwise, we might know why this or that candidate was not admitted,” Bordovsky explained.
After screening out in the Ministry of Education, the candidates began the election campaign. Both Tarasov and Kantor presented their university development programs to the staff. Kantor argued that the Russian State Pedagogical University is on the right path of development, and he intends to support this path, Tarasov's program is built from the opposite statement - the alma mater of pedagogy must be raised from its knees. Among the problems of the university, Tarasov lists, for example, the positioning of university applicants as less successful than classical university applicants, the decrease in the attractiveness of the university, and the underestimation of the importance of humanitarian training.
According to the president of the university, Bordovsky, the meetings with the teaching staff were friendly, the communication was constructive: “No one had any complaints. Everyone went to meetings and discussed. Kantor, of course, has a vision of the problems of the university as a whole and more from the inside. Tarasov actively positioned himself as a person with close ties to the ministry, and spoke of support from the department.”
In early March, the university sent papers to the Ministry of Education and Science with a proposal to agree on an election date for March 31, but received no response. “We have repeatedly asked them to expedite the moment of setting the date of the elections, but there was no response. Unexpectedly, on March 30, before the conference, Tarasov brought a statement about the withdrawal of his candidacy. And this automatically means that the election campaign will have to be carried out again,” Bordovsky said.
Tarasov has not explained his “desertion” to the staff, or to the rector of the university. He could not do this in a conversation with Fontanka either: “You know, in accordance with the regulations, any candidate has the right to withdraw from the election at any time. What my motives were, I will not comment. In any case, the university will not be left without leadership, I don’t see any tragedy, they will appoint an acting director, then another election.”
That's just in this - the appointment of acting. - the RSPU sees the tragedy. Since the elections were disrupted, the Ministry of Education, after the contract of the current rector Solomin expires, may appoint an acting one at its own discretion and for an indefinite period.
“Withdrawing his candidacy, Tarasov deliberately went to disrupt the elections. He could have communicated his unwillingness to run before the conference in a different way. Now, a person who comes from outside can remain in this position for a long time, can fire whoever he wants, and thereby adjust the labor collective to the result he wants in the elections, ”says Alexander Kobrinsky, professor at the Department of Russian Literature, deputy of the Legislative Assembly.
“The team is in limbo. What happened means possible problems for the university,” added Bordovsky.
March 31 Teaching Staff instead of a disrupted election conference, he voted for an appeal to the Minister of Education Dmitry Livanov with a request to appoint Vitaly Kantor as acting. A similar appeal was supported in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly. On Monday, April 4, a deputy, honorary professor of the Russian State Pedagogical University Alexei Vorontsov, delivered a speech at the education commission: “The ministry behaves ambiguously, according to unofficial data, they will send us a third-party person. I could even name whoever needs it, but the press is here.”
Unofficially, in the rectors' community and the Legislative Assembly, they say that the disruption of the elections to the RSPU is a kind of multi-move. Allegedly, its result should be the appointment as acting. Rector Tarasov, and after that he should lead the university to merger with St. Petersburg State University. The authorship of this plan is attributed to the leadership of St. Petersburg State University.
It should be noted that the idea of such a merger is not new in itself. It was periodically raised before at various meetings in the relevant ministry. Back in 2008, Vice President Russian Academy Education Viktor Bolotov voiced the idea of the need to merge pedagogical universities with classical ones: “I would harshly note that the preservation of the development of high-quality teacher education is not identical with the preservation and development of pedagogical universities. There are, firstly, other levels of education, pedagogical colleges, IPK, and secondly, there are a lot of non-core universities in which the program is successfully implemented teacher education».
Moreover, the trend recent years consolidation and consolidation state universities similar direction. For example, at the end of 2012, FINEK, INGECON and GUSE merged. Since the merger, universities have even gained several positions in the rankings of universities (for example, according to the Expert RA rating, in 2012 INGECON ranked 41st in the top 100 of Russia, and in 2015 St. Petersburg State University of Economics - already 34th position) .
However, Fontanka's interlocutors speak without enthusiasm about the idea of uniting the Russian State Pedagogical University and St. Petersburg State University and insist that the teaching staff should independently decide how the university should develop. Meanwhile, even Fontanka's interlocutors themselves say that there are simply no documents about the alleged intentions of the merger. Ivan Zasursky, adviser to St Petersburg University Rector Nikolai Kropachev, also said that he sees no reason to believe that such discussions are taking place: “The university has no problems either with buildings or with students. And Nikolai Mikhailovich (Rector of St. Petersburg State University. - Ed.) is now fighting for quality, not for quantity.
The regional official Sergei Tarasov, who was tipped for an acting position, did not support the conspiracy theory about the unification of universities: “I myself propose my candidacy for acting. I'm not going to, whether the Ministry of Education is going to nominate me, I don't know - this should be clarified with them. As for the unification, I had no such ideas. This is my native university, I had no such plans.”
It only remains to add that Herzen University is one of the last strongholds of university democracy in the country. The Ministry of Education has embarked on a transition to a system of vertical power in the field of education. Thus, elections at Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University have been abolished. In a number of universities in St. Petersburg, acting rectors have been managing for several years (for example, at the Stieglitz Academy and the Polar Academy), in other Russian higher educational institutions they changed the statutes, transferring the authority to choose the leadership to the Ministry of Education (for example, at Moscow State Pedagogical University). IN northern capital rectors are still being elected at the Forestry Technical University, the University. Lesgaft, ITMO, Institute of Technology, Agrarian and Mining Universities.
Russian State Pedagogical University named after A. I. Herzen (Russian State Pedagogical University named after A. I. Herzen) is one of the leading pedagogical universities of the Russian Federation. Since January 1, 2015, the full official name is federal state budgetary educational institution higher education"Russian State Pedagogical University named after A. I. Herzen". The only pedagogical university included in the "Top-100" universities in Russia according to the magazine "Expert" (45th place, 2015).
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In the Orphanage, orphans were given not only food and shelter, but also a profession. Here the foundations of female pedagogical education were laid: classes were created for the training of governesses, mentors, teachers of music, languages, callisthenia (physical education). In 1837, the classes were reorganized into the Orphan Institute, which received the name of Emperor Nicholas I in 1855. For girls from heterogeneous families, the Alexandrinsky Orphan Institute was created, which in 1905 became the first women's vocational school to train nannies, milliners, and teachers for primary heterogeneous schools.
In 1903, on the basis of commercial pedagogical courses of the Orphanage, it was established (since 1912 - Imperial). He produced subject teachers for gymnasiums. This institute became the country's first state institution of higher education for women.
Educational divisions
Institutes
- Institute of Physical Culture and Sports
- Childhood Institute
- Institute of Music, Theater and Choreography
- Institute of economics and management
- Institute foreign languages
- Institute of Pedagogy
- Institute of Psychology
- Institute computer science and technological education
- Institute of Human Philosophy
- Institute defectological education and rehabilitation (until September 1, 2016 - faculty of correctional pedagogy)
Faculties
- Faculty of Life Safety
- Faculty of Biology
- Faculty of Fine Arts
- Faculty of Mathematics
- Faculty of Russian as a foreign language.
- Faculty of History and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Physics
- Faculty of Philology
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Faculty of Law
Non-training divisions
Museum of the History of the Russian State Pedagogical University. A. I. Herzen
The museum stores letters, postcards, drawings, autographed photographs of famous scientists, writers, actors, composers, artists: V. M. Bekhterev, L. F. Lesgaft, I. I. Tolstoy, V. A. Dogel, P. F. Kaptereva, O. F. Bergholz, L. Dudin, E. A. Dolmatovsky, Yu. V. Tolubeeva, L. I. Egorova and many others.
There are more than 16,500 photographic materials in the museum fund. Among them are unique works by well-known St. Petersburg photo artists K. K. Bulla, K. Stegeman, I. Otsup and others. Patriotic War: things, photo albums, diaries, military awards, autographed books, etc. Profile sciences are presented in the expositions of the zoological and geological departments of the museum.
Fundamental library named after Empress Maria Feodorovna
The Fundamental Library of the University is the oldest and largest university library in Russia. The library during its existence has made a huge contribution to the research and teaching activities of the university.
Architectural and landscape complex of the university
The main territory of the university occupies most of the quarter, bounded by Nevsky Prospekt, Kazanskaya Street, Gorokhovaya Street. and the embankment of the Moika River (postal address - Embankment of the Moika River, 48).
Currently, there are two entrances to the main territory - from Kazanskaya Street and from the Moika River Embankment at the intersection with Gorokhovaya Street. Entrance is by electronic passes.
On the Moika, 48 buildings of different eras (baroque, early classicism, empire, late classicism) are among the most mature monuments of the corresponding periods in the history of architecture. The architectural complex has an original picturesque appearance due to the free, asymmetric arrangement of architectural structures, monuments, park compositions. The complex of buildings occupied by the Herzen University is included in the UNESCO list of world heritage sites under international protection.
Separate faculties of the Herzen University are located in other parts of the city.
Main building
The main building of the university - the palace of K. G. Razumovsky - is located at 48 Moika Embankment (architects A. F. Kokorinov, Wallen-Delamot). Since 1797, the palace housed the St. Petersburg Educational House, since 1834 - the orphan's department (since 1837 - the Nikolaev Orphan's Institute), since 1918 - the Pedagogical Institute (now the Russian State Pedagogical University named after A. I. Herzen).
The entire second floor of the building is pierced by a corridor, the walls of which are decorated with paintings dedicated to the past of the orphanage (mainly landscapes). Corridor extensions form three halls - Custodial, Imperial and Rector's (from north to south). These halls contain portraits of people who played a significant role in the formation and development of the Orphanage, the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute, Herzen University.
Today, the Razumovsky Palace, according to the internal university numbering, is the 5th building (it is also the “main building”). Now the building houses the administration of the university and some services. Scientific conferences, congresses, round tables. The solemn presentation of red diplomas to the best graduates takes place here every year.
Between the 5th building and Kazanskaya street is located "Mama's garden". Here, starting from late XVIII century, nannies-"mothers" walked with the young pets of the Orphanage. When, after the revolution, all the buildings on the Moika were occupied by a higher educational institution, here, in Mamka's Garden, in a small two-story outbuilding, a children's hearth (orphanage) functioned for several more years. Later, the children were transferred to another place, the wing was empty. IN early XXI century, the dilapidated building was demolished and a modern electrical substation was built in its place in the garden, replicating the appearance of the wing.
From the side of Kazanskaya Street, the garden is limited by a lattice, designed by A. N. Voronikhin and which is part of the ensemble of Kazanskaya Square.
Other buildings on the Moika
The neighboring building (Moika embankment, 52) is also a building of the former Petersburg Educational house. Built at the beginning of the 19th century, purchased for the Orphanage in 1834. Rebuilt in -1943 according to the project of the architect P. S. Plavov. In 1868, a bust of Ivan Ivanovich Betsky was installed in front of the building - an enlarged copy made by the sculptor A.P. Lavretsky from the original by Ya. I. Zemelgak (1803).
Other buildings in Saint Petersburg
In the western and eastern parts of Vasilevsky Island, there are respectively the music (Kakhovsky lane near the Baltic Jung Square) and the philological faculties (1st line of V.O. near the Tuchkov bridge); the latter occupies a historical building also of the Russian Philological Academy, and the traditions of literature have not been interrupted within these walls for almost early XIX century.
The faculty, where teachers of labor (technology and entrepreneurship) are trained, is located on Voznesensky Prospekt. The Institute of the Peoples of the North and the Faculty of Life Safety are located in the Kirovsky District on Stachek Avenue, the Faculty of Physical Education is located on Ligovsky Avenue. The Institute of Childhood is located on Moskovsky Prospekt almost opposite the station. Metro Frunzenskaya. Teachers are trained here primary school, as well as workers of preschool education.
Monuments and other attractions
- In 1868, a bronze bust of I. I. Betsky was unveiled in front of the current 1st building. The bust was copied (enlarged) by the sculptor N. A. Laveretsky from a marble bust by Ya. I. Zemelgak (1803).
- In front of the main building on June 30, 1961, a monument to Konstantin Dmitrievich Ushinsky was unveiled by sculptors V. V. Lishev and V. M. Yakovlev.
- On the first floor of the main building there is a plaster bust of Alexander Ivanovich Herzen.
- in the Fundamental Library. Empress Maria Feodorovna has a plaster bust of a philanthropist.
- Behind the main building, in Mamka's Garden, is the foundation stone of the future monument to the pelican, which in the early 2000s promised to give them to the RSPU. A. I. Herzen FC Zenit.
- In 2009, between building 20 and the building of the dispensary, a monument to Confucius was opened - a gift to the university from the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in St. Petersburg. The ceremony was attended by Consul General Erlong Tian and First Vice-Rector of Shanghai University of Foreign Studies Jinhua Tian. In building 20 on the 1st floor there is a Chinese cultural center.
Agrobiological station
Agrobiostation (ABS) RSPU im. A. I. Herzen is located in the village of Vyritsa, Gatchinsky District, Leningrad Region, and is the educational, methodological and scientific base of the Faculty of Biology. Here students of 1-3 courses pass educational practice and conduct experiments on the topics of final qualifying works.
ABS RSPU has been functioning since 1937 as a subdivision of the Faculty of Biology for conducting educational field practices in biological, geographical and agricultural disciplines. At the agrobiological station, the departments of field crops, vegetable growing, fruit and berry crops, animal husbandry (poultry, rabbits, bees), plant physiology, plant taxonomy, genetics, meteorology, local history, decorative floriculture and tree and shrub species have been organized and are being successfully implemented. Research is being carried out here on environmental monitoring of the Oredezh River, its tributaries and floodplain reservoirs.
Geostation "Iron"
Geostation "Zhelezo" is located in the town of Zhelezo Luzhsky district of the Leningrad region. Here, students of the Faculty of Geography practice in topography, meteorology, geomorphology, soil science, hydrology, landscape science, geobotany, zoogeography, etc. Students of the biology and physical culture faculties of the Russian State Pedagogical University im. A. I. Herzen.
Extracurricular activities
Student Scientific Society (SSS)
The goal of student scientific societies is to develop student scientific activity. Each faculty has its own student scientific society with an elected chairman-student and curator-teacher. In large faculties, in addition to the general faculty SSS, there are SSS of individual departments. At SSS meetings, reports can be made by both students themselves, graduate students, and invited recognized scientists; presentations of scientific monographs and discussions are held within the framework of SSS. A student's report often becomes part of his coursework, bachelor's or master's qualification work, submitted to the judgment of colleagues.
Since 2013, at the Faculty of Social Sciences, ODRI (Society of Friends of Russian History - an association of graduates of the department of the same name with a degree) has been holding a competition for the best student report within the SSS of the Department of Russian History.
Student Palace of Culture
The Student Palace of Culture is the center of all creative and cultural activities university. KFOR functions to support and encourage student creativity; improving the quality of existing and developing new forms of leisure for students; teaching students methods and forms of cultural events, preparing for extracurricular pedagogical activities.
KFOR offers university students a wide range of opportunities to unleash their creative potential, provides concert and rehearsal venues for this: a festive Column Hall, a concert hall located in building 20, a dance class in building 3.
In addition, the Day of open doors University, thematic exhibitions, job fairs, international seminars, lectures, conferences, anniversary concerts of faculties, intra-university KVN games and much more.
Until September 2011, the Juventa Theatre, which held holidays on September 1, festivals "Freshman" and "Echo of Spring", was located on the basis of the KFOR. Also, the theater team organized the Days of the University and New Year trees for the university staff. The theater was engaged in staging performances and musicals, which were presented at international festivals and competitions. University students were trained in various areas: directing, acting skills, pop vocals, modern dance, cinema history. Director's examinations and tests were held annually in June, as well as open classes and master classes.
Student media
A number of newspapers and magazines are published at the Herzen University with the help of students.
"Life is calling!"
Wall newspaper of the Faculty of Mathematics. It has been published without interruption since the 1960s. For a long time it was published twice a year - on New Year and 8 March. It has been published monthly since 2010. The newspaper publishes articles about the life of the faculty, school practices, interviews with teachers and students' poems.
"Twentieth Corps"
Wall newspaper of the Faculty of Social Sciences, additionally printed with a circulation of 10 copies. (distributed to the departments of the faculty; one copy goes to the university museum). Issued monthly since 2002.
In 2007, a monographic study on the history of the newspaper "Twentieth Corps" was published.
Since 2010, the results of the Golden Pen of the 20th Corps competition have been summed up annually in December. The jury, consisting of professional journalists - graduates of the Faculty of Social Sciences, determines the best materials (in several categories) from those published in the newspaper during the year.
"Herzen Bell"
Newspaper published by the Student Council of the Russian State Pedagogical University. A. I. Herzen. Founded in 2005. It is published as a supplement to the official university newspaper Pedagogical News.
"M" News
Newspaper of the Institute of Music, Theater and Choreography. Much attention is paid to various aspects of creativity. The publication is published irregularly.
Student sports
Football
Each faculty of Herzen University has a football team. All of them are united in the Herzen Futsal Union. Every year the university hosts a number of tournaments.
There are several women's futsal teams.
Chess
At the department Physical culture there is a chess section, which can be attended by students of any faculty.
Regardless of this, the faculty information technologies(building 2, 2nd floor) there is a chessboard with figures on the table in the corridor - everyone can play here at any time without asking.
Table tennis
In RGPU them. A. I. Herzen on the basis of the university elite table tennis club and the Department of Physical Education in 2012, a team was formed that takes part in the interuniversity championship.
Orienteering
A student of any faculty can enroll in orienteering. Every month on one of the Sundays, regardless of any weather, students with a teacher go out of town and walk several kilometers along picturesque hiking trails.
Sports "What? Where? When?
In 2008, at the Faculty of Social Sciences, on the initiative of students, a club was created intellectual games"Head Wash (48)". The idea was supported by teachers and students from other faculties. In the same 2008, for the first time, the Closed Championship of the Russian State Pedagogical University named after A. I. Herzen, which later became traditional.
Teams gather for training and participate in the city interuniversity championship on “What? Where? When?".
Church of Sts. apostles Peter and Paul
On the territory of RGPU them. A. I. Herzen has an active church - the temple of the holy apostles Peter and Paul. It is located in building 20, in the premises of the former house church at the Imperial School for the Deaf and Dumb. For 70 years Soviet power the premises were used in various ways, mainly as a student theater. The premises were transferred to the needs of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1999, although the first service after a 70-year break was held back in 1997. It is noteworthy that this church is one of the few places in St. Petersburg where Orthodox services are held with sign language translation. The church is located on the 3rd floor of the educational building, however, it has a special entrance and a separate staircase. In 2013, in the opening of a sealed window, on the wall behind the altar of the temple, the image of the Savior was installed by the church community. It is a copy of a fresco by Archimandrite Zenon (Theodore) from the Feodorovsky Cathedral.
SPb. : Polytechnic-service, 2009. - S. 16-20. - 126 p. Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I.Herzen -13-9. // Portal-Credo.Ru. - 03/23/2006.
30/11/2016
New rector Sergey Bogdanov has long mastered pedagogy in practice at the Russian Pedagogical University named after Herzen - he has six children. He has been in his new position for only a month, but he is already preparing a plan for the reorganization of the university.
H The new head of the Russian State Pedagogical University wants to unite in a single space with St. Petersburg State University (where he came from), increase the budget several times and open kindergarten. On plans for the development of teacher education in St. Petersburg, the acting rector of the Russian State Pedagogical University. Herzen Sergei BOGDANOV told the "City 812".
"I don't have to do any tasks"
Your appointment the rector came as a surprise to many. Some say that Nikolai Kropachev, the current rector of St Petersburg University, is behind this. Others - that you are a person of Lyudmila Verbitskaya. But how was it really?
- I don't know why my appointment came as a surprise. It seems to me that I have been preparing for it all my life and it is not at all accidental. I gave 44 years to the Big University - I was the dean of the philological faculty, director of the university publishing house, vice-rector. A significant part of my work was related to pedagogy. We have created a new generation of university textbooks in the field of modern Russian studies, a new school ruler in the Russian language, implemented many other projects focused on the education system.I am connected with Lyudmila Alekseevna Verbitskaya by a huge number of years of joint work and deeds that we have done together. We have also known Nikolai Mikhailovich Kropachev for a long time, we built St. Petersburg University together at the time when Lyudmila Alekseevna was the rector. I worked in his team after he became the rector of St. Petersburg State University. We had common accomplishments, there were disputes and there were moments when we looked at things differently, but, nevertheless, this did not destroy our relationship.
I do not think that I can be called a man of Nikolai Mikhailovich. But Lyudmila Alekseevna cannot be called a person either. In the sense that I do not have to perform any tasks in terms of managing the university, which, by the way, neither Nikolai Mikhailovich nor Lyudmila Alekseevna gave me. I have respect for Nikolai Mikhailovich. And with great respect and love I treat and will always treat Lyudmila Alekseevna. If we talk about whose man I am, I would prefer the wording: I am a man of the Big University. I hope that now I will become a member of the Herzen University. Now I am creating my own team.
- Will you take into the team those who already work at the university, or will you bring new ones?
- Of course, there will be new people. Some come from the Big University. This is fine. The main thing is that the reshuffles should not have a negative impact on the interests of the Big University or Herzenovsky. These universities are closely connected, and they should be in a single space - in good sense this word. By the way, with many leading scientists of Herzen University, I created joint scientific and educational programs since the late 80s of the last century.- That is, it is possible to unite the Russian State Pedagogical University with St. Petersburg State University?
- I think it is inappropriate. Nikolai Mikhailovich, Rector of St Petersburg University, has his own tasks, and it makes no sense for him to take on additional responsibility. On the other hand, the city needs a university focused on the pedagogical sphere, which will become part of a single all-Russian educational space. What is included in this space? The Ministry of Education and Science, the Russian Academy of Education, leading universities - for example, the Moscow State Pedagogical University and our university, then public professional associations and, finally, regional educational authorities and leading universities in the regions. We must ensure the functioning of a single educational space - this is important for the existence of our country. Then the resources will be used more efficiently, and the educational ideology will be common. Now we are preparing a program for the development of Herzen University, which will become part of the all-Russian program for the development of teacher education as a whole.- Now there is no such single space?
- No. Want to specific example? Do you know how many different Russian language textbooks are used in schools today? Over seventy! It is clear that one will not do, there should be at least three or four lines of textbooks, each with its own specifics. But not seventy! This is a question for the expert community. A consensus must be reached - how many lines in the Russian language and which ones are needed in schools."The budget is small"
- You have been in your new position for a month. What have you done during this time?
- We have changed the configuration of the management structure at the level of vice-rectors. The position of vice-rector for education was reduced, but vice-rectors for legal affairs and economics appeared. In addition, I met with all the leaders structural divisions university, and there are about thirty of them, and received proposals for the development of each of these structures. In the coming days I plan to hold meetings with teams of teachers - everyone will be able to ask any questions. Based on the results of these meetings, within three to four weeks we plan to prepare a program for the development of Herzen University - with target indicators, with specific tasks in all areas. After approval by the ministry, we will implement it with the aim of creating a single educational space, which I mentioned above.Simultaneously with your appointment, the rector of the Moscow Pedagogical University Alexei Semenov was fired. Are they links in the same chain? Are the assignments linked within a single educational space?
- Maybe they are related. But the question should be addressed to the leadership of the ministry. I know Semyonov well - by the way, he called me. And the new prospective rector of the Moscow Pedagogical University also knows me. It is important that the two leading pedagogical universities of the country work together.- When will the rector be elected at RSPU?
- It depends on the founder - the Ministry of Education and Science. I am glad that there will be elections, and I hope they will not take place in the very distant future. I had a similar situation at St. Petersburg State University. Then, in 1997, I was acting for almost a year. Dean of Philology...- Is a year a lot or a little?
A year is fine, but you don't have to wait that long. I think you need to focus on six months.- You set ambitious goals for yourself - for example, to get the Russian State Pedagogical University into the top 100 top universities peace?
- Such ratings are a part of our life. They need attention, but they are not the only measure of effectiveness. I believe that our university has every reason to become a leader in teacher education in Russia. But for now, our budget is low. We will work to increase it.- Due to what will you increase the budget?
- Of course, you have to earn money. But within the limits of its scientific and educational branch. For example, it is necessary to increase the number of grants…- Will you require teachers to get grants themselves?
- As for the wording of the question, you know, the devil is in the details. Before you demand something, you need to create conditions. When I was the dean of the philological faculty of St. Petersburg State University, students often sat in the corridors on the windowsills, with their feet on the battery. But I couldn't stop them from doing this until I put benches in the corridors. In the same way, it is necessary to solve big problems - to create conditions so that teachers can receive grants.In addition, our budget consists of subsidies that are allocated for the implementation of the state task. Hope it grows too. We look forward to increasing the number of places in the magistracy. I really hope that we will build relationships with the regions in terms of training teachers with the qualifications they need. We plan to increase the number of foreign students, expand paid education without compromising the quality of education.
- RSPU occupies a lot of space in the city center. Are you planning to make money on rent?
- From my point of view, the less space the university leases, the better. We currently have 18 lease agreements. I believe that some of them will definitely be terminated.“The salary of our teachers is 66 thousand”
- By how much exactly do you want to increase the budget of the university? Will wages rise as a result?
- I will be happy to tell you how many times we increased the budget, when it will turn out. Any increase in the budget, as a rule, implies an increase in wages. One of the primary tasks is to create conditions so that employees can concentrate their efforts on their main job, without being distracted by additional earnings. According to my information, the average salary of RSPU teachers today is 66-67 thousand rubles a month. In general, this is less than at the Big University, where people receive 87-88 thousand. But in Herzen, for example, we also have a division where the average salary is 92,000 rubles. Of course, this is the average temperature in the hospital: some get a hundred thousand and more, while others - 25-30 thousand a month. It is important that the difference between the first and second be no more than 4-5 times. And if it is, for example, 15 times, it threatens the emergence of a pre-revolutionary situation.They say that in Herzen there are salaries of 7 thousand rubles. This is how much the secretary or laboratory assistant of the department receives per month. Is this normal, in your opinion?
- This, of course, is not the money for which you can demand serious work. But I know how to make 70 out of 130 laboratory assistants, and at the same time their salary will more than double. I have experience of such optimization.- How much, in your opinion, should an associate professor or professor receive?
- It's hard to answer. Let's say I have six children and a number of close people for whom I am responsible, in particular, and financially. Another professor may have his own circumstances that are no less important and require attention. How do you know if the salary offered is worth it? It's very simple: to see if people come to us, if they want to work with us. Thank God, so far there is no problem of a colossal outflow of personnel at Herzen University.- How many times the salary of the rector, in your opinion, can be higher than the average for the university?
- There are approved rules that determine the rector's salary. Four times, it seems. I have never received a paycheck yet. Hope to receive and compare soon.A school and a kindergarten will appear at the university
- You have been working at St. Petersburg State University all your life. What would you like to use from there at the Pedagogical University?
- A lot of that. For example, following the experience of the Big University, we plan to open a virtual reception, where anyone can apply via the Internet with a question and get an answer. We want to switch to effective contracts with employees. Such a contract details what the teacher must do during the period of the employment contract. For example, not just work as an assistant professor, but give lectures in English or French, prepare a monograph, submit a certain number of applications for a grant, make presentations twice at international conferences and so on. The same contract spells out the responsibility of the employer, who, if the task is completed, must pay a bonus, and so on.It is necessary to develop a pedagogically oriented magistracy - now we have less than three thousand masters. Strengthen the practical orientation of teaching. Our bachelor's degree should be no worse than in the best classical universities. I really hope that both a kindergarten and a school will appear in the structure of our university. Our students will work there and introduce advanced pedagogical methods. The heads of our divisions have already addressed me with proposals for creating such bases of practice.
- How did your children and relatives react to your appointment? The load has increased - is there enough time for everyone?
- You have to work 12-14 hours a day. Seeing everyone has become much less, but what to do? Those close to me are used to it: my workload has always been quite prohibitive. On the other hand, I hope that the opportunity to do something new will prolong the active phase of existence, and I will be able to give more to my loved ones. For me personally, this is a chance to build something for everyone. Because I have always seen the main meaning of my activity in terms of the organization of collective existence.The fact that I am acting as the rector is highest point my career in the university system. But it is also a serious challenge. Our university is wonderful, with a rich history. More than 16 thousand students, the staff is very qualified. Of the 1200 teachers, more than 300 are Doctors of Science, and more than 800 are Candidates of Science. Of course, there are many problems - as in any large organization. They are especially important to address now, when Russian system education is given a lot of attention. Because it is she who must determine the future of Russia. My task is to make the university the leader of pedagogical education in the country .
At the Russian State Pedagogical University(RGPU) named after Herzen stalled the procedure for electing the rector. The attestation commission of the Ministry of Education has not yet agreed on the candidacy of i. O. Rector of the University Sergei Bogdanov, although the meeting on this issue took place three weeks ago. According to the interlocutors of Kommersant-SPb in the university environment, the rector of the St. state university(St. Petersburg State University) Nikolai Kropachev, under whose leadership he worked as Vice-Rector for six years.
“The campaign for the election of the rector of the Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University started in early March. Three candidates were nominated, all of them were employees of the RSPU: and. O. Rector Sergey Bogdanov, and. O. Vice-Rector Yuliya Komarova and Head of Public Relations Andrey Tumalev. The nomination of Mr. Bogdanov, according to the data on the RSPU website, was supported by the governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko.
The procedure implies that candidates are admitted to the elections only in agreement with the Ministry of Education, which checks them for compliance with the qualification requirements. The meeting of the attestation commission was held on April 25, but the department has not yet made a decision on whether to allow candidates to the elections (in order for the elections to take place, the Ministry of Education and Science must agree on the participation of at least two people). It is noteworthy that on the same day the attestation commission considered the issue of electing the rector of the Moscow State Pedagogical University, and the decision to admit candidates was made on May 3rd. Change of leadership of two main pedagogical universities countries began at the same time (see "Kommersant" dated 10/18/2016), when officials of the Ministry of Education and Science made a policy statement: they said that teacher training "determines our national security", and promised to focus on "preserving and strengthening the national, cultural and civic identity of the personality of the teacher."
The public relations department of the Russian State Pedagogical University told Kommersant-SPb yesterday that they had not yet received an official decision from the attestation commission. The Ministry of Education did not respond to Kommersant's request about the reasons for the delay in making a decision.
At the same time, according to three interlocutors of Kommersant-SPb, Rector of St Petersburg University Nikolai Kropachev spoke out sharply against the approval of the candidacy of Mr. Bogdanov at a meeting of the attestation commission. The fact that the relationship between Nikolai Kropachev and Sergei Bogdanov is "tense" is said by four Kommersant-SPb sources in the university environment.
RGPU named after Herzen Sergei Bogdanov headed in October last year. Prior to that, he served as vice-rector of St Petersburg University for six years, having received a promotion after Nikolai Kropachev became the head of the university. However, two Kommersant-SPb sources at the Russian State Pedagogical University and St. Petersburg State University claim that Mr. Bogdanov has always been oriented more toward the ex-rector of St. Petersburg State University, and now the president of the university, Lyudmila Verbitskaya, than to Nikolai Kropachev, and it was with her support that he received the post of and. O. Rector of the Russian State Pedagogical University named after Herzen. During the rectorship of Lyudmila Verbitskaya, Sergei Bogdanov became the dean of the philological faculty. It should be noted that Mrs. Verbitskaya, along with Mr. Kropachev, is a member of the attestation commission of the Ministry of Education. She did not answer calls from Kommersant-SPb.
Indirectly, information about the conflict between Nikolai Kropachev and Sergey Bogdanov is confirmed by the fact that in March of this year, messages began to appear on the St Petersburg University website about violations committed by Mr. Bogdanov during his work at the university, designed as responses to citizens' requests to the virtual reception. At the same time, the name of Mr. Bogdanov, who had left the university for six months, was placed on start page search on the St. Petersburg State University website among the "most frequent requests".
Moreover, on April 28, at the rector's meeting of St Petersburg University, according to the website, it was decided to transfer to the police the materials of an internal audit regarding the work of Larisa Tsvetkova, the ex-vice-rector of St Petersburg University, who, following Sergey Bogdanov, went to work at the Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University. Ms. Tsvetkova herself, in a conversation with Kommersant-SPb, called the accusations from the leadership of St. Petersburg State University "groundless" and did not rule out that they could be related to the situation around the election of the rector of the pedagogical university.
The press service of St Petersburg University has officially confirmed that the university authorities have handed over to the police the materials of the check regarding the work of Sergei Bogdanov. In the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, where Kommersant-SPb turned for comments, they asked for a time-out and promised to answer later. Sergei Bogdanov told Kommersant-SPb that he had not received any information about this from the police: "I don't understand what we can talk about." "The conflict with Nikolai Mikhailovich (Kropachev. - Kommersant-SPb) I did not have. When I left the university, he wished me success. Apparently something has changed," he said.
Note that Sergei Bogdanov was appointed and. O. Rector of the Russian State Pedagogical University after the previous leadership elections in the university failed: one of the two candidates withdrew his candidacy at the last moment (the election of the rector must be alternative). If now the attestation commission of the Ministry of Education and Science does not allow at least two candidates to the elections, they will also not take place, and in this case, a new one will most likely be appointed to the university. O. rector.
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In March 2016, the Pedagogical University named after Herzen had to choose a new rector. The current head of the university, Valery Solomin, who came to this position five years ago, decided to leave - in the summer he will turn 65. In December 2015, the start of the election procedure was announced. The "legacy" of Solomin's successor is not bad.
To date, the Herzen RSPU includes 21 faculties, 89 directions for the preparation of doctoral students and graduate students, 3 branches: in Vyborg, Volkhov and Dagestan. The material and technical base of the university (excluding branches) consists of 67 buildings with a total area of 145 thousand square meters. m. There are 18 land plots with a total area of 57 hectares in permanent use. It has its own dispensary, health center, printing house, hostels for students to live in the city. Every year, the RGPU receives almost a billion rubles as a subsidy from the federal budget, and the same amount from other sources. More than 20 thousand students and graduate students study at the daytime, part-time and evening departments.
As the President of the Russian State Pedagogical University im. Herzen Gennady Bordovsky, the university put forward three candidates for the post of rector: the first vice-rector of the university Sergey Goncharov, vice-rector for international cooperation Dmitry Boikov and vice-rector for academic work Vitaly Kantor.
“They are all of different ages, different experiences, but they have the necessary qualifications, honorary titles and academic degrees. They have been associated with the university for many years,” Bordovsky said. Also, Sergey Tarasov, a self-nominated person, the chairman of the Committee for General and Vocational Education of the Leningrad Region, announced himself to participate in the elections of the rector.
At the university, the “Varangian” was met tensely, but they were sure that the vice-rectors would be able to compete with him, knowing in detail about the problems of the university. But then events began to occur that called into question the unconditional victory of the university candidate. To begin with, for unknown reasons, Boykov and Goncharov were removed from the elections. “The attestation commission screened out two candidates, but it is not known by what criteria. The commission does not report them, and this is not transparent. Otherwise, we might know why this or that candidate was not admitted,” Bordovsky explained.
After screening out in the Ministry of Education, the candidates began the election campaign. Both Tarasov and Kantor presented their university development programs to the staff. Kantor argued that the Russian State Pedagogical University is on the right path of development, and he intends to support this path, Tarasov's program is built from the opposite statement - the alma mater of pedagogy must be raised from its knees. Among the problems of the university, Tarasov lists, for example, the positioning of university applicants as less successful than classical university applicants, the decrease in the attractiveness of the university, and the underestimation of the importance of humanitarian training.
According to the president of the university, Bordovsky, the meetings with the teaching staff were friendly, the communication was constructive: “No one had any complaints. Everyone went to meetings and discussed. Kantor, of course, has a vision of the problems of the university as a whole and more from the inside. Tarasov actively positioned himself as a person with close ties to the ministry, and spoke of support from the department.”
In early March, the university sent papers to the Ministry of Education and Science with a proposal to agree on an election date for March 31, but received no response. “We have repeatedly asked them to expedite the moment of setting the date of the elections, but there was no response. Unexpectedly, on March 30, before the conference, Tarasov brought a statement about the withdrawal of his candidacy. And this automatically means that the election campaign will have to be carried out again,” Bordovsky said.
Tarasov has not explained his “desertion” to the staff, or to the rector of the university. He could not do this in a conversation with Fontanka either: “You know, in accordance with the regulations, any candidate has the right to withdraw from the election at any time. What my motives were, I will not comment. In any case, the university will not be left without leadership, I don’t see any tragedy, they will appoint an acting director, then another election.”
That's just in this - the appointment of acting. - the RSPU sees the tragedy. Since the elections were disrupted, the Ministry of Education, after the contract of the current rector Solomin expires, may appoint an acting one at its own discretion and for an indefinite period.
“Withdrawing his candidacy, Tarasov deliberately went to disrupt the elections. He could have communicated his unwillingness to run before the conference in a different way. Now, a person who comes from outside can remain in this position for a long time, can fire whoever he wants, and thereby adjust the labor collective to the result he wants in the elections, ”says Alexander Kobrinsky, professor at the Department of Russian Literature, deputy of the Legislative Assembly.
“The team is in limbo. What happened means possible problems for the university,” Bordovsky added.
On March 31, instead of the disrupted election conference, the teaching staff voted for an appeal to the Minister of Education Dmitry Livanov with a request to appoint Vitaly Kantor as acting. A similar appeal was supported in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly. On Monday, April 4, a deputy, honorary professor of the Russian State Pedagogical University Alexei Vorontsov, delivered a speech at the education commission: “The ministry behaves ambiguously, according to unofficial data, they will send us a third-party person. I could even name whoever needs it, but the press is here.”
Unofficially, in the rectors' community and the Legislative Assembly, they say that the disruption of the elections to the RSPU is a kind of multi-move. Allegedly, its result should be the appointment as acting. Rector Tarasov, and after that he should lead the university to merger with St. Petersburg State University. The authorship of this plan is attributed to the leadership of St. Petersburg State University.
It should be noted that the idea of such a merger is not new in itself. It was periodically raised before at various meetings in the relevant ministry. Back in 2008, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Education Viktor Bolotov voiced the idea of the need to merge pedagogical universities with classical ones: “I would harshly note that the preservation of the development of high-quality teacher education is not identical with the preservation and development of pedagogical universities. There are, firstly, other levels of education, pedagogical colleges, IPK, and secondly, there are a lot of non-core universities in which the program of pedagogical education is being successfully implemented.”
Moreover, the trend of recent years has been the consolidation and merger of state universities of a similar nature. For example, at the end of 2012, FINEK, INGECON and GUSE merged. Since the merger, universities have even gained several positions in the rankings of universities (for example, according to the Expert RA rating, in 2012 INGECON ranked 41st in the top 100 of Russia, and in 2015 St. Petersburg State University of Economics - already 34th position) .
However, Fontanka's interlocutors speak without enthusiasm about the idea of uniting the Russian State Pedagogical University and St. Petersburg State University and insist that the teaching staff should independently decide how the university should develop. Meanwhile, even Fontanka's interlocutors themselves say that there are simply no documents about the alleged intentions of the merger. Ivan Zasursky, adviser to St Petersburg University Rector Nikolai Kropachev, also said that he sees no reason to believe that such discussions are taking place: “The university has no problems either with buildings or with students. And Nikolai Mikhailovich (Rector of St. Petersburg State University. - Ed.) is now fighting for quality, not for quantity.
The regional official Sergei Tarasov, who was tipped for an acting position, did not support the conspiracy theory about the unification of universities: “I myself propose my candidacy for acting. I'm not going to, whether the Ministry of Education is going to nominate me, I don't know - this should be clarified with them. As for the unification, I had no such ideas. This is my native university, I had no such plans.”
It only remains to add that Herzen University is one of the last strongholds of university democracy in the country. The Ministry of Education has embarked on a transition to a system of vertical power in the field of education. Thus, elections at Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University have been abolished. In a number of universities in St. Petersburg, acting rectors have been managing for several years (for example, at the Stieglitz Academy and the Polar Academy), in other Russian higher educational institutions, the statutes have been changed, transferring the authority to choose the leadership to the Ministry of Education (for example, at Moscow State Pedagogical University). In the northern capital, rectors are still being elected at the Forestry Technical University, the University. Lesgaft, ITMO, Technological Institute, Agrarian and Mining Universities.
