NOVOSIBIRSK STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY
The inter-university consortium is being created on the initiative of the Novosibirsk State Technical University. More than 20 Russian academic institutions, the largest state corporations such as ROSATOM, ROSTECH, GAZPROM, and other enterprises of the electronic, instrumental, oil and gas, chemical and biomedical industries have confirmed their readiness to become key partners of the new source of synchrotron radiation in fundamental research.
Governor of the Novosibirsk Region Andrey Aleksandrovich Travnikov took part in the signing of the agreement. He mentioned that the creation of a 4+ generation synchrotron was included in the development project of the Novosibirsk Scientific Center in 2018 as part of the “Akademgorodok 2.0” program.
– At that time, we anticipated that the very process of designing and creating it would stimulate advancements in scientific, engineering, and manufacturing ideas - and that is precisely what is unfolding today. Our institutes of Nuclear Physics and Catalysis, supported by the Government of the Novosibirsk region, have initiated collaborative partnerships with businesses that are eager to participate in the design and production of equipment for SKIF.
Additionally, during the second phase of the project, we proposed the concept of establishing a university station. In fact, SKIF is a much-anticipated initiative for the Russian scientific community. Therefore, our initial expectations regarding industrial collaboration, as well as the involvement of universities from Tomsk, Novosibirsk, and Kaliningrad in its execution, were completely validated.
The signing of today's agreement will further enhance these efforts - we will pool our resources to ensure the establishment of the university station. We recognize that universities nationwide possess significant research ambitions, and if they have access to a dedicated station with allocated time for conducting experiments, it will undoubtedly provide equal opportunities and capabilities to meet those research aspirations, both for academic institutions and large state corporations, - emphasized the governor.
The inter-university consortium also includes NSPU, the largest pedagogical university in Siberia, which boasts a well-developed and modern infrastructure for training educators in Physics, Mathematics, and the Natural sciences.
- Personnel for SKIF are indeed trained by both technical and classical universities, but it's important to recognize that without skilled teachers and effective training programs in schools, there will be no students to teach. We joined the consortium to focus on the preparation of high-quality educators in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and Computer science. Furthermore, it is essential to implement robust career guidance initiatives that will spark interest among schoolchildren in these subjects. Thus, NSPU is a vital component of this consortium, contributing significantly to the overall effort in personnel development - notes NSPU Rector Alexey Dmitrievich Gerasyov.
To enhance the quality of training for teachers in Mathematics, Physics, and the Natural sciences, the university has established a modern infrastructure, including the Technopark of Universal Pedagogical Competencies named after Yu.V. Kondratyuk and the Quantorium Pedagogical Technology Park named after Yu.B. Rumer. These innovative educational spaces facilitate the training of both university students and school teachers, and they also serve as a resource for students from various schools. Annually, approximately five thousand schoolchildren from Novosibirsk and the region participate in excursions and educational events at the Technopark and Quantorium.
