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The National University of Management participated in the Beijing-Moscow teleconference on the topic "New Drivers and New Opportunities: Chinese and Russian Experts' Views on the Chinese Economy."

The event was timed to coincide with the meetings of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People's Congress (NPC), which took place on March 4 and 5, respectively.

Fanis Sharipov, Director of the Center for Socioeconomic and Political Research at the State University of Management, spoke among the invited experts. In the audience were students from the State University of Management, who will be studying in China for two years in September as part of the dual-degree program "International Manufacturing Business."

The participants discussed the results of the past five-year period and forecasts for the implementation of China's 15th Five-Year Plan for Socioeconomic Development (2026-2030). They also examined in detail the logic of China's economic policy and development to facilitate the formation of an objective understanding of the Chinese economy by the international community.

In his speech, GUU representative Fanis Sharipov emphasized our university's long-standing cooperation with China in the fields of education and science.

"The first cooperation agreement between the National University of Management and the Harbin Institute of Technology, a prestigious institution not only in China but also globally, was signed back in 1986. Since 2014, our university has been implementing a dual-degree program for undergraduate and graduate students in International Manufacturing Business with the rapidly developing Ningbo University. In 2023, the Center for Socioeconomic and Political Research at the National University of Management was established to develop scientific and technical cooperation with universities and research organizations in China," noted Fanis Falikhovich.

In addition, the director of the Center for Socioeconomic and Political Research at the State University of Management praised the achievements of Chinese companies in the field of AI.

"The State Council of the People's Republic of China formulated a detailed plan for the modern development of next-generation AI back in July 2017. It explicitly stated its intention to make AI the primary driving force of industrial modernization and economic transformation, strengthening national defense, internal and external security, education, and medicine by 2025. And here we recall how, on January 27, 2025, a Chinese startup triggered a collapse in the stock prices of American IT companies. By early February of last year, the NASDAQ high-tech index had lost 3.5%, representing a loss of almost a trillion US dollars. For experts, the successes of Chinese research in artificial intelligence (AI) are the result of China's systematic, long-term efforts in this field, which we have repeatedly noted in our research papers and conference abstracts," concluded Fanis Sharipov.

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For several years, the student activist team "Tutor Force" has been successfully and diligently assisting international students, immersing them in the Russian environment and facilitating their adaptation. In 2026, the group will celebrate its 10th anniversary. To celebrate this anniversary, a new inter-university project has been launched: "10th Anniversary of the Tutor Faculty."

The project focuses on mentoring and tutoring international students. It's a comprehensive initiative with multi-level activities and stages that will be implemented during the spring semester with the support of the Department of Youth Policy and the Graduate School of International Educational Programs (HSIEEP).

Project objectives:

Developing a mentoring system; creating a sustainable system for transferring experience and knowledge; enhancing the skills of activists necessary for working with foreign contingents; and ensuring long-term and stable adaptation work.

At the beginning of the new semester, the team announced the launch of the "Tutor School." During the recruitment process, international students from the Preparatory Faculty of the Higher School of International Education, the Humanities Institute (HI), and the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade (IPMEIT) were briefed on the opportunities offered by the association.

The candidates completed interviews and attended introductory lectures, where they were able to get to know the team better and gain a practical understanding of how the group works. The final stage will involve developing and defending a team project.

As part of the "Tutor School," activists were assigned to academic groups of international students. Throughout February, introductory and organizational meetings were held between international students and their tutors, where they met and interacted with each other to establish a strong relationship throughout the semester. Each academic group will be offered informal meetings, excursions to the Polytechnic Museum, where they will learn about the university's history and traditions, and career-oriented campus tours to help them successfully build their future careers.

During the first stage, to boost motivation, support team spirit, and give association members the opportunity to develop, a joint training session was organized with the Youth Policy Department. Participants included Maxim Pasholikov, Vice Rector for Information, Youth Policy, and Security; Ivan Khlamov, Head of the Youth Policy Department; Pavel Nedelko, Assistant Vice Rector for International Affairs; Andrey Dolgirev, Director of the Center for Youth Trajectories; and Vladimir Migunov, Administrator of the Center for Youth Trajectories.

Everyone was delighted to see the leadership among their friends, get to know each other better, and simply have a pleasant and engaging evening. Participants discussed the community's development trajectories, the team's growth areas, shared the association's proudest moments, and reminisced about its major achievements over the past ten years.

"The strategic sessions format for working with communities was recently introduced, but it's already bearing fruit," emphasized Maxim Pasholikov. "This helps the students view their activities from the perspective of the community's leadership, as well as the university's perspective. Based on the sessions' results, it's important to establish the community's development vector and ambitions for the near future. The university creates an environment for the students' development and doesn't manage the communities; rather, it creates mechanisms for fostering mutually beneficial partnerships."

"For the tutor community, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, it's crucial to align ourselves, building on our many years of experience, and identify new challenges and goals," noted Ivan Khlamov. "I'd like to point out that the community includes new members who have recently joined and offer ideas for development, as well as those who have already gone some distance and understand the importance of establishing a mission for sustainability in the future. The session's results showed a very strong engagement from the members—this means the community has a bright future."

"The strategy session for Tutor Force marks a new level," says Pavel Nedelko. "The session was attended by key university youth policy leaders, with whom the tutors were able to discuss their concerns in an open dialogue. The tutors were promised support, which should undoubtedly boost the students' ambitions."

"It's great that the student association leaders are open to us, and we have the opportunity to see how active our students are," shared Andrey Dolgirev. "The students care about how Polytechnic University is developing, and they do a lot to make us a better university. It's great that we can work on great projects together, offering advice, and sometimes adopting best practices from students. Yes, we have a lot to learn from them too! That's what meetings like these are for."

"I'm delighted by the genuine interest and commitment to growth not only among new and existing members of the association, but also among the university department heads, who not only provide us with key methodological support throughout the year but also actively participate in the community's life in a friendly manner. This inspires the activists themselves and helps us gain an outside perspective on our successes and shortcomings," added Gupta Vedant, a student from India and president of the Tutor Force association. "A strategy session can be considered successful if its participants draw at least one conclusion to reflect on, and if they know what to strive for. Reflection, along with team discussion, is essential—this is the key to success."

In February, tutors also held several events: a Russian conversation club, a Chinese New Year celebration, and Maslenitsa.

A whole semester lies ahead, during which activists will attend training sessions, participate in an inter-university conference, and travel to Kholomki.

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Ekaterina Khalimon, Associate Professor of the Project Management Department at the State University of Management, won the "Mentor in Education in Moscow – 2026" competition in the "Best Mentoring Practice (Higher Education)" category.

Since 2022, the competition has been held by the Moscow City Organization of the All-Russian Trade Union of Education with the support of the Moscow Department of Education and Science.

This year, 208 teaching staff from Moscow educational institutions competed for the title of best in three stages of the competition. Participants demonstrated their mentoring practices, prepared presentations for a scientific and practical conference, conducted focus group workshops for competition experts, and participated in a roundtable discussion on current mentoring topics.

State University of Management (GUU) lecturer Ekaterina Khalimon presented her "Mentoring Model in Research" at the competition and received high marks from experts at all stages of the competition, winning the "Best Mentoring Practice (Higher Education)" category.

The "Trade Union Mentor" badge, a winner's diploma, and commemorative gifts were presented to Ekaterina Khalimon by Konstantin Guzhevkin, Chairman of the All-Russian Trade Union of Education.

"I am grateful to my mentor, Irina Brikoshina, Head of the Project Management Department, for her support in all my endeavors. The competition was organized at the highest level, and its main advantage was the opportunity to learn about colleagues' practices, share experiences, contacts, and gain new ideas for further development," the winner shared.

As a reminder, in 2023, Ekaterina Khalimon was awarded the "Honorary Mentor" badge for "significant achievements in the field of education and many years of conscientious work" by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

We congratulate Ekaterina Andreevna on her victory and wish her continued success in bringing her ideas to life and reaching new heights in her professional endeavors!

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The V.V. Mayakovsky Central City Public Library held the "Start 2025. Best Diplomas in Design" competition. Following expert evaluation, Sun Guowei, a graduate of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University's Civil Engineering Institute, was awarded gold status in the Industrial Design category.

The competition was organized by the St. Petersburg Union of Designers with the support of the Committee for Urban Development and Architecture of St. Petersburg, the Coordinating Council of Creative Unions of St. Petersburg, the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of St. Petersburg, the Business Center of the SCO countries, the journal of the IPA of the CIS countries "Commonwealth of Arts", and Favor-Garant LLC.

The competition is held to identify the best graduation projects in various design fields. In 2025, an expert jury evaluated graduates' graduation projects in six categories: industrial design, graphic design, interior design, environmental design, media design, and fashion design. Students from across the country submitted over 600 applications. The projects that passed the expert selection were evaluated by ratings voting.

In the Industrial Design category, Polytechnic University graduate Sun Guowei's "Design Project for a Portal Crane Operator's Cabin," commissioned by the Svetlanovsky River Port, won gold status. The project was supervised by Andrey Zubov, an associate professor at the Institute of Social Sciences and Engineering. The project also received an award from the competition's general partner, Favor-Garant LLC.

The "Start 2025. Best Diplomas in Design" competition is an important platform for professional recognition for graduates of specialized universities. It brings together educational institutions, the expert community, and industry representatives, creating a space for dialogue and the further development of young professionals.

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Scientists from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and the A.F. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute have conducted the world's first study of the electric field behavior and plasma rotation velocity during edge localized modes (ELMs)—fast, short bursts of activity that inevitably occur during the operation of fusion reactors. The researchers experimentally determined the nature of the redistribution of energy, current, and electric field in the edge plasma, which, in the worst case, can damage the reactor walls. Investigating the mechanisms of these processes is essential for the development of reliable fusion energy. The results were published in the prestigious journal Physics of Plasmas, the research was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation.

In a tokamak, the plasma is confined by a magnetic field and resembles a very hot medium, constantly experiencing oscillations, flows, and instabilities. One of the most important instabilities is edge localized modes, or ELMs. For efficient fusion, the plasma in a tokamak must be in the so-called H-mode (enhanced confinement mode). In this state, an invisible barrier forms at the edge of the plasma, acting like a wall to trap the heat inside. However, due to the enormous pressure difference across this barrier, disruptions—edge localized modes—occur periodically. These can be compared to a safety valve: they periodically release excess energy and impurities, preventing the plasma from escalating out of control. However, if this valve is triggered too forcefully, the impact on the chamber walls can be devastating to the entire facility.

Modern approaches to plasma physics considered only large ELMs dangerous, while small ones were considered not only safe but also almost ideal for fusion plant operation: plasma confinement was good, and there were no destructive large bursts. Scientists from St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and the Ioffe Institute conducted experiments on the Globus-M2 spherical tokamak and, for the first time in the world, determined how peripheral localized modes profoundly restructure the entire peripheral plasma region.

Experiments have shown that during an ELM, the plasma temperature and density in the near-plasma region increase sharply, currents outside the plasma change noticeably, fast ions are transported and accelerated, suprathermal electrons are lost, and plasma filaments are formed. It has been shown that the plasma rotation velocity increases during an ELM, with the effect extending several centimeters into the plasma rather than being limited to a narrow layer where the ELM develops, as previously thought. And all of this occurs in microseconds, meaning it's extremely fast. Individually, small ELMs appear harmless, but together they create intense and complex dynamics at the plasma periphery. "Small ELMs are not simply weakened bursts, but an independent dynamic regime in which the plasma periphery operates according to its own rapid and complex laws," noted Arseny Tokarev, a research assistant at the Scientific Laboratory of Advanced Methods for Studying Spherical Tokamak Plasma at the Institute of Physics and Mechanics at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

The results of the measurements showed that the electron temperature in the boundary region during ELM increases up to 5 times, the concentration increases approximately 2 times, the plasma rotation speed increases by approximately 50% at a depth of up to several centimeters, fast ions are registered with an energy 6 keV higher than the injection energy, and filaments move at a speed of 3–10 km/s.

The practical significance of these results for the future of global fusion energy is enormous, as they provide a more realistic understanding of the stresses on the walls of fusion reactors. Future fusion reactors must operate continuously for long periods, rather than in short experimental pulses. Modes with small ELMs are considered prime candidates. Furthermore, unique data were obtained on the behavior of plasma parameters during ELMs, in particular, the rotation speed, which was measured for the first time in the world. This facilitates the transition from empirical selection of operating modes to deliberate control and reduces the risk of unexpected effects when scaling from experimental setups to reactors. The results will help make future fusion reactors not just operational, but reliable, predictable, and economically feasible, noted Alexander Yashin, head of the High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics research laboratory at the Institute of Physics and Mechanics at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

The research was supported by grant No. 23-72-00024 from the Russian Science Foundation using the Federal Center for Collective Use "Materials Science and Diagnostics in Advanced Technologies" at the A.F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, which includes the unique scientific facility "Spherical Tokamak Globus-M."

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