UrFU plans to enhance the pace of development

13:49, November 25, 2015

Two-day strategy session on the change of the management system of the university has ended

Possibilities of evolutionary development of the university have been exhausted, thinks the rector of the Ural Federal University Victor Koksharov.

"If we want to continue to count on the resources, it is necessary to make a breakthrough: we should change the organizational model, management system, a system of incentives for staff, to introduce a form of effective contract, and most importantly - to move from retroactive to proactive position," - said the head of the university.

According to the Rector, the university has achieved a great success in research and development, attracting foreign students and lecturers, but it is necessary to accelerate the growth of a number of indicators in order to increase productivity.

The chairman of UrFU Students’ Union, Aslan Kagiev, underlined that the students are the most mobile part of the university staff are ready for changes and are able to take a proactive position.

"The students who are now coming to the university have more demands to the quality of education and training conditions than students of previous years, - said Kagiev. - Our task is to help the students to identify their role in the process of changes and to begin active work."

The Students’ Union is already actively participating in the admission campaign, adaptation of the international students, and the development of UrFU endowment fund.

Strategic session of the university’s administration with the participation of Vice-Rectors, directors of institutes and university personnel reserve lasted for two day and took place in the congress center "Toliman". According to the Vice-Rector of Ural Federal University for Economics and Strategic Development Daniil Sandler, the participants managed to reach a new level of understanding of the problems of university transformation on the way to becoming a world-class university.