Italian partners are interested in Ural experience

13:59, November 24, 2014

UrFU Department "Faculty of Journalism» has established contacts with Italian universities

Representatives of Italian universities showed great interest in building partnerships with Ural Federal University.

The lecturers of UrFU Department "Faculty of Journalism" discussed with Italian colleagues the possibilies of exchange programs, internships, publication of scientific articles in international journals.

As part of a two-week visit to Italy, Professor Vladimir Oleshko and assistant professor, who is also an editor of the newspaper "Ural worker" Stanislav Bessonov had a unique opportunity to study the principles and techniques of journalism education in Italy and to get acquainted with the peculiarities of media functioning in this country.

Representatives of the University held a number of important negotiations on international cooperation with University of Genoa, University of Rome Tor Vergata, the Institute of Russian language and literature in Rome, Polytechnic University of the Marche in Ancona.

During their stay in Italy, Vladimir Oleshko and Stanislav Bessonov appeared on local radio stations and gave interviews for the newspaper Le Marche. In addition, they were warmly welcomed by the journalists of by a large Roman newspaper Il Manifesto. The staff of Il Manifesto shared their experience of running successful media business.