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A meeting of the Strategy Commission took place under the GSOM Advisory Board
The development of GSOM SPbU as a leader in creating teaching methodologies in the digital educational environment was the main topic of discussion at the Strategy Commission meeting under the GSOM Advisory Board. The latest session was dedicated to the issues of scaling GSOM's experience in hybrid learning and implementing new technological solutions into the educational process.
Science
GSOM SPbU held the XXVI Annual All-Russian Scientific and Methodological Conference "Pashkusov Readings"
This year, the event focused on discussing the results of research on the experience gained during the COVID-19 pandemic, the integration and development of the digital educational environment, and the empirical evaluation of digitization outcomes. More details >>
Partnership
GSOM SPbU and MegaFon held the All-Russian "Olympiad for the First"
Top managers of the telecommunications company, as well as the leadership and professors of GSOM SPbU, gathered at the "Mikhailovskaya Dacha" campus during the final stage of the two-stage championship to meet with the Olympiad finalists and determine and reward the authors of the most outstanding projects.
Guest lecturers
VTB Bank held an educational event for students of GSOM SPbU
VTB Bank participated in the GSOM SPbU Career Week. During the event, students had the opportunity to test their skills in solving a business case. They were tasked with independently proposing a development strategy for the bank's operational department and presenting their solution to a jury consisting of experts from VTB and GSOM SPbU. The top teams received valuable prizes, while all participants received detailed feedback and recommendations. More details >>
Past events
Graduation of "MBA — Leaders of Change" and "Executive MBA — Strategic Management and Leadership" Students
On April 29th, participants of the joint program of GSOM SPbU and Skillbox, "MBA - Leaders of Change," as well as GSOM SPbU and AlmaU Graduate School of Business, "Executive MBA - Strategic Management and Leadership," received their diplomas, qualifying them as Masters of Business Administration. More details >>
First-year Bachelor programs students at GSOM SPbU organized and conducted an event at the "Mikhailovskaya Dacha" campus dedicated to Chinese culture and business
The main program featured professional speakers in their respective fields, including Roman Alekberov, Founder of the Marketing Agency Taifeng Digital, and Aliya Arsaeva, Head of the Personnel Agency and Training Center China Professionals.
The students-organizers of the "Management of the Future 2023" conference underwent additional training
An educational intensive was held at GSOM SPbU for the organizational committee of the annual conference for talented students and leading companies in Russia, "Management of the Future."
GSOM SPbU took part in the Central Asian Forum AMBA&BGA
On May 2, 2023, a delegation from GSOM SPbU took part in the first Central Asian Forum for managers and employees of business schools. Anna Kuchina, Director, MBA and Executive Education Programs Office, Elena Skalon, Deputy Director, MBA and Executive Education Programs Office, and Yulia Timofeeva, Director of the Center for Executive Education Online Programs visited Almaty to exchange best practices in the field of business education and its internationalization with colleagues. More details >>
Meetings of applicants for Bachelor and Master programs students took place offline and online. The participation of students in the events caused a lively reaction from the audience
On April 29, future Bachelor programs’ students and their parents were able to walk around the Mikhailovskaya Dacha campus, learn about life hacks in preparing for the Unified State Examination, and ask questions to first-year Bachelor students, an admissions specialist, and Academic Director.
On May 13, an event for Master programs students was held in a similar format on the campus on Volkhovskiy. Applicants were also able to ask questions of the Master programs’ students, the admissions specialist and Academic Director, as well as walk around the campus. Share the news with applicants about the reduction in the cost of studying at the GSOM SPbU Master's program by 25% for the top 25 by ranking, after the last one credited to the budget. More details >> (available in Russian only)
The cycle of trial exams on the oral part of "Business Communications" has ended
In the period from May 3 to May 16, 31 Master programs’ students got acquainted with the format of the exam, tried their hand and, most importantly, received detailed feedback from the examiners. The examiners were the students of the Business School, who timely passed the entrance test "Business Communications" with the highest scores. Applicants were happy to receive advice on what to pay attention to while preparing for a real exam.
Participation of GSOM SPbU representatives in the forum "I am a Professional"
Ekaterina Nazarenko, second-year Doctoral student, researcher at the Center for Entrepreneurship at GSOM SPbU, took part in the forum "I am a Professional". “It was a pleasure to be part of such a large-scale project, where I was able to meet potential GSOM SPbU applicants, as well as tell the participants about the basics of marketing using the example of the VkusVill company. At the lesson, the students not only listened to a lecture on target marketing, but also worked in teams on compiling a client profile,” Ekaterina shared her impressions.
Skolkovo and MIPT students visited St. Petersburg University to learn more about the economy of St. Petersburg
A two-day module on urban studies and economics of the city as a text field course for Skolkovo and MIPT Business Bachelor programs students was held at St. Petersburg University on the basis of GSOM SPbU.
Management Essential for B2C online course was launched
On May 16, the online course Management Essential: Practical Management School for B2C was launched. 15 students will be trained during three months. The start of classes for the next set of the program is scheduled for September 12, 2023.
The meeting of the Federal Educational and Methodological Association in the field of higher education took place at GSOM SPbU
Representatives of 98 universities from all over the country gathered at the Mikhailovskaya Dacha campus of Saint Petersburg University on April 26 to discuss current issues of development and implementation of economics and management educational programs. More details >>
GSOM SPbU at the gathering of students from "Gazprom Classes"
Experts from GSOM SPbU participated in the 6th annual gathering of students from "Gazprom Classes". The event took place from May 14th to 19th at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.
Operational
The scholarships for first-year PhD students at GSOM SPbU
Targeted nominal scholarships have been established for the students in the programs for the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel in the Doctoral studies of the Graduate School of Management St. Petersburg University in the 2023/2024 academic year.
The price for studying at the GSOM SPbU Master program will be lower for the best applicants in 2023
Those students of GSOM SPbU Master programs who entered in 2023 will have the opportunity to study at a reduced price. The cost of training for 25 students with best results in the admission ranking will be only about 30,000 rubles per month.
Dear colleagues,
The transition to modern digital telephony at GSOM SPbU has been completed.
Starting from May 10th, only new Cisco telephones will be operational, and the old ones will be disconnected. If there are currently two telephones at your workplace, do not worry, the old telephony will be removed over time.
Please note that all previous telephone functions that you are accustomed to have been preserved. Additionally, many new useful features have been introduced. For example, you can now install the new telephony on your PC or smartphone, and your internal GSOM number will always be available for receiving and making calls. We recommend familiarizing yourself with the instructions to learn about these and other features of the new telephony.
During the transition to the new telephony, the telephone numbers of departments and employees have also been updated. You can find a new telephone number of an employee in the following ways:
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http://phone.gsom.spbu.ru - if you are located at GSOM SPbU and connected to the internal network. The information provided on this link is automatically updated and always up to date.
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In the phone directory on the telephone device if you have any new telephone device. Please refer to the instructions (slide 26) for details on how to do this.
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In the "Telephone Numbers of GSOM SPbU" table if you are outside the GSOM SPbU network.
Please, be reminded that registration is required to use the new telephony.
For any questions, please, contact @GSOM IT Support, internal number 7777, or by using the following telephone numbers:
Interview
(additional details available in Russian only)
How to start your own business? The guest of the new episode of the "Life in the Style of GSOM SPbU" podcast knows all about it
Alexander registered his own children's literature publishing house called "Goodwin" while he was studying in the Business School's master's program. The business has been running for four years now. In the interview, the entrepreneur talks about the challenges, initial achievements, as well as his intricate path to purpose and life's work. More details >>
Alexander also shares his experience in the interview for the GSOM SPbU blog. More details >>
Arina Faul breaks stereotypes about the professional path of a Business School lumni in an interview and by her own example
Charity is both a business and a promising area for building a career, and studying at GSOM SPbU will be useful even for a very creative person. Arina is the Communications Director of the Leukemia Fight Foundation, marketing analyst, musician, leader of the Faul Funky Orchestra musical project, resident of the jazz label Shipless Records. She graduated from GSOM SPbU in 2015 and has never regretted it. Now Alina regularly applies the acquired knowledge in practice. More details >>
The interview with Andrey Zherebyatyev, the General Director of Ensto Kazakhstan LLP and alumnus of GSOM SPbU
The General Director of Ensto Kazakhstan LLP, a representative office of the Finnish electrical engineering concern ENSTO, Andrey Zherebyatyev, graduated from the joint program “Executive MBA – Strategic Management and Leadership” by GSOM SPbU and GSBA ALMAU at the beginning of 2023. In an interview Andrey Zherebyatiev shared his brightest impressions and practical results of the training. More details >>
GSOM SPbU in the media
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National Research Mordovian State University - about the meeting of the FUMO Higher Education in GSOM SPbU. More details >>
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RBC - GSOM SPbU participated in the Central Asian Forum AMBA&BGA. More details >>
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About the victories of students in the "Olympiad for the First" organized by GSOM SPbU and MegaFon.
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GUMRF — about the off-site meeting of the Federal Educational and Methodological Association in the higher education system for the aggregated group of specialties and training areas. More details >>
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Knyagin University — about the meeting of the FUMO VO in GSOM SPbU. More details >>
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City Development Agency — GSOM SPbU, together with the City Development Agency and the City Administration, is implementing a pilot project to develop the competencies of municipal employees. More details >>
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Vedomosti — An article by Sergey Lukashkin, Director of the Digital Technologies in Education Research and Education Center at GSOM SPbU. More details >>
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ABN — Dormitory will be built for GSOM Master programs students. More details >>
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Patrol SPb - about the construction of dormitories for GSOM Master programs’ students. More details >>
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INFOLine News Agency — about the construction of dormitories for GSOM Master programs’ students. More details >>
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Donor Forum — Yury Blagov, Director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Center at GSOM SPbU, presented a guide on working with UN RPPs and NDOs and talked about how to work with them in the online course "Global and National Development Goals for NGOs." More details >>
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Academic Director of the Bachelor's program in Management at GSOM SPbU, Anastasia Laskovaya, was a guest on the "StartUp na taburetke" podcast. More details >>
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SPbU — about the completion of a series of project management events organized by the Digital Technologies in Education Research and Education Center at GSOM SPbU. More details >>
Future events
20.05.2023
Drucker Awards XXVII (additional details available in Russian only)
Participation format: in-person
Venue: GSOM SPbU "Mikhailovskaya Dacha" Campus
23.05.2023
Workshop on the topic: "Stress in Top Managers and Entrepreneurs and Strategies for Dealing with It" (additional details available in Russian only)
Participation format: in-person
Venue: GSOM SPbU Campus, 3 Volkhovskiy Lane, Room 410
23.05.2023
Master in Management (MIM) Program Council Meeting (additional details available in Russian only)
Participation format: remotely
24.05.2023
Research Seminar “Measuring the Relationship between ESG and Financial Results”
Participation format: hybrid
Venue: 1 Nevsky Prospekt, Mendeleev Hall
25.05.2023
Research Seminar “«Persographics»: Approaches to typologization of personalization in the context of AI solutions in online retail”
Participation format: remotely
26.05.2023
Research Seminar "The Role of Human Resource Management in Company’s Sustainable Development"
Participation format: remotely
26.05.2023
IX Annual research conference "PPP Transport Sector; Models and Experiece2023"
Participation format: hybrid
Venue: St. Petersburg, V.O. Volkhovsky per., 3, room. 309 (with remote connection option)
30.05.2023
Meeting of the Board of the Executive MBA Program
Participation format: in-person
02.06.2023
Parent meeting for undergraduate students of GSOM SPbU
Participation format: remotely
02.06.2023
Research seminar “Methodology of Value Chains to Develop Marketing Strategy for Impatiemt Medical Organizations”
Participation format: in-person
Venue: Volkhovskiy per., 3, room. 309.