Gazprom Neft and the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University together launched the School of Teachers educational program in five cities: Ufa, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen and St. Petersburg. About 600 people will be trained including teachers from 11 partner universities of the company and internal trainers. The project is aimed at improving the efficiency of joint educational projects and developing the Gazprom Neft corporate training system.

 

The uniqueness of the program lies in the creation of a unified environment for training specialists and the introduction of common methodological standards. As a result, the terms for developing and coordinating the company's educational projects will be reduced including joint master's programs, advanced training and professional retraining programs. The School of Teachers will also help strengthen horizontal ties between Gazprom Neft's internal trainers and teachers from partner universities and colleges and form a common understanding of current business needs and challenges in the education sector.

 

The "School of Teachers" includes three areas: "Fundamentals of Designing Educational Programs", "Best Teaching Practices" and "Gazprom Neft  Approaches to the Development of Educational Programs Together with Universities". Alumni will receive state certificates of advanced training. A series of events celebrating the Year of the Educator and Mentor will also include "Internal Trainers, Educators and Mentors Campus" and  "Learning Environment" forum.

 

Ilya Dementiev, Rector of the Gazprom Neft Corporate University:

“The School of Teachers is a large-scale educational product that Gazprom Neft is implementing with partners, universities of the Gazprom Neft League of Universities as part of the Year of the Teacher and Mentor. We continue to synchronize methodological expertise in the development, evaluation and implementation of professional educational programs. The implementation of such joint projects allows the company to make a significant contribution to the development of fundamental education in our country. And corporate training, in turn, is more effective in responding to business needs.”

Olga Dergunova, Deputy President and Chairman of VTB Bank Management Board, GSOM SPbU Director:

 “It is especially important now for companies investing in higher education to build the concept of lifelong learning and provide teachers with access to systemic knowledge in the field of teaching methods. For many years, GSOM SPbU has been deeply working on the methodological component of the educational process searching for new approaches and tools including digital environment. We systematized our experience and transferred all our knowledge into the developed program, which was launched for teachers of partner universities, schools and colleges of Gazprom Neft. We are happy to support socially significant educational projects and we are confident that the learning outcomes will be as effective as possible and will allow us to obtain up-to-date knowledge that meets the challenges of today in a short time.”  

Reference: 2023 has been declared the Year of the Teacher and Mentor by the Decree of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. Mission - recognition of the special status of teaching staff, including those performing mentoring activities.