The Academic Committee for the EP "Ecology and Nature Management" is in operation

On April 9, 2025, a meeting of the Academic Committee of the Higher School of Natural Sciences was held to update the educational program "Ecology and Nature Management". The meeting was attended by Dana Zhanibekovna Agybaeva, Chief Expert of the Committee for Environmental Regulation and Control of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Aigul Zulkharnayevna Zhumadilova, Head of ESG Trend LLP, Zhanseit Farkhat, Director of Ecoservice-S LLP, as well as other specialists and experts from organizations directly working in the field of environmental protection, environmental consulting, nature management and sustainable development.

An open dialogue between the university and employers made it possible to determine the requirements for the competencies of future graduates: what knowledge and practical skills a modern ecologist should have, what criteria for selecting graduates are used by employers when hiring, and what specific changes need to be made to the educational program to train in-demand and competitive specialists. Employers emphasized the need to strengthen practice-oriented disciplines and introduce real cases and practical tasks from professional activities into the educational process. It was recommended to include in the program disciplines related to environmental management, sustainable development, ESG reporting, environmental auditing, as well as digital tools for environmental monitoring.

Academic committees are an effective platform for strengthening the connection between science, education and business, and most importantly, they play an important role in the formation of the country's professional human resources potential in the field of ecology and sustainable development.