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On April 12 of this year, an ecology week was held at school-lyceum No. 95 in Astana. The event was attended by teachers and students of the Pedagogical Institute and the Higher School of Natural Sciences of Astana International University. As part of the event, Zhumagalieva Zharkyn Zhakievna, associate professor of the pedagogical institute, gave a lecture on the topic «Ecological state of natural waters» to 9th grade students. After the lecture, 3rd year students of the educational program 6B01502 «Biology» conducted various experiments on ecology. At the same time, Karabalaeva Aiman Beisembayevna PhD, senior teacher at the Higher School of Natural Sciences, provided general information on the environmental situation in Kazakhstan and conducted career guidance work about Astana International University among students in grades 9-11. The students were shown video materials about the university and were given booklets.

Students of the EP in the direction of “Preschool education and upbringing” met with the head of kindergarten No. 3 of the RSE at the RSE “Kindergarten “Karlygash” of the MC UDP RK Raushan Toktarova Kozhakhmetova, listened to a lecture on the topic “On the new quality of preschool education (EKERS-3 resources).”

During the meeting, students got acquainted with the life of the Karlygash kindergarten, with the updated pedagogical activities of teachers in the workplace.

The students expressed their gratitude, read their favorite poems, and played the dombra kui.

Recently, lecturers of the School of Natural Sciences Seitkan A., Kenzhegaliyeva D., Karabalayeva A. successfully completed advanced training courses on working with the «ЭРА» software package!

The software provides a wide range of capabilities for monitoring air quality and making informed decisions in the field of environmental protection. The course allows one to calculate emissions from pollution sources, dispersion using one-time and annual dispersion models, taking into account the background, the prospects for the development of an enterprise, monitoring emission standards, issuing documentation for industrial ecological control projects. The use of this software package in the educational process will contribute to the training of competitive environmental specialists!

Students of the Pedagogical Institute AIU Birlik Aybek (“6B01601” , 3rd year), Tursunbaev Adilet, (“6B01601-”, 3rd year), Haydar Dinmukhamed (“6B01601” –, 3rd year) and Kuandyk Meirzhan (“ 6B01601" -", 2nd year) under the scientific supervision of Associate Professor, Ph.D. Dr. Dyusupova Saule Tuyakovna and Master of History Kauanova Shyryn Adilkyzy took part in the XV Republican Subject Student Olympiad in the educational program "6B01601" - History" on the topic: Ulus Jochi in the history of Kazakhstan: role and significance (dedicated to the 800th anniversary of the formation of Ulus Jochi), which was held at the West Kazakhstan University named after Makhambet Utemisov, Uralsk on April 4-5, 2024. 

The team of our students performed under the name “NOMAD” and received a nomination “Best scientific project” and took third place among other universities of the Republic.

Congratulations!

In the period from January 15, 2024 to April 6, 2024, it was planned for the 4th year students of the Higher School of Information Technology and Engineering to complete an internship, who in turn completed it with high marks and positive feedback from employers. During this period, they actively participated in professional projects, solved real IT problems and introduced innovative technologies.

This internship not only strengthened their professional skills but also demonstrated their ability to adapt to the professional environment and work effectively in teams.

We are proud of our students and confident that they are ready for a successful career in the field of information technologies and engineering.

On March 26-27 the “Center for Environmental Research and Education” of the university organized a trip supervised by E.Zh. Makazhanov. and Nurymova Zh.D. to the Satpayev city as part of a project for landscaping a sanitary zone in the Zhezkazgan region. Bayazitov Elnar, a 2nd year student in the specialty "Ecology and Environmental Management", and Tolegen Fatima, a 3rd year student in the specialty "Biology" participated in this fieldwork. Local soil and spring water were sampled from the area for subsequent analysis. In addition, students monitored migration of eagles and falcons from the south to the north of Kazakhstan. This field study allowed students to gain practical skills necessary for their future profession and to contribute to the implementation of an important project on landscaping and environmental protection.

Doctor of PhD, senior lecturer at the Higher School of Law of Astana International University, Ibraev A.S., completed an intensive course for two months to improve the skills of preparing analytical materials. Studying at the School of Analytics has become a unique opportunity to work together with highly qualified domestic and foreign experts.

The training course consisted of theoretical and practical blocks. Well-known Kazakhstan and foreign experts were invited as lecturers and trainers. In addition, the participants of the school held a number of meetings with ministers and heads of central government agencies in the format of business lunches.

As a result of the training, team analytical reports on the UN Sustainable Development Goals were prepared. The Speaker of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Maulen Ashimbayev, presented a certificate of successful completion of the course and noted the high level of elaboration of the report, its relevance, structure, and content of conclusions and recommendations.  

On April 03, 2024, Astana International University hosted a meeting of graduates of pedagogical specialties with the directors and curators of new comfortable schools within the framework of the pilot project "Comfortable School". It is planned to open 24 comfortable schools, which will create almost 90 thousand student places in two shifts. 

During the meeting, issues of employment, admission criteria and working conditions at these schools were discussed. Graduates of Astana International University were provided with lists of new comfortable schools, contact details of curators, as well as instructions on registration for consultation and application. Graduates of the university actively participated in discussions, asked questions, principals and curators of schools accepted the graduates' resumes.

Students of the Higher School of Economics successfully competed in the IV All-Russian Student Olympiad «Entrepreneurship and Management», which was held on March 11-15, 2024 at Tomsk State University (Tomsk, Russian Federation).

A team of 3rd-year students of the EP «6B04114 Management», and EP «6B04117 Economics» consisting of Erzhan Asylym, Amirbek Sultan, Asyrova Zere, Zhunusov Diyaz, Ongarbaeva Aknur, Sultanbekova Alua, Shvedunova Milana under the guidance of Professor Lesbaeva Gulnara Tenelbaevna, sequentially passed all 3 rounds of the Olympics and took individual and team prizes.

Winner - 1st place of the Olympics - Sultanbekova Alua Erkanatovna.

The winners of the 2nd round are Amirbek Sultan, Zhunusov Diyaz, and Sultanbekova Alua (team place).

1st place of the 1st round - Ongarbaeva Aknur, Sultanbekova Alua.

1st place of the 2nd round - Erzhan Asylym, Asyrova Zere, Ongarbaeva Aknur, Shvedunova Milana (team place).

1st place of the III round - Erzhan Asylym, Sultanbekova Alua, Shvedunova Milana.

Congratulations to students and wish them further success and achievements! We thank the management and teaching staff of Tomsk State University for organizing the Olympics and cooperation!

The delegation of Astana International University led by President S.A. Irsaliyev visited the city of Lianyungang in China.

The first meeting of board of directors of the Research Institute of the New Land-Sea Transport Corridor Asia-Europe was held at the Oceanological University of Jiangsu Province, China. The meeting was attended by the head of the city development and reform committee Wei Huai Yu, the president of Astana International University Irsaliyev Serik Aztaevich, the vice-rector of Jiangsu Ocean University Shen Xin, the executive director of the Institute for Strategic Studies of the Belt and Road Initiative of Tsinghua University Shi Zhiqin.

Wei Huaiyu was appointed chairman of the board of directors of the New Asia-Europe Research Institute, Serik Irsaliyev was appointed chairman of the Kazakh branch, and Fan Ziqiang and Kairat Abdrakhmanov were appointed deputy chairmen from the Chinese and Kazakh sides, respectively.

In his speech, Wei Huaiyu briefly spoke about the economic and social development of Lianyungang City, as well as the experience of exchanges and cooperation between Lianyungang City and Kazakhstan. He expressed hope that communication bridges through scientific and cultural activities, by promoting exchanges and cooperation between the political, business and academic societies of Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries and Lianyungang will contribute to the development of the region. Lianyungang will become an international exchange center for countries and regions along the New Asia-Europe Land-Sea Transport Corridor; organizing talent exchange events, training for foreign students from Central Asian countries and other events.

Serik Irsaliyev spoke about the progress of friendly exchanges between China and Kazakhstan in recent years, as well as about joint efforts of establishment of the Asia-Europe Intermodal Transport Corridor Research Institute. He said that we are witnessing the formation of a new global economic and geographical model. The unique advantages of Kazakhstan’s location, as well as China’s formation of a logistics network in countries and regions along the Belt and Road will help strengthen the high quality of container trains on the China-Europe route, the development and participation in the construction of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor, which has provided favorable conditions for construction and development of research institutes. We hope to develop the institute into a platform for collaborative research and learning, exchange of experiences and practices, and creation of development opportunities, and work together to actively promote sustainable economic and human capital development.

Experts and scholars in related fields from Tsinghua University, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyung Economic Development Zone, China-Russia Digital Economy Research Center and SCO International Logistics Park (Lianyungang) were invited to the meeting.

The AIU delegation also visited the port and the Kazakh-Chinese logistics cooperation base in Lianyungang, where employees of JSC KTZ Express organized an excursion and introduced in detail the activities of the joint terminal.

The visit resulted in agreements to deepen bilateral cooperation with the Chinese side in the scientific and educational sphere.

For 3 years, traditionally in the spring, the Higher School of Natural Sciences has been organizing meetings with practicing experienced specialists from production to help the employment of future graduates. Events of this format allow students to get free consultations on job search from leading experts of consulting companies and provide an opportunity to meet students and employers in an informal setting. On March 28, 2024, a meeting was organized with a certified ecologist with 17 years of experience Kasymbekova Saltanat Sainovna, who worked in such top companies as Kazatomprom and KazMunayGas. Saltanat Sainovna shared her experience, spoke about possible areas of work of ecologists, such as an ecologist in production, an environmentalist designer, an ecologist in the civil service, an ecologist a teacher, an ecologist in scientific activities, an ecologist in financial organizations. She shared information on further directions of environmental development in Kazakhstan and spoke about the necessary skills that a qualified ecologist should have for further successful employment of students. She noted that a new direction for ecologists - ESG Ecologist - is now actively developing. Where the ecologist is a key figure for the communication of the company, society and the environment. The students were encouraged and satisfied with the meeting!!