On November 9, 2020, a significant event took place at the university - the opening of a center for career development, professional competencies and practical training.

The main goal of the center is to increase the competitiveness of students and graduates of the university in the modern labor market, to assist in choosing the field of further professional improvement and development. The center’s activities are aimed at uniting the work of all institutes, departments of GSU in providing high-quality practical training, development of professional competencies, employment and career growth of students.

The event, which was organized in compliance with all the rules for ensuring the safety of the health of the participants, was attended by: Chairman of the Council of Deputies of the Ramensk urban district Yu.A. Ermakov, deputy chairman of the Council of Deputies of the Ramensk urban district, graduate of the Gzhel technical school in 1967 V.F. Demin; Head of the Consumer Market, Investments and Entrepreneurship Development Department of the Administration of the Ramensk City District A.V. Vasiliev; Deputy Chairman of the Council of Deputies of the Ramensk urban district N.M. Shirokova; Chairman of the Committee for Culture and Tourism of the Administration of the Ramensk urban district M.G. Rohatyn; Director of the Gzhel territorial administration G.N. Golinkova; General Director of OOO Keramika Gzheli S.А. Akentiev; Director of JSC "Rechitsa Porcelain Factory" Yu.V. Glushkov; General Director of LLC ART-modern ceramics E.O. Efimov; President of the Time Forward Foundation D.V. Ezerskaya; General Director of the travel agency "Chas-Travel" N.А. Rykov; director of gymnasium No. 48 N.V. Stepin; director of the Gzhel secondary school with the study of subjects of the artistic and aesthetic cycle N.M. Tulyasheva; director of the Rechitsa secondary school V.E. Bespalova; Deputy Director for educational work of the Kuzyaevskaya secondary school S.A. Kochukova; representatives of the joint-stock financial corporation Sistema GK NHP. Teachers, university staff and students could watch the process of the event in an online format on the ZUM platform.

The meeting was opened by the acting rector, Doctor of Pedagogy D.S. Somov, who emphasized the important role of such a center for the life of the university and wished fruitful work.

Director of the Career Development Center, Head of the Department of Theory and Organization of Management, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor O.V. Borisova made a presentation of the main forms of practical training and professional development at GSU and determined the directions of the new structural unit. In the structure of the center, two departments have been created: professional competencies and careers (head of the candidate of economic sciences, associate professor I.A. . N. Baranova). The secretary-administrator of the center is a third-year student E.A. Suleimanov.

Bachelor’s graduates and historian Oscar Villara Barroso, a lecturer at the University of Havana, a partner of Gzhel University in international cooperation, sent a video greeting to the participants of the meeting.

The leaders of the enterprises focused on the practical training of students on the basis of employers, starting from the second - third year. The participants of the meeting expressed their support to the organizers of the center and expressed their wishes to intensify work with students and representatives of employers. The new structure has started active activities. Eleven cooperation agreements have been signed.

Director of the career development center of GSU O.V. Borisova