The first season of the League of Lecturers competition: the winners will receive grants in the amount of 500 thousand rubles
On December 1, 2021, a solemn ceremony was held in the Digital Business Space to award the winners of the large-scale All-Russian competition – the first season of the League of Lecturers. A hundred finalists from 40 regions of Russia gathered in the hall to find out the names of the best lecturers in the country.
Fifty winners received awards from the hands of the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Russian Society “Knowledge” Sergei Kirienko. These are cubes from a rare rock, shungite, weighing 2.6 kilograms. The choice of material emphasizes the unique talent of the lecturers and their significant contribution to the development of education in the country. Sergei Kiriyenko also announced that the winners of the first season of the League of Lecturers will receive grants in the amount of 500 thousand rubles for training and development of their educational projects. The same award awaits everyone who becomes the best in the next seasons of the competition.
Among the laureates of the League of Lecturers are residents of 22 regions of Russia: from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Penza, Smolensk, Belgorod, Saransk, Noyabrsk on Yamal, the city of Gadzhievo, Murmansk region and others. These are representatives of completely different spheres of knowledge and professions, for example, Doctor of Philosophy, professor, veteran of labor from Penza; artistic director of the theater workshop from Voronezh; Associate Professor at the Institute of Living Systems, IKBFU I. Kant from Kaliningrad; Junior Researcher of the Problem Research Laboratory “Diagnostic Research and Minimally Invasive Technologies” of the Smolensk State Medical University; popularizer of science, postgraduate student at NRNU MEPhI; junior researcher at NIKIET JSC from Moscow. A complete list of winners can be found on the competition website. https://znanierussia.ru/ligalektorov
First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Sergei Kiriyenko said: “What you are doing is not just a transfer of knowledge. Acting as a lecturer at the Knowledge Society, you become a model and example for the audience. Your listeners should feel the truth in what you are doing, understand from looking at you that they too can be successful. And then they, too, will begin to act. This project will definitely become permanent, and today you can apply for the spring “League of Lecturers”. Starting next season, grants of 500 thousand rubles are provided as an additional incentive for the winners of the League of Lecturers, which can be spent on improving their qualifications, training, as well as developing and creating their own educational content. Today's winners of the competition will receive similar encouragement. ”
Sergey Kiriyenko also added that in six months more than 7,000 lecturers have joined the Russian Knowledge Society, who have already read more than 15,000 lectures throughout the country.
The winners of the competition were determined by the results of the finalists' performances, which took place on November 29 and 30 at the venues of leading Russian universities: Lomonosov Moscow State University, MGIMO, HSE, RGGU, RUDN, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, MAI, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and RANEPA. The speeches of the finalists gathered a wide audience of interested listeners who, together with experts, evaluated the speeches. presented topics from various fields of knowledge, for example: “How to see a black hole?” , “Manipulation of consciousness by means of modern technologies”, “Human bones. How do they work and how do they work? “,” The new world of digital platforms and metauniverses. ” In addition, all finalists of the League of Lecturers will receive a trip as a gift and will be able to visit unique historical and natural sights of Russia: for example, Kamchatka, Baikal or Altai.
All finalists of the competition received access to a comprehensive educational program at “ Knowledge Center “of the Russian Society” Knowledge “on Mashuk. It includes lectures and master classes on the development, production and production of educational content: YouTube channels, blogs, author courses, films and other projects, as well as courses on public speaking and public speaking.
Partner of the competition, the company “Netology” presented the winners with access to a library of mini-courses. It contains 1,739 lessons in management, marketing, social media, product creation, copywriting.