Scientific and pedagogical staff as a social community in the changing conditions of academic development

Introduction. The urgency of the problem is due to the need to increase the scientific activity and productivity of scientific and pedagogical staff (SPS), acting as the flagship of the scientific development of universities. The article examines the social community of SPS of Russian universities a...

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Published in:The Education and science journal
Main Authors: G. E. Zborovsky, P. A. Ambarova
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University 2022
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edu
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.17853/1994-5639-2022-5-147-180
https://doaj.org/article/26343a1071dc4acba75622c6f3b064df
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Summary:Introduction. The urgency of the problem is due to the need to increase the scientific activity and productivity of scientific and pedagogical staff (SPS), acting as the flagship of the scientific development of universities. The article examines the social community of SPS of Russian universities as one of the drivers of the development of Russian higher education in the context of the implementation of the strategic academic leadership programme “Priority-2030”.The aim of the article is to identify the directions and contradictions of the transformation of the scientific and pedagogical community in the changing conditions of academic development of Russian universities.Methodology and research methods. The study uses the method of analysing statistical data on higher education in Russia and the Ural Federal District for 2000–2021 and Monitoring the effectiveness of universities for 2013–2021.Results. The main results of the study presented in the article were quantitative, structure and substantive characteristics of the social community of the SPS. They were shown through the prism of indicators of their scientific activity and the requirements imposed on them by the university administration. An important result of the study was the analysis of the achievements and problems of scientific activity of the SPS in five universities of the Ural Federal District, representing five subjects of the Russian Federation on its territory – Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, Kurgan regions, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District. Among the universities coming into focus, there were three universities, which received support within the framework of the “5-100” Project. The article identifies the prospects and risks of implementing projects for the development of the university SPS in the “core zone”, which have received support under the “Priority-2030” strategic academic leadership programme, as well as the opportunities for academic development of the SPS of universities in the “semi-periphery” and “periphery” that do not have ...