April 10 saw the final assessment of Russian universities for the first wave of "Boiling Point" centers opening. The assessment of universities ' readiness for the opening and development of "Boiling Point" format was carried out during the selection of the University management teams for the educational intensive course "Island 10-22".
177 Russian universities applied for participation in the "Island"; 13 selected universities a invited to open their "Boiling Points" in the first wave, in May 2019. One of them was Novosibirsk State Technical University NETI. NSTU will be the only Novosibirsk participant of the project, with other Siberian universities invited as well: TPU, TUSUR from Tomsk and OmSTU from Omsk.
"Novosibirsk became one of the first regions of Russia, where the communication platform "Boiling Point" was launched in 2017, said Alexey Fursov, the Deputy Minister of Science and Innovation Policy of Novosibirsk Oblast. The opening of another space for discussion of innovative projects based in the flagship university is an important step in the development of scientific, technical, educational, technological and human potential of Novosibirsk Oblast. I am convinced that the "Boiling Point" based NSTU will yield new ideas, projects, products in promising areas of the region development."
The "Boiling point" based at the university is the collective work space for the representatives of education, science, business and government. Its activities are aimed at improving the quality of human capital assets of the country through changes in the universities approaches to their own educational activities, the introduction of new educational formats and models of communication. The target audience is the representatives of a single university ecosystem. Alongside the city and international "Boiling Points", the one based at university will become a unique interface for interaction, building up communities, emergence of new teams and projects. By the end of 2019, 50 university "Boiling Points" will be opened in Russia.
Now our University is becoming a melting pot, which combines ideas, technology and financial resources. In order to turn them into an innovative product, we need to reach the "boiling point", i.e. "warm up" all processes to the maximum temperature. Now we have the "Boiling Point", where it will take place-- says Anatoly Bataev, the Rector of NSTU NETI
"Boiling points" are "stimulating ground" for new educational projects, hypothesis testing and evaluation of the different educational formats effectiveness; it is a platform for discussions of entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists, teachers, students and postgraduates, as well as representatives of the government in the informal format. For NSTU the "Boiling Point" is an opportunity to join the technological agenda of the National technology-based initiatives and the expert network, which has already been formed around ASI and Russian venture company", says Kirill Zubarev, the project curator, the employee of the NSTU NETI project office