Management of scientific activities of classical university students: challenges and solutions

Abstract. Science is a powerful stimulating factor in the improvement of the quality of life. The key scientific sectors include scientific activities of university students. Involving students in scientific work is an important part of the educational strategy of modern universities. Close integration of theoretical and practical training creates conditions for effective professional activity in the future. However, approaches to the formation of an individual cognitive style of students in the course of professional training have not yet been fully researched. Therefore, the problem of this research can be formulated as follows: what are the problems of organizing the scientific activities of students at a classical university and ways to solve them?

The goal of the research is to identify the problems of organizing scientific activities of students at a classical university and suggest ways to solve them. The research method used are analysis, synthesis, generalization, survey, description. The research results are the following: the importance of involving students in scientific work has been substantiated; the degree of formation of students' research skills and the level of organization of students’ scientific work at a university have been experimentally revealed; the problems of scientific work of students at a classical university have been identified and ways to solve them have been proposed.

Key findings: students' scientific work is considered among the main factors in the quality of training future personnel; it is implemented in two forms – educational research work provided for by the curriculum, and research activities outside the academic disciplines; low research activity of students, weak motivation for research work and other problems have been identified; ways to solve the identified problems in the context of improving the formation of the research development environment of the classical university have been substantiated. 

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