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Belova E.N., Andryushkina E.Y. Implementation of the University 4.0 in the Siberian Federal District. Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2024. Issue 2 (232). P. 82-90

The transition to Industry 4.0 is one of the central objectives of the economic and social policy in Russia. This new form of the economy expands the field of human activity, which influences requirements for the competence of a specialist. Adapting to the new requirements of the labor market, universities are already beginning to introduce changes in various areas of their activities. The aim of this study is to identify the main activities of the universities of the Siberian Federal District (SFD) in the field of university transformation into University 4.0.To achieve the aim, the authors analyzed the works of Russian and foreign researchers devoted to the content of the university transformation into University 4.0. In addition, there is an investigation into open information resources of the leading universities of the SFD to establish the main activities for the transformation into University 4.0. The article reveals the essence and characteristic features of the University 4.0. The idea of University 4.0 refers to the transformation of education taking into account the needs and challenges of the digital society. Such transformation implies the introduction and development of individualized hybrid learning, not limited by time and space, in which the student has a sufficient degree of autonomy and participates in the formation of theirlearning plan. The authors note the importance of the project approach in teaching, the development of mentoring and an open educational environment. The analysis of the activities of the universities of the Siberian Federal District allowed to establish that currently research projects are actively developing in Siberian universities related to solving urgent global and regional problems, digitalization, informatization; involving students in research activities within the framework of these projects. The universities carry out the activities on these projects with the participation of industrial partners, state authorities and within the framework of international cooperation. Universities are developing digital environment that allows access to scientific, educational and infrastructural resources, as well as developing digital tools for mastering professional competencies. Despite the fact that many researchers consider University 4.0 a project of the future, we can already see serious changes in the activities of universities, which allow us to conclude that the transformation is taking place at an accelerated pace.

Keywords: University 4.0, Industry 4.0, digitalization of education, digital university, higher education

Ilina N.F., Andryushkina E.Y. Towards assessing intercultural competence in medical university teachers. Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2026. Issue 5 (247). P. 139-148

Intercultural competence is an integrative personal characteristic that facilitates effective intercultural communication, including in the professional sphere. The modern scientific field presents a variety of diagnostic methods for measuring the level of development of intercultural competence. The application of these methods is complicated by the lack of a unified approach to the content of this phenomenon, as well as by the fact that they are presented within the framework of various fields of scientific knowledge (psychology, cultural studies, linguocultural studies, pedagogy, language teaching methodology, etc.) and do not take into account the specific communicative context of a particular professional field. The relevance of researching the intercultural competence of a medical university teacher is determined by the changed conditions of their professional activity due to the growing pace of internationalization of medical education and the increasing number of international students studying in medical universities on programs using a lingua franca. The aim of the article is a theoretical analysis of existing approaches to the content and diagnosis of intercultural competence in the modern scientific field and, based on this analysis, the development of a diagnostic toolkit for its assessment in a medical university teacher. The paper examines approaches to defining the content of the phenomenon of intercultural competence, as well as methods for its diagnosis presented in scientific works in psychology, cultural studies, and pedagogy. In the article, the intercultural competence of a medical university teacher is positioned within the communicative component of their overall professional competence. Based on the provisions of the competency-based approach and taking into account the specifics of the professional activity of a medical university teacher, a system of criteria for assessment is proposed: semantic, knowledge-based, communicative, activity-based, and reflective, along with a suggested diagnostic toolkit for each criterion. The developed diagnostic apparatus can be used for designing professional development programs for teachers of medical universities and building individual trajectories of their professional growth. A prospect for further research is the empirical testing of the proposed toolkit on the basis of medical universities with subsequent statistical verification of its validity.

Keywords: intercultural communication, international students, intercultural competence, medium of instruction, competency-based approach