Kazan Federal University

KFU student becomes the youngest winner of the League of Lecturers contest by Obschestvo Znanie (Russian Knowledge Society)

Graduate student of the Institute of International Relations Ilnur Khazipov joined the award ceremony on 1 December in Moscow.

Overall, more than 2,500 submissions were made, 600 made it to the semi-finals, and 100 were admitted to the finals. During the first two stages, the selections were made by the jury, and the finals were judged by students who listened to the lecturers.

Khazipov pitched his presentation titled “A cool idea with a ruble in your pocket: how to find resources for your idea without investing your own funds?”

He and 19-year Ramil Bagaviev (another representative of Kazan University) were the youngest among the contestants. The winner confessed, “We were not even considered serious competitors initially. However, we were able to represent our university on this high level and prove that young people can convey knowledge as well as do renowned professors and successful entrepreneurs.”

Every winner received a 2.6-kilogram cube of shungite, a rare mineraloid first discovered in Russia. It symbolized the uniqueness of talents convened at the competition and their contribution to spreading scholarly knowledge.

Apart from that, a grant of 500 thousand rubles was also given to the best lecturers. As for Ilnur Khazipov, he plans to launch a project tentatively called the University of Micro-Courses. It will be targeted at freshmen of Tatarstani universities and contain very concise information about the life of higher school. In particular, there will be six thematic collections: Leaders of Change (information about student unions and councils), Student Spring (event management and arts), Sports Nation, Media and PR, Volunteering and International Cooperation, and Research Community.

As for what he considers his main prize, Khazipov said it’s definitely the title of the Honorary Lecturer of Znanie and new opportunities to take stage at the country’s best venues. He shared that he primarily wants to target high schoolers from 7th to 11th grades.

 

Source text: Larisa Busil

Translation: Yury Nurmeev

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