People come together in communities sharing ideas, values and goals. Collaboration of members working on the same project leads communities to a faster real change. The community-based approach has become popular in a variety of fields, including higher education. The University has always been and remains a meeting point of interests of various stakeholders – the state, business, regional authorities, citizens, scientific and educational communities, applicants, etc. Implementing its mission, the university is interested in forming long-term partnerships and building strong educational, professional, local and international communities. The Connect-Universum Forum is another step in this direction.

The department of Social Communications, the Faculty of Psychology of Tomsk State University being the organizer of the Forum invites everyone who deals with professional development of communicators, works for or heads companies in the  field of communications, plans to become a communications expert or is simply interested in communications to join online Forum with international participation Connect-Universum to discuss the possibilities and prospects of the community-based approach in  spheres and questions common for education and business.

Issues for discussion: 
• Shared goals and values of those who are involved in professional development of communicators; 
• Does community bring more fruitful results than just being in partnership; 
• Main representatives of communities: in the field of communications and in professional higher education; 
• Communities are virtual but changes are real;
• Advanced communications technologies which help to preserve and develop a community; 
• Cases of the community-based approach implemented in spheres where education and business meet;
• Community-based approach as a way to build sustainable long-term international relations;
• Digital and network technologies of overcoming language barrier to form international educational and professional communities. 

In the program of the forum Connect-Universum 2024:

Panel discussion «Community-based approach in the development of experts in the field of communications» with the participation of experts from education and business. Read more about the meetup here. (in English)

Тhe first meetup of the open multicultural community CrossCommConnect «Professions without Borders: integration of students studying advertising and PR abroad into  professional community». Read more about the meetup here. (in English)

All-Russian Research-to-Practice Student Conference «Student Communities as Public Benefit and Professional Development» with an opportunity for students of any field of study to deliver a talk. Read more about the meetup here. (in Russian)

More details about other forum events will appear in early November on the Connect-Universum-2024 website in the «News».