From 19 to 23 November 2018, the Fourth General Assembly of the International Network for Education and Training of specialists in the field of nuclear technology STAR-NET has been held in Vienna with the support of the IAEA. It was devoted to summarizing and discussing the results of the network for 2018 and approving plans for the next year. 10 out of 13 universities included in the STAR-NET network participated at the Assembly.
MEPhI was represented by the rector of the University, President of STAR-NET M.N. Strikhanov, Director of the Higher Engineering School of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, head of the group STAR-NET network "Cooperation Organization" M.G. Ganchenkova, and the head of the group "Programmes, Modules and Teaching materials" in STAR-NET network N.I. Geraskin.
President of STAR-NET M.N. Strikhanov noted that in a relatively short period of time the network had reached the level of similar networks in nuclear education, which also exist under the auspices of the IAEA and unite organizations of other regions of the world: ENEN — European network, ANEN — Asian network, LANET — Latin American and AFRO-NEST — African. Mikhail Nikolayevich praised the achievements of the previous years and identified new challenges, including:
- formation of a single educational space through the coordination of reference programs, double diplomas, exchange of students, implementation of joint master's programs,
- interaction with other regional networks,
- collaboration in research,
- increasing the activity of universities in the network.
Executive Director of STAR-NET, Professor of MEPhI A.N. Kosilov said that the STAR-NET network had been established in September 2015 in the framework of the General conference of the IAEA with the purpose of development, management and preservation of nuclear knowledge and ensuring qualified human resources in the nuclear field in countries whose educational organizations participate in the network and improve the quality of human resources for safe and stable use of nuclear technology. In 2018, the AGH University of Science and Technology has joined to the network and currently it consists of 13 universities from Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Poland, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
The STAR-NET network is a voluntary international organization established by public and private universities, research centres, industry and other stakeholders.
More information about STAR-NET can be found here: http://www.star-net.online/en/
