September 2025, № 3 (247), pages 23-29

doi: 10.25198/1814-6457-247-23

Pak L.G. EXPERIENCE OF ORGANIZING STUDENT SELF-GOVERNMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY: CONTENT ASPECTOrganization of student self-government activities has become an integral component in the preparation of university graduates with an active civic position, a developed sense of social responsibility and a focus on personal and public well-being. The low status of student activism, insufficient motivation to participate in collective management of public life and decision-making, fragmentation of the sense of involvement in the life of the university and society as a whole, insufficient experience of coordination and effective communication hinder student involvement in self-government. The problem can be solved by analyzing the best practices in organizing student self-government activities in the context of updated requirements for strengthening the educational component of the university. I have characterized the activities of the main bodies of student self-government of the Orenburg State Pedagogical University. These include: the student trade union committee, the headquarters of the student teams “Sozvezdie” (student teaching teams, student teams of conductors and work teams of teenagers), the tutor support center, the media center, the fundraising and public relations center, the patriotic center, student clubs, creative associations, the volunteer center “My Vmeste”, the primary branch of the Russian Movement of Children and Youth “Movement of the First”. The main advantages of organizing student self-government include: popularization of the ideas of preserving, strengthening and broadcasting in social practice traditional Russian spiritual and moral values, developing students' awareness of themselves as an element of a single whole – a university, a city, the Russian state, raising viable youth leaders in the context of global challenges and uncertainties, activating the innovative potential of students in the context of citizenship, culture, professionalism, creativity, prevention of extremism and radical ideology, focusing on complicity, multiculturalism and tolerance, developing flexible or trans-professional skills of the future; formation of information and project culture of activists.Key words: modern society, pedagogical university, structure and activities of student self-government bodies, student activism, socially significant activities, mission of serving the university/country, traditional Russian values.

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Author: Pak L.G.

Year: 2025

doi: 10.25198/1814-6457-247-23

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