Kalugina Diana A.

The main purpose of the study is to monitor the public consciousness of residents of the Sverdlovsk region and to assess the social mood and well-being of the population during the period of restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic. To obtain data, the research group of the Department of Management Theory and Sociology of the Ural Institute of Management - Branch of the RANEPA conducted a sociological study in the form of an online survey of residents of the region. The total sample size is 1000 people. The assessment indicators are the awareness of the population of the Sverdlovsk region about the pandemic, trust in various sources of information, attitude to the measures taken by the authorities to counter the spread of infection, and the impact of isolation on the well-being and financial situation of citizens. The study revealed the dependence of the populations attitude to what is associated with coronavirus infection and the established regime of self-isolation on the sources of information received and trust in them. For most of the population, this is the Internet, social networks, and information received from relatives and friends. Central TV channels are trusted by less than half of the respondents. Official statements do not inspire confidence in about a third of citizens, and regional leaders have a little more confidence in information about the pandemic than Federal leaders. These and other research results are of practical significance for carrying out preventive work with the population, searching for additional information channels, and making up a dialogue between the authorities and citizens to avoid social destabilization in the region.

Purpose. Study of availability of reliable, quality information for youth required for its full formation and development through official websites of MSU bodies. Methods. The study is based on the methods of design analysis, content and interactivity of official websites sections related to the youth policy of Ekaterinburg administration and bodies of local self-government. For analysis, the authors developed a comprehensive system of evaluation criteria for websites. Results and practical value. The authors identified the problems that indicate a lack of attention OGV and MSU to information support for the implementation of the State youth policy. Serious shortcomings in information support of the websites of OGV and MSU were found out. The authors developed and proposed topics of official websites of the city administration of Ekaterinburg and MSU with possible information blocks. Scientific novelty. Scientific novelty is in the binding decoration and filling the content of informational official websites of the city administration and MSU bodies in the part concerning the youth policy to the Concept of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2020 and the Fundamentals of the State youth policy in the Russian Federation up to 2025.

Purpose. The research is aimed at studying the labor market of young professionals, the employers’ requirements for this group, identifying priority criteria of the perspective specialists from the employers’ position and analyzing business readiness to participate in the implementation of the education system regulation mechanisms. Methods. In the course of the study practical application methods: survey and analysis of documents were used. The data of the surveys of the heads of organizations and structural subdivisions were the quantitative basis of the research. Results. The study revealed common cultural, personal and professional competences of young professionals, highlighted the most important and of top priority ones from the point of view of employers, revealed the interest of the heads of organizations and structural subdivisions to interact in partnership with universities. Scientific novelty. Key competencies and qualities of young professionals in demand in the labor market are identified and analyzed; the activity of businesses to participate in joint programs with universities on the problems of higher education system regulation is researched.

Purpose. To analyze social well-being of citizens studying in military training centers (MTC), their motives for selecting the educational institution, to make a conclusion about efficiency of the military training center operating as part of a civil university structure as a new form of regular officers training. Methodology and Methods: The methodology is based on the principles of sociological approach. Methods such as analysis, synthesis, sociological survey and document analysis have been used in the research. Results: indicators of social well-being of citizens studying in MTC programs, main differences between them and cadets of military high schools are identified, citizens’ perceptions of their social status, motives and reasons for the choice are revealed. Conclusion is made about problems associated with institutionalization of military training centers as a modernized form of regular officers training, about their «incorporation» into the civil university structure and about slow adaptation of students in MTC. Scope of application: the research results can be used for educational process organization in MTC, their further institutionalization in the structure of civil university. Scientific novelty: Social well-being of citizens studying in MTC programs is assessed on the basis of a system of indicators of well-being of various aspects of their educational activities. It is concluded that in military training centers of civil universities, on the one hand, a new social community of students is gradually formed, on the other hand, the level of social well-being of citizens studying in MTC programs is for the time being reducing marginal position between the students of civil universities studying in reserve officer training programs (students of military departments) and not studying in military departments (departments of military training) «common» students as well as cadets studying at military academies of the country.