{"id":52080,"date":"2026-09-26T08:57:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T03:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/?post_type=news&#038;p=52080"},"modified":"2026-09-26T09:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T04:02:06","slug":"academic-and-research-council-meeting-held-at-mnu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/academic-and-research-council-meeting-held-at-mnu\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic and Research Council Meeting Held at MNU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Maqsut Narikbayev University (MNU) held a meeting of its Academic and Research Council (ARC). The participants discussed ways to improve the training of students enrolled in the Journalism and Reporting educational programme.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As part of the programme review, the ARC supported strengthening its content related to national information policy and information security. For example, the OSINT course was renamed \u201cInformation<strong> <\/strong>Security and OSINT Analysis Methods\u201d, with its content expanded to cover national information policy, countering disinformation, information security, and communication between the state and society. Starting from the 2027\u20132028 academic year, the curriculum is also expected to include a new five-ECTS course, \u201cNational Interests and Information Security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Particular attention was paid to the practical training of future journalists. The Council approved initiatives to expand the range of internship providers to include government agencies, public organizations, and national television channels, as well as to strengthen students\u2019 skills in working with official documents. Work is also planned to enhance the competencies of faculty members by involving industry practitioners and experts and developing relevant methodological guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In addition, the ARC considered matters related to international cooperation, including the conclusion of a memorandum with the Alexander Institute at the University of Helsinki (Finland), as well as amendments to MNU\u2019s Academic Mobility Regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The decisions adopted at the meeting are aimed at updating educational programmes, expanding international cooperation, and improving the quality of professional training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":52074,"template":"","news-cat":[],"news_tag":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Academic and Research Council Meeting Held at MNU - MNU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/academic-and-research-council-meeting-held-at-mnu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Academic and Research Council Meeting Held at MNU - MNU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maqsut Narikbayev University (MNU) held a meeting of its Academic and Research Council (ARC). 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