Professors of Russian community in Australia come to work in Universities of Sydney more and more often, Edineniye newspaper writes.
Majority of them teach mathematics, physics and technical sciences, which is currently in high demand in Australia. The Soviet and Russian scientific schools have always been believed to be the best ones in the world, so no wonder, that Sydney universities employ professors who graduated from the leading national universities.
The chief of Theoretical Physics department of New South Wales University Victor Flambaum invited to this university has noted that the level of science in Australia is lower compared to Russia and Academic city of Novosibirsk where he used to study and work. However, the country’s authorities and university administration make everything possible to ensure competitiveness of the Australian students on the global level. An important role in this process is played by Russian teachers working in Sydney universities.
Graduate of Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys Professor Oleg Ostrovsky supposes that Australian metallurgy will demand more skilled specialists in future. At present, his group at university consists of only few people, however, the manufacturing is growing in the country so the demand for specialists in the field of metallurgy is to increase as well. Our compatriot is sure that this specialization will be in high demand in Australia pretty soon.
Graduate of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and specialist in the field of applied mathematics Alexander Novikov is also a professor of the New South Wales University. He visited Australia in 1996 for the first time and acknowledged that he was really enchanted by this country. He has been working for twenty years as a professor of mathematics and he has never regretted his choice. Professor Novikov has confessed that he keeps in touch with the Motherland and often involves young mathematicians in mutual projects. Alexander Novikov has stated that Australia lacks traditions of teaching advanced mathematics unlike Russia; however, there are many talented students including Russian students in this country who might become well-known scientists in future.
Russkiy Mir
