The relevance of this study is due to the increasing role and importance of clustering in the international and Russian educational process.

Aim of this study is to analyze the international and Russian experience of clustering education, to show the possibilities of using the cluster approach in the development of education in Russia.

Procedure and methods of research. The theoretical provisions and conclusions of the study are based on general scientific and special methodological approaches: systematic, culturological, civilizational and cluster, etc. The information and empirical base of the study is represented by statistical data of the European Cluster Observatory, materials of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. There is a positive experience of the educational sphere clustering in many foreign and Russian universities.

Scientific novelty / theoretical and practical significance. The arguments are given in favor of using the cluster approach in the implementation of the scientific and educational strategy of the Russian University of Transport (MIIT), which implements the project of the multifunctional technological cluster “Obraztsovo”, as well as the technological valley “Sparrow Hills” of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The analysis of the main advantages of combining educational institutions and organizations into clusters, as well as the problems arising in this case, is given.

Results. The international and Russian experience of clustering higher education shows positive examples of improving the competitiveness of educational institutions; the cluster approach of education management will increase the level of competitiveness of cluster subjects.

Conclusions. The cluster approach in the development of innovative education is relevant and in demand today. The issues of clustering of the education sector in Russia require the comprehensive participation of educational institutions, business and government structures.

Relevance. Intellectual competitions in Russia are massive projects that attract the attention of schoolchildren and their mentors in all regions of the country. The measures taken by the state to popularize the creative activities of students place the procedures for holding competitions in the focus of public attention, focusing on controversial points and contradictions.

Aim is to identify possible ways to reform the organization and conduct of the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren at the school and municipal stages, identify problematic aspects and propose measures to eliminate contradictions related to the Olympiad movement of schoolchildren, in par­ticular, on the example of the specifics of the subject “English.”

Methodology. The methodological basis of the study was the interdependence of axiological, cul­turological, informational, systemic and activity approaches. The following theoretical methods were used: analysis of scientific articles on organizing academic competitions, the analysis of the current regulatory documents that are fundamental for conducting the Olympiad, as well as classification and grouping, and generalization of the results received. In addition, a survey of 1360 practitioners from 12 regions of the Russian Federation was conducted in order to reveal their satisfaction with the existing organizational procedures.

Research implications. The study identified a number of problems that exist when organizing the Olympiad at the school and municipal stages, while some of them are due to the lack of significant expert information in the public domain. Solving these problems will make it possible to make ad­justments to the regulatory documentation, which will lead to an improvement in the functioning of the Olympiad movement as a system for finding and selecting talents thus removing a certain part of the conflicts between the jury and the contestants.

Results of the study. As part of the study, it was revealed that the true unification of approaches to the Olympiad begins only with the regional stage, while at the most massive stages regional and municipal subject commissions determine the specifics of the organization by independent regula­tory acts, which leads to different competitive practices. The lack of academic unity is also revealed when comparing different subjects. When studying the specifics of the Olympiad in English, we also exposed a layer of problems, the reasons for which lie in the federal documentation and the absence of an open dialogue between the Central Methodological Commission and the teacher's community.

Conclusion. To improve the effectiveness of the Olympiad as a means of finding and selecting talents, it is necessary to reform some procedures, in particular, revise the approach to filing the appeal by schoolchildren, allow the revision of the keys, and publish expert information on open access. Besides, it is relevant to conduct on a systematic basis advanced training courses for teachers, both for didactical aims and in the subject area, with the involvement of the jury experts and authors of Olympiad assignments.

Relevance. The study of the features of preparation for the All-Russian Olympiad of schoolchildren is timely and relevant for a number of reasons, including the constantly growing interest in this intellectual project on the part of students and teachers, as well as the high importance of the Olympiad movement to increase the intellectual potential of the nation.

Aim. The article aims to reveal the features of the modern Olympiad competition in English, as well as to show the systemic nature of preparation for the Olympiad.

Methodology. Among the main methods of research are the analysis of the publication activity of modern authors on the declared topic, content analysis of the content of tasks of previous years, the study of official documents published by the central subject-methodological commission.

Research implications. The article clarifies the term "Olympiad," as well as indicates the features of the training of schoolchildren at the current stage.

Results of the study. The systemic nature of preparation for the Olympiad tours and an understanding of the evolution of the competition allows us to achieve high-quality results.

Conclusion. The Olympic movement is one of the main drivers of improving the quality of education in the country, participation in the Olympiad conceptually allows you to educate schoolchildren who can think independently and creatively.

Relevance. Nowadays, most companies use the data accumulated in the enterprise information system to solve corporate governance problems. The most modern means for operational data processing are information and analytical systems, therefore, the task of studying the peculiarities of training undergraduates in the use of information and analytical systems technologies is relevant.

Aim. The purpose of the work is to identify the peculiarities of studying the technologies of information and analytical systems by masters of the "Economics" direction in the conditions of use by modern companies of the "data-driven" approach.

Methodology. During the study, methods of analyzing professional and educational standards, educational programs of disciplines of higher educational institutions, the content of advanced training courses on the development and use of information and analytical systems, scientific, educational, methodological and educational literature for universities were used.

Scientific novelty / theoretical and / or practical significance. Methodological recommendations for conducting classroom laboratory classes using software tools for the implementation of information and analytical systems have been developed. Examples of assessment tools for monitoring students are given.

Results of the research. Presented the experience of teaching the discipline "Information and analytical technologies in business" to undergraduates in the direction of "Economics." The goals and objectives of the course in the framework of economic education are indicated, the importance of obtaining skills in working with information and analytical systems by masters in the direction of "Economics" is justified. The peculiarities of the organization of the process of studying the discipline are indicated.

Conclusions. The article summarizes the practical experience of training undergraduates in the use of information and analytical systems technologies. When conducting classroom laboratory work, it is necessary to solve practical problems using modern means of implementing information and analytical systems, it is important to use software products without violating licensing requirements.

The relevance of our study lies in the growing interest in the applied application of artificial intelligence technologies in various fields of human activity.

Aim is to consider neural networks as an example of artificial intelligence technologies for adapting texts in teaching foreign languages.

Methodology. To achieve this goal, we turn to the methods of pedagogical modeling and experiment, as well as statistical data processing. During the research the following methods were used: the analysis of methodological issues, pedagogical modeling, pedagogical experiment, as well as statistical data processing with the use of Student’s criterion.

Scientific novelty and/or theoretical and/or practical significance. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the proposed method of using texts adapted by neutron networks within the framework of a “mobile quest” task series. The theoretical significance of the study includes clarifying the didactic potential of the selected task type. The practical significance, in its turn, is due to the given example of integrating the “mobile quest” task in a specific learning environment, as well as a review of text analysis tools based on artificial intelligence technologies.

Results. The results of the experiment prove the effectiveness for the development of subject and meta-subject skills.

Conclusion. We conclude that it is necessary and appropriate to use relevant and adapted by means of neural networks texts in teaching foreign languages.

Relevance. At present, Russian-Chinese relations are at an unprecedentedly high level. Cross-cultural communication between the two nations should occur in a state of mutual understanding and mutual respect, correspondingly, only by discovering the causes of communicative failures, it is possible to avoid them in cross-cultural dialogue between Russia and China and prepare future professionals to work in the field of Russian-Chinese relations in a proper way.

Aim. To reveal the main causes of communicative failures in linguocultural and cross-cultural dimen­sions on the example of the Chinese language and the culture of China.

Methodology. The keynote of the study was the use of poly-approach methods, namely the integra­tion space of culturally relevant approaches, such as: country-study, cross-cultural, sociocultural and linguocultural approaches. Methods of researching the corpus of Chinese texts were applied as well as of specially designed teaching materials on Chinese culture and language of profession, in particular, the analysis of metatextual markup and the creation of author's own corpus of culturally- oriented texts. In the course of the study, a participatory observation in the classes of linguocultural studies of China at the university and middle schools was carried out.

Scientific novelty / theoretical and/or practical significance. The present study makes it possible to determine the main trends in the solution of the problems of teaching Chinese culture and language to Russian students and to prepare them for intercultural communication. Following this methodol­ogy, specialists in the field of teaching Oriental languages will be able to competently design teach­ing materials on linguocultural studies of China, as well as to introduce an important cultural studies component in everyday Chinese classes.

Results. At the first stage of the research the status of oriental studies in our country and its stages of development in the COVID-19 and post-COVID periods were fixed. Then, using linguocultural analysis, the main causes of communicative failures were analyzed and supported by examples from the Chinese cultural space. At the final stage of the research the technologies of teaching Chinese culture and traditions were identified using the examples from textbooks and teaching materials written by Russian authors.

Conclusions. This study identified and comprehensively described the main causes of communica­tive failure of the Chinese language through the prism of culturally appropriate approaches, in par­ticular, linguocultural and intercultural.

Relevance. The article is devoted to the functioning of the Russian language in the Republic of Tajikistan in three aspects: socio-cultural, educational and political.

Aim. Description of the current state of the study of the Russian language, from the socio-cultural, political and educational points of view and the features of its functioning as a means of interethnic communication in the Republic of Tajikistan.

Methodology. When writing the work, the following methods were used: analytical and descriptive, including a review and analysis of scientific and methodological literature on the research topic, questioning, summarizing the experience of teaching the Russian language.

Scientific novelty / or theoretical and/or practical significance. The novelty of the research is that it is the first attempt of studying the socio-cultural, educational and political aspects of the Russian language functioning in modern Tajikistan.

Results. This study clarifies the importance of the Russian language not only as the most important educational unit, but also as a determining factor for successful social adaptation. The need for the development of Russian schools on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan was indicated. The description of the spread of the Russian language and culture in Tajikistan is given. It is substanti­ated that a non-native language, in particular, the Russian language, is one of the main factors in the socio-economic and general cultural progress of the society. The current position of the Russian language in the system of secondary and higher education in Tajikistan is analyzed.

Conclusions. In Tajikistan, there is an ever increasing need to study the Russian language as a means of interethnic communication and intercultural interaction between Tajikistan and Russia, as well as its study in national schools and higher educational institutions of the country. The author notes the high importance of the teacher and his methods of work in the national school against the back­ground of the lack of language environment in the Republic of Tajikistan. One of the aspects of study­ing the Russian language in the Republic of Tajikistan is definitely the migration of the population to the Russian Federation, which has recently been dynamically developing among Tajiks.

Relevance of the research is due to the need for university students to develop the skills and abilities to work with texts of scientific style of speech and prepare foreign students for the production of secondary and primary scientific texts.

Aim is to describe a system of tasks for developing skills and abilities of annotation for foreign under­graduate students studying in the profile «Translation and Translation Studies», and the possibility of using it in an online format on the Onlinetestpad platform.

Methodology. The methods of analysis, synthesis, generalization of the obtained data, training ex­periment, pedagogical observation, questioning and testing of students are used.

Scientific novelty / theoretical and / or practical significance. The scientific novelty of the work con­sists in the fact that the authors proposed an algorithm for annotating a scientific text based on a sys­tem of tasks and a way of organizing work in an online format, and also revealed the linguodidactic potential of texts on translation studies when mastering the means of scientific style of speech. The practical significance lies in the fact that the results of this study can be used in educational practice when training future translators.

Results. The result is the development and introduction into the educational process of a system of tasks aimed at the formation and development of foreign-speaking students' skills and abilities to annotate a foreign-language scientific text.

Conclusions. Thanks to the approbation of the results of the study, a conclusion was made about the effectiveness of the approach to annotation proposed by the authors and the expediency of its application when working with the specified contingent.

Relevance. The article reflects the main features of undergraduate students' professional training in environmental design at art faculties. Issues of special characteristics of the bachelors in the direction of training “Design”, the “Environment Design” profile are touched upon, as well as the techniques and means of activating and developing their specialized abilities.

Aim. to identify some forms and methods of solving methodological tasks used to create the basis of professional activity; the specifics of spatial thinking development is disclosed, including those for specific abilities development, the architectural-planning ones in particular.

Methodology. The authors note the importance of a systematic approach in teaching design to stu­dents, as well as the fact that for professional and personal development of students in this area, it is necessary to take into account the specifics of training specialists in this field. The authors of the article focus on the degree of influence of artistic and graphic training on the design-creative activity of the “Environmental Design” bachelors. The article deals with theoretical and practical issues of forming the foundations of the future bachelors' professional activity. The article also shows the interrelation of graphic thinking development and the art of landscape design and the culture of project graphics.

Scientific novelty and/or theoretical and/or practical significance consist in practical confirmation of the specific factors affecting the process of training environmental design specialists.

Results. The article defines architectural and planning abilities within the framework of the concept of three-dimensional thinking, describes the specifics of methods for forming the foundations of professional activity of design students, ways and forms of spatial thinking development. The criteria are given for evaluating the artistic and design activities of students who are capable of searching for non-standard educational and creative, architectural-planning forms and methods of transforming the environment.

Conclusion. The authors analyze the factors that influence the activation of design-creative thinking and the formation of architectural-planning abilities of “Environmental Design” bachelors.

Relevance. The search for advanced ways of forming the competence of students - future teachers according to the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard (3++) finds relevance at the current stage of education development. In scientific research, this issue has not yet found exhaus­tive consideration, in this regard, the need for new approaches to solving this problem is increasing.

Aim. To describe the developed structural scheme for the formation of the competence of students - future teachers based on an interdisciplinary approach to their training.

Methodology. The basic content of the article compiles a productive coupling of general and theatri­cal pedagogy. The modeling method is also used.

Scientific novelty / theoretical and / or practical significance. The research synthesizes works on the topic under study, a structural scheme for the formation of the competence of students - future teachers based on an interdisciplinary approach to their training is proposed.The practical signifi­cance consists in the possibility of applying the results of this study to create interdisciplinary elec­tives in universities, the combination of which with the discipline “Pedagogy” will help solve the problem of forming students' competence.

The results of the study made it possible to determine an approach to solving the issue of the for­mation of the competence of students - future teachers within the framework of the scheme of the formation of students' competence based on an interdisciplinary approach to their training.

Conclusions. The proposed scheme gives an idea of the structure of the formation of the competence of students-future teachers on the basis of interdisciplinary interaction of general and theatrical peda­gogy, the form of organization of training is an interdisciplinary elective, the combination of which with the discipline “Pedagogy” will help solve the problem of the formation of students' competence. 

Relevance. The culture of life safety as a component of the modern system of basic general educa­tion should adequately address the priority tasks of ensuring personal and national stability and security. In this regard, the chosen topic seems to be extremely relevant, important and topical, because it is the competent personal behavior of everyone that will ensure the security of the entire world community.

Aim. To identify, specify and give theoretical substantiation to the process of forming students' cul­ture of life safety.

Methodology. The research uses the following theoretical methods: analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature, hypothetical method, methods of reconstruction of the whole in its parts, historical and pedagogical analysis and synthesis; forecasting; pedagogical ob­servation, analysis of pedagogical documentation and the works of students and teachers.

Scientific novelty and/or theoretical and/or practical significance. The results of the study contribute to the study of the principles of constructing the basic provisions for the process of students' life safety culture formation, as well as for developing some aspects of the educational process in the sphere of safety. The potential of life safety culture is substantiated as a value, content and activ­ity basis of education in the sphere of life safety culture. The provisions on education of life safety culture development widen the scientific knowledge on the content of basic secondary education.

Results. Based on the comprehensive study of pedagogical literature, on the analysis of educational programs and regulatory documents, the theoretical, methodological and ideological prerequisites for constructing the process of forming basic mechanisms for introducing students of grades 5-7 to the culture of life safety are identified.

Conclusions. The principles that form the culture of life safety of students (for example: defending the cultural wealth of socium in Russia, priority of individual level of, taking into consideration the national-cultural specificity of the Russian nation, the priority of motivational basis of life safety behaviour) can become a condition for ensuring a safe lifestyle as they contribute to constructing reasonable algorithms of students' relationships with the outside world and focus them on the re­sponsible choice of activities and self-realization.

Relevance. Professional development of teaching staff is a complex multi-stage and multi-level pro­cess. Professionalism, competence is related to the quality of the acquired general cultural, general professional, professional competencies aimed at solving professional tasks. The process of profes­sional development is also associated with some difficulties caused by external and internal factors. In scientific literature, the concept of “professional deficits” is used to describe this phenomenon. In the article the aspects of the essence and content of professional deficits in the field of educational work with minors are considered, which is related to the quality of education.

Aim. The purpose of the study is to theoretically and practically substantiate the teaching staff's professional deficits in the field of educational work with minors in the conditions of professional education at the master's level.

Methodology. Analysis, synthesis, analysis of scientific and methodological literature on the profile of professional activity, case method, documentary examination, method of self-examination of pro­fessional deficits of a teacher (S. V. Smirnova, A. K. Kiseleva).

Scientific novelty and/or theoretical and/or practical significance. The process of professional ped­agogical education will be effective in case the peculiarities of achieving a high level of competence of pedagogical workers in the field of educational work are taken into account. The quality of pro­fessional education and practical activities of specialists depend on timely identified professional deficiencies in the field of educational work. The characteristic of professional deficits is given taking into account the author's approach, as well as based on the analysis of domestic and foreign studies on the designated scientific problem. The practical significance of the research lies in the possibility of improving the content of the curricula for the formation and development of the necessary com­petence model of students at the master's level.

Results. The professional risks of professional deficits among teaching staff in the field of educa­tional work with minors are substantiated. Diagnostic tools were selected to identify professional deficits of students and experienced teaching staff. The directions of the professional development track for overcoming the professional deficits of the deputy director for educational work (students of the master's program) are determined.

Conclusions.The conducted research on studying teaching staff's professional deficits in the field of educational work with minors allows us to formulate the following conclusions: 1. According to the results of students' self-analysis the causes of professional deficits in educational work with minors are as follows: minimal or zero experience, “blurred” employee functionality, lack of feedback from direct management, low employee motivation, “false” support of the teaching staff, formal approach to activity. 2. Professional deficits in educational work with minors should be prevented through vocational education, additional education, self-education and self-development of the teacher. 3. Professional deficits of a teacher depend on both external and internal factors. The professional mo­tivation of employees of an educational institution, the general organizational and corporate culture, the creation of organizational and pedagogical conditions for continuous pedagogical education is of great importance. 4. The emergence of professional deficits among teachers is a prerequisite for pro­fessional burnout and professional deformation due to difficulties in performing pedagogical tasks of the increased complexity. 5. Professional deficits are the norm of professional activity, the “point of professional growth”. Pedagogical reflection contributes to the professional self-improvement.

Relevance. Nowadays, most companies use the data accumulated in the enterprise information sys­tem to solve corporate governance problems. The most modern means for operational data process­ing are information and analytical systems; therefore, the task of studying the peculiarities of training master's students in the use of information and analytical systems technologies is relevant.

Aim is to identify the peculiarities of studying the technologies of information and analytical systems by master's students in the “Economics” direction in the conditions of the “data-driven” approach used by modern companies; and to develop on this basis methodological aspects of ensuring the discipline “Information and analytical technologies in business” for master's students in the “Eco­nomics” direction.

Methodology. During the study, methods of analyzing professional and educational standards, edu­cational programs of disciplines of higher educational institutions, the content of advanced training courses on the development and use of information and analytical systems, scientific, educational, methodological and educational literature for universities were used.

Scientific novelty / theoretical and / or practical significance. The results of the study contribute to the methodology for training master's students in the “Economics” direction to use information and analytical systems in research, design, expert and organizational and management activities. Practi­cal significance lies in the development of methodological recommendations for conducting class­room laboratory classes using software tools for the implementation of information and analytical systems, assessment tools for monitoring students, which can be used to prepare master's students in the “Economics” direction.

Results of the research. Based on the analysis of experience in teaching the discipline “Information and analytical technologies in business” to master's students in the “Economics” direction meth­odological recommendations for conducting classroom laboratory classes using software tools for the implementation of information and analytical systems were developed. The goals and objectives of the course in the framework of economic education are indicated, the importance of obtaining skills in working with information and analytical systems by master's students in the “Economics” direction is justified. The peculiarities of the organization of the process of studying the discipline are indicated.

Conclusions. The article, based on the generalization of the practical experience of training master's students to use information and analytical systems technologies, presents methodological aspects of ensuring the discipline “Information and analytical technologies in business” including the follow­ing developments: cases, practical tasks, laboratory work, a set of home control works and evalua­tion tools for studying the discipline “Information and analytical technologies in business.”

Relevance. Youth migration is one of the most urgent problems of Omsk region, the main flow of which is the most promising graduates of secondary schools who prefer to enter prestigious uni­versities in other regions of the country. The article is devoted to the study of the factors that guide applicants when choosing universities.

The purpose of the article is to identify and analyze the factors that have the most significant impact on the choice of universities for admission by applicants of Omsk region, as well as to develop recommendations for universities aimed at attracting the most successful graduates of secondary schools who have passed the Unified State Exam. In addition, the results of the study can be used in the formation of an effective youth policy of Omsk region.

Research methods. In the course of the study, theoretical methods were used - analysis of sources on the subject of the project and mathematical and statistical processing of experimental data, as well as empirical methods - conducting a sociological survey.

Scientific novelty and/or theoretical and/or practical significance. The main factors that future stu­dents take into account when choosing a university for further education are identified. Based on the results of the study, recommendations were formulated for the formation of content for university websites in order to most effectively attract applicants who received high scores in the USE.

Results. In the course of the study, the most significant factors that guide applicants when choosing a university were identified: the availability of budget places, the location of the university, the pos­sibility of obtaining a well-paid profession that is in demand on the labor market, the prestige of the university and the guarantee of employment.

Conclusions. The most important activity of universities in Omsk is to increase their own prestige and more active positioning in the market of educational services, in particular, the presentation on the official websites of the comprehensive information about the professional achievements of students and graduates in special sections. Systematic work in this direction will help reduce the level of educational migration by attracting the most promising applicants to study at universities in the capital of Omsk region.