National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic” hosted the І International Green Oil and Gas Forum “Interaction of the Government, Territorial Communities, Business and Science” with the support and full assistance of Poltava Regional Military Administration and the Head of the Military Administration Filip Pronin, which became a powerful platform for discussing global trends in the oil and gas business, innovations and green energy together with the heads of the leading oil and gas production as well as oil and gas service companies, leading experts of the world’s leading oil and gas companies.
During the forum, Director of Drilling Department of Ukrnafta Danyil Ahafonov and Senior Recruiter Olena Klochenko congratulated the first winners of the recently launched scholarship programme for students under the Memorandum of Cooperation between the National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic” and the largest oil company in Ukraine. Five students of the ERI of Oil and Gas as well as the ERI of Information Technologies and Robotics received the certificates.
More than 40 students of Poltava Polytechnic took part in the selection for the scholarship programme of Ukrnafta. The finalists were 21 students of the Educational and Research Institute of Oil and Gas and the Educational and Research Institute of Information Technologies and Robotics.
Five winners were selected based on the results of the final interview:
- Anastasiia Molodcha, a third-year student of the study programme “Oil and Gas Engineering and Technology”;
- Mariia Zaitseva, a fourth-year student of the study programme “Oil and Gas Geology”;
- Yana Shcherbachenko, a fourth-year student of the study programme “Oil and Gas Geology”;
- Vladyslav Pichka, a fourth-year student of the study programme “Oil and Gas Engineering and Technology”;
- Anton Fesenko, a third-year student of the study programme “Computer Science”.
Ukrnafta’s scholarship programme helps to promote the oil and gas industry and train the next generation of specialists. In addition to financial rewards for academic achievements, the winners will have the opportunity to meet with the best experts of Ukraine’s largest oil company, improve their professional knowledge and skills, as well as participate in engaging and promising projects.
When awarding the scholarship winners, Senior Recruiting Specialist of Ukrnafta, a graduate of Poltava Polytechnic Olena Klochenko said: “I am sincerely grateful to my home university for creating a warm and friendly atmosphere of our cooperation. Not much time has passed since the signing of the partnership agreement, and we are already working together to fill its content with real practical cases. I would like to congratulate the students who won the first scholarships from Ukrnafta. We are sure to have many interesting joint projects in the future.”
According to Rector of Poltava Polytechnic, Professor Volodymyr Onyshchenko, the scholarships are the first step towards the desired successful employment, it is important to have the right attitude and move forward dynamically: “This is your lucky lottery ticket, which is now important to use correctly. I am convinced that everything is still ahead! I sincerely congratulate you and wish you success!”
After the awarding ceremony, Ukrnafta’s top managers held an informal meeting with the scholarship winners for a discussion on further scientific and educational cooperation. The Rector of Poltava Polytechnic, Professor Volodymyr Onyshchenko also joined the constructive dialogue and spoke about the comfortable conditions created at the university for the education and comprehensive development of future oil and gas professionals.
“Our further cooperation envisages practical training and internships for students at our company, as well as familiarisation with the real materials developed. Your fresh perspective is important for us, you may be able to see what we do not notice on a daily basis and initiate changes that we will gladly implement, and then, when you return to the Polytechnic, you will be able to tell us about the first serious successes. We are inspired by young people and prepare for new significant achievements,” – commented Olena Klochenko.
The scholarship holders shared their stories, describing their worries, excitement and the tremendous support of their families, friends and university professors.
“Personally, I was a little scared to apply for the scholarship programme, because I always have some doubts – there are always better candidates, or whether I have enough knowledge. But I decided to try and I have no regrets – success came to me, I was selected as a candidate and I am very happy about it, since it means, first of all, incredible prospects for future employment. This is a useful internship experience, additional materials for term papers and diploma papers, and overall a very interesting experience for students. I can confidently say that if there are similar programmes in the future, I will definitely try again. Thinking about why I was chosen, I would say that it is actually a very interesting story. There were candidates from different specialties, and when another candidate from my speciality was named, I was a little upset, but I thought that they were much better ones and that was a normal thing.
And then the audience award was given to me, saying that they really liked my work and thus the company decided to recognise my aspirations. To be honest, in the future I would like to try my hand at the oil and gas industry as it is promising and there will always be work. I hope that everything will work out,” – shared her impressions the scholarship holder, fourth-year student of the “Oil and Gas Geology” study programme Mariia Zaitseva.
The students also learned about the wide opportunities for personal and professional growth and the conditions for successful employment for graduates of different specialities.
It should be recalled that Poltava Polytechnic signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the largest oil company in Ukraine, as well as a Memorandum of Cooperation with JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya and specialised universities, with the Canadian Polytechnic SAIT, and the only multifunctional drilling site with a real drilling rig in Ukraine was opened at the university, scientists of Poltava Polytechnic published a textbook for oil and gas and mining specialists, Rector of Polytechnic took part in a discussion about the personnel strategy in the energy sector and became a speaker at an international energy event in Warsaw.
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