The election of the academic staff of the Academy took place at the last meeting of the Academic Council of the University this academic year. Voting was held in person. For the next 5 years, the Dean of the faculty of sports, doctor of pedagogical Sciences and Professor of the Department of theory and methodology of tennis and badminton, Robert bikmukhametov, was unanimously re-elected.
Among those elected by secret ballot are several new teachers that students and staff will meet in the new academic year. This associate Diamond Misbehave (Department of theory and methodology of physical culture and sport), Tatiana Timchenko (Department of adaptive physical culture and life safety), Julia Kuznetsova (Department of pedagogy and psychology), and Albina Albina fakhretdinova Kudasheva (Department of sport management, recreation and sport tourism) as well as senior lecturer in theory and methods of gymnastics Irina Kucherova.
Among new teachers and are familiar to undergraduates, recent graduates that have passed the "crucible" of master: lecturer of the Department of theory and methodology of football and hockey, the coach of the hockey team student "academics" Sergey Lukin, a lecturer in the Department of biomedical disciplines, postgraduate student of the University Elena Tarasova and lecturer of the Department of pedagogy and psychology Vitaliy Sivkov.
Congratulating the elected teachers, the rector of the Volga Academy Yusup Yakubov indicated that education is being transformed at a rapid pace and the teaching staff needs to find time and energy to improve themselves in order to meet the highest standards. "We are not a classical University," the rector said. As world practice shows, the most authoritative universities in various fields are not always located in the capitals of States. You can just say that Moscow universities are the best, or you can, fulfilling your mission, strive to become the best in your industry, being here in Kazan – a city of European level. And the best University is the best and most promising team. In any case, we set the highest goals for ourselves. And their implementation today depends on each of you!»