New Year's networking game of the IEB programme took place

22:15, December 28, 2023

Corporate partners, graduates and students have broadened their economic horizons

Students of all courses of study, graduates, faculty and corporate partners tested their erudition as part of the New Year’s intellectual networking game in English “Brain Teaser”, which has been developed and conducted by the educational program “International Economics and Business” since 2019. This year, 17 teams and 100 participants took part.

The main partner of the event was the company “Business Solutions and Technologies”, which has been included in the academic and project-based learning process of the program for a long time; traditionally, IEB students receive additional competencies and undergo internships with further employment in the company. Leading expert of JSC “Business Solutions and Technologies” Elena Sibagatova shared her impressions:

“We would like to express our sincere gratitude to you for the invitation to such a large-scale event! The business game was very interesting and exciting! We look forward to the next joint collaboration!”

Zhanna Belyaeva, head of the programme, noted:

“Such projects are implemented as an opportunity to develop the professional growth of graduates, as well as to form career tracks for IEB students; the results are effective networking and, as a result, the development of the team ecosystem of the program and its students, graduates, faculty, and partners.”

The game was supported by partner companies and programme alumni

Natalya Berdnik, head of the HR department of the Kalina factory, branch of Unilever Rus LLC in Ekaterinburg:

“On behalf of Unilever Rus', acting as a partner, I would like to express my gratitude for the invitation to take part in such an exciting and memorable event. Thank you! And we hope for further fruitful cooperation with the International Economics and Business program.

Oleg Poilov, director of "Hensch Quality Development" LLC, graduate:

“From a professional point of view, I was really happy for the students. They are literate, they are cool, they have a professional command of the conceptual apparatus and perfect English, and also have an economic outlook. As a potential employer, our company would certainly be happy to attract guys both for internships and individual projects, and also to consider them as potential candidates for employment.”

During the game, programme faculty from the departments of “International Economics and Management”, “Economics”, “Financial and Tax Management” showed excellent results, and students and graduates received memorable prizes.

Ilya Mogilevtsev, co-founder and commercial director of the communication agency O’Smysle, graduate of the program, captain of the Harvest 2021 team:

“As always, it was interesting to play as a team of friends, and not just classmates, and of course we were glad to meet our teachers. It’s a very cool format for meetings and it’s nice that they remember us and call us. For me, a university is, first of all, people, and the more such formats there are for interaction between current students, graduates, and teachers, the more opportunities there will be for meeting people and communicating.”

Ekaterina Voronkova, head of the marketing department of Rocket Lubricants LLC, graduate of the 2020 national team:

“How great it is to get together with the big family of the IEB! Favorite teachers, familiar faces of students and graduates, interesting questions and funny jokes... this was such a wonderful and long-awaited (!!!) evening. Bravo to the student team and IEB office. I look forward to the next events so that I can return to my university again!”

The event was organized as part of project activities for the first time with the participation of 2nd year students Sofia Sokolkova, Polina Motykhlyaeva, Alisa Tkachenko and a team of volunteers led by the assistant head of the educational program “International Economics and Business” Alexander Ishukov:

“We will be happy to continue next year and are already ready to invite all students, graduate teachers and partners to Brain Teaser in 2024. Happy coming year of new victories and bright impressions!”