MSUPE Expert Comments: TASS, RIA Novosti, Channel One, RBC

TASS: MSUPE will train specialists for the psychological assistance line for school students in the regions. MSUPE Rector Arkady Margolis noted that the university has more than 20 years of experience in distance counselling. The "School of Trust" line was launched by the Russian Ministry of Education on September 11; the number is 8-800-707-02-01, and calls are round-the-clock and free.

RIA Novosti: "The line involves specialists with high professional competencies. Regular training events and supervisory support are provided for each counsellor, ensuring a unified standard of counselling quality," said MSUPE Rector Arkady Margolis.

Channel One: Anna Ermolaeva — Deputy Head of the Federal Coordination Center for Ensuring the Development of Psychological and Pedagogical Assistance in the Education System of the Russian Federation at MSUPE — spoke on Channel One about the principles of psychologists' work on the "School of Trust" psychological assistance line.

Radio "Russia 1": Anna Shvedovskaya – Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Head of the Department of Information and Publishing Projects, Associate Professor at the Department of Developmental Psychology named after Professor L.F. Obukhova, MSUPE – spoke on the program "Signals of Exact Time" about methods for training memory in older adults. She discussed simple exercises that can slow down the decline of cognitive functions.

Central Trade Union Newspaper "Solidarity": A company is bought, schools are merged, the company has a new owner – a new manager comes to an established team. Often with their own team, always with their own rules. What should a manager do and what should employees do if the new leadership breaks a well-established mechanism? We examine the "insider" – "outsider" relationship together with Olga Krushelnitskaya, Head of the Department of Theoretical Foundations of Social Psychology, Faculty of Social Psychology, MSUPE.

A teacher explains mathematics only to top students. What about the rest? "Mel" was answered by Anna Semiletova, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogical Psychology named after Professor V.A. Guruzhapov, Faculty of Educational Psychology, MSUPE: "This should not be the case. A teacher works with the whole class, not just with children who do well in the subject. If a student is struggling, they have the right to ask a question, get an explanation, and work through their mistakes. The teacher must help them understand where exactly the problem arose and how to cope with it."

RBC ChEZ: What do people contact the psychological support line about? "As a rule, it is a state related to anxiety, stress, and fear of exams. For example, seasonal ones, such as the Unified State Exam, certainly receive more inquiries in May–June. Conflicts with classmates are in second place, as well as conflicts with teachers. The main target audience of such lines is, of course, adolescents, and they are most interested in peers and conflicts with them," reported Anna Ermolaeva, Deputy Head of the Federal Coordination Center for Ensuring the Development of Psychological and Pedagogical Assistance in the Education System of the Russian Federation at MSUPE.

There are far more cases of "physical" bullying combined with cyberbullying, psychologist and MSUPE lecturer Rostislav Prokopishin told Izvestia. He recalled the case of a 14-year-old school student in Kalmykia who was systematically bullied by a group of older students. "Until recently, enormous resources were required to investigate crimes involving the internet; now this is becoming routine investigative practice," he added.

Central Trade Union Newspaper "Solidarity": How do you turn a group of employees into a team? What distinguishes a team from a collective? How do you motivate individualists? Any manager, at whatever level of responsibility and in whatever industry, has to find answers to these questions. We attempt to build a model of a strong team together with Olga Krushelnitskaya, Head of the Department of Theoretical Foundations of Social Psychology, Faculty of Social Psychology, MSUPE.

MSUPE conducted a study on the longevity of educators. Its results were shared with Izvestia by Anna Shvedovskaya, Associate Professor at the Department of Developmental Psychology named after Professor L.F. Obukhova, MSUPE, and Valery Fedorov, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Psychology of Development, Faculty of Social Psychology, MSUPE.

School without danger: to what extent does the existing school safety system correspond to the real risks children face today? Which threats to school students are the most significant – physical, psychological, digital, or social? This was discussed on the OTR TV channel – the guest of the program "Parent Meeting" was Yulia Tukfeeva, Head of the Coordination and Monitoring Department of the Federal Coordination Center for Ensuring the Development of Psychological and Pedagogical Assistance in the Education System of the Russian Federation at MSUPE.

Online publication "Vecherny Volgograd.ru": The All-Russian annual festival-competition "Descendants of Great Masters" has concluded in Tula; the results of the in-person stage have been announced. MSUPE Vice-Rector for External Relations Khozh-Akhmed Khaladov, addressing the finalists, noted that the competition has been uniting different territories of Russia for 9 years and gives participants the opportunity to learn more about the country's history and traditions. This time, special attention was paid to the culture of the Tula region. He emphasized the value of diversity and the common identity that unites the Russian people.

RIA Novosti: Clubs and additional activities at the beginning of the academic year can lead to rapid overload for a school student, so it is useful to first establish a basic learning rhythm and add new activities gradually, Olga Yurchuk, Deputy Head of the Federal Coordination Center for Ensuring the Development of Psychological and Pedagogical Assistance in the Education System of the Russian Federation at MSUPE, told RIA Novosti.

Sweat instead of perfume: what pheromone-maxxing is and how men strive to become more attractive to women was explained to RT by Nikita Kochetkov, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Psychology, MSUPE, Candidate of Psychological Sciences. A person has two main ways to increase their attractiveness: develop personal qualities or work on their appearance. According to the expert, the first path requires time, education, and constant self-improvement. "The second path is simpler and often requires only financial costs. And sometimes, as in the case of this trend, even that is not needed — you just need to stop washing. This is one of the simplest, from the layperson's point of view, ways to attract attention", said the psychologist.

The academic year has begun and... yes, the parents' competition too. Whose child is better, smarter, who is the best of the best? It is no secret that we, alas, very often satisfy our own ambitions, perhaps unrealized ones, at the expense of our children. But let's stop and consult a specialist: should we demand straight A's from students? Should we make them rewrite their homework three times to achieve perfection, or does this break children more than failing grades? This was discussed with a Vechernyaya Moskva correspondent (pages 14–15) by Dmitry Deulin, Dean of the Faculty of Extreme Psychology, MSUPE.

5 simple games to help a two-year-old start talking: MSUPE experts Lyudmila Tishina, Head of the Department of Special (Defectological) Education, Faculty of Clinical and Special Psychology, and Anastasia Bogdanova, Lecturer at the Department of Special (Defectological) Education, Faculty of Clinical and Special Psychology, shared with Mel simple games that can be played with a child at home to help develop motor skills and, following them, speech skills.