NWPC representatives participated in a roundtable at the seventh International Conference "Mining Industry of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region: A Look into the Future," which focused on the interaction between colleges and universities and mining companies.
The roundtable was attended by the heads of human resource departments at major companies in Murmansk region and representatives of research institutions, colleges and universities. The discussion focused on establishing a regional educational complex using local universities to train skilled personnel for the mining industry.
According to Nadezhda Heifetz, NWPC Deputy CEO for Human Resources and General Matters, the Company has outlined areas of cooperation with schools in the region. Last autumn, NWPC signed an agreement on strategic partnership with the Murmansk Arctic State Institute (MAGU), the key player in the future regional educational complex. In addition to the key industrial companies of the region, this agreement was signed by the Kola Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Under the agreement, MAGU students will get on-the-job training at the largest regional production facilities. MAGU will also adjust its training programme to include NWPC proposals and enhance the quality of training so that its students are ready to start working immediately after graduation.
