Students of the S.Amanzholov East Kazakhstan University took second place at the IV International online competition of student videos in English, held at the Institute of Philology and Journalism (IFIZH) of the UNN. It should be noted that this year's competition was dedicated to the theme "Digitalization as a challenge to generation Z" and is designed to promote the formation of a creative personality.

In total, 25 applications were received from Russian and foreign universities, of which eight were selected to participate in the competition.

According to the organizers, the students who created the clips fully showed their creativity. "The clips were distinguished by the originality of ideas, unique content, actor's findings and, of course, the excellent English of the characters. Representatives of generation Z have demonstrated that they are their own in the digital space and at the same time adherents of such eternal human values as love, friendship, unity with nature," commented IFIZH.

The audience was about 200 students and 19 teachers - curators of the teams.

All the work of this year's competition was held exclusively in English. The jury included only student teams of participating universities. Each team chose a speaker to announce and justify the grades.

 The discerning jury decided that all the presented videos deserve prizes. At the same time, they were awarded victories in special nominations.

The first place in the competition was awarded by a majority of votes to the clips of students of the Smolensk State Medical University and the Volga Research Medical University. They also won in the nominations "The best of the best” and "For the great special effects".

The work of the first-year students of IBBM UNN took three times the place and was awarded in the nomination "For the green thinking of the digital generation". The video of the students of S. Amanzholov East Kazakhstan University also took second place and was awarded the nomination “For the significant contribution to the international video-making competition". The winners of the same level were clips of students of the Arzamas branch of the UNN and the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, who won in the nominations "For the dedication to Alma Mater” and "For the devotion to human values".

The third place was shared by the "newcomers" of the competition - students of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (Moscow) and Moscow State Regional University. They won in the nominations “For the promotion of distance learning" and "For the creation of the bright image of the capital".

The participants thanked the UNN for organizing the competition and expressed their desire to continue cooperation.

Institute of Philology and Journalism (IFIZH) of UNN