On April 27-28 this year, a group of students of "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage visited historical monuments of Khiva in order to get acquainted with the rich tourism potential of Uzbekistan. 

During the trip, the students had a close look at the cultural and historical heritage and natural resources of Khiva city.

Public tourist trips organized by the university, along with the development of domestic tourism of our country, serve to significantly organize students' free time, increase the harmony of theory and practice.

On April 25-26, Dildora Turdiеva, a psychologist of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, took part in the republican scientific-practical seminar “Problems in the family and their psychological consequences” organized by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovations and Fergana State University.

This event brought together more than one hundred psychologists from higher education institutions, who came from different regions of the country, and became a platform for exchange of experience. The seminar scientifically and practically examined in detail the importance of mental health and psychological well-being of young people in preserving a peaceful and strong family.

Full-time and part-time students of our university will be in this state as part of the academic exchange program in many countries around the world, particularly in Turkey. At a recent meeting at our university, safety issues, basic rules of behavior and recommendations to prevent possible problems for our students abroad, particularly in Turkey, were discussed in detail.

Students were advised to take out medical insurance and collect all necessary documents before leaving for their internship. They were also confirmed the contact information of hotel representatives and how to contact them in emergency situations.

At the meeting, the students of our university were given a list of personal protective equipment that they should carry with them in Turkey. In addition, the plan of control over the health of students, obligatory informing about any changes was announced.  The head of the department for youth work, the dean of the faculty and tutors were present at the meeting.

On April 26 of this year the first Republican forum of vice-rectors on educational work of higher educational institutions started its work in Bukhara State University.

From the university side, the head of the department of planning and development of educational process M.A.Yorkulov took part in the forum. 

The qualification characteristics of educational directions of higher educational institutions, the order of development of independent study of students of higher educational institutions of the republic and a number of other topical issues were considered at the conference. The forum continued its work on April 27.

The first negative results of climate change can be observed since the drying up of the Aral Sea in the 1960s.

On the initiative of the Ministry of Ecology and Climate Change, during the second ten-day period of April of this year, a group of qualified artists from Uzbekistan, Latvia, Georgia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, South Korea and the UK visited Karakalpakstan in particular Munak and saw this tragedy with their own eyes. All the impressions that the artists saw at the site of the Aral Sea were captured on paintings in the Art Residence art workshop under "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage.

This rate served as the basis for the creation of the first exhibition of the art residency "Footprints on the Sand" dedicated to the destruction of the Aral Sea. The opening day of the exhibition, dedicated to the creative examples of these talented artists, was organized yesterday, April 28. Along with a group of artists, representatives of the regional administration, organizers, university professors and students, and media representatives, bloggers took part in the exhibition. First, the speakers at the event spoke about the importance of the fact that the Aral Sea is a problem not only for one country, but for the whole world, and that the artists represent this tragedy in their own time. After that, South Korean artist Kweon Jongchan painted a huge volume of the image of a shark and the living world that once inhabited the Aral Sea in the courtyard of the "Art-Resendia" building.

After that, an exhibition of creative works by great artists from 7 countries in about thirty different genres dedicated to the island tragedy opened.  The exhibition will last until July this year.

On the defense of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in economics dissertation of Ostonov Utkir Yangiboyevich

Ostonov Utkir Yangiboyevich - defends PhD dissertation on “DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL TOURISM AND IMPROVEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC MECHANISMS” in the direction 08.00.17 – “Tourism and hotel activities” at the scientific council DSc.33/01.02.2022.I.145.01 under “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage on April 27 at 10.30 pm.