Students and cadets from the BFFSA took second place in an international competition

The BFFSA team from the Baltic Fishing Fleet State Academy won a prize in the Language and Time international online quest game. At the end of the competition, the team was awarded a second-class diploma.

Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology and Vitebsk State Technological University organised the competition. Forty-four teams from universities and colleges in Russia and neighbouring countries participated in the intellectual contest.

The competition programme consisted of two stages. In the first stage, participants presented video introductions in English. The jury commended the team’s creativity as well as their enthusiasm and determination to win. The script was written by the team supervisor, P. Kovalishin; M. Tselobanova acted as cameraman; and D. Pletenskaya edited the video.

The second stage took place online and included tasks testing knowledge of vocabulary and grammar, listening comprehension, analysis of video material and specialized texts in English, as well as questions on the distinctive features of Russia’s regions.

Cadets and students from the Maritime Institute of the BFFSA, studying Water Transport Management and Hydrographic Support of Navigation, Technosphere Safety and the speciality Transport Radio Equipment Maintenance, represented the Academy.

The team comprised captain K. Platonova, E. Tolchennikov, L. Didenko, T. Kudryavtsev, D. Pletenskaya and K. Sevidova. P.Yu. Kovalishin, Associate Professor of the Navigation and Maritime Safety Department at the Maritime Institute of the BFFSA, was responsible for training the participants, with the support of the International Office at KSTU, represented by E.A. Gordeeva.

We congratulate the team on their commendable result and wish them further success!