The end of August at SCIT was marked by a series of master-classes with Kirill Kasyanov, Head of the Russian Interpretation Section at the UN Office in Nairobi. The master classes are held on 27-29 August  as part of the SCIT students’ internship at the UN structures. The students are already well acquainted with K. Kasyanov – for several weeks during the academic year, he conducted online classes with them , enhancing the skills in the the specific institutional UN discourse. Now it is time for a full-time module, and students, in addition to the practice itself, will have an opportunity to talk face-to-face with the experienced UN translator, ask questions about the internship in Nairobi, the language careers at UNON, competitive exams in the language services. Graduates of previous years who have already traveled to Africa and worked in Nairobi as interns are also invited to meet with Kirill Kasyanov.

In addition, on 28 August, there took place a meeting of Sergey Sheremet, Vice Rector for International Affairs and Internationalization of Herzen University, and Kirill Kasyanov. At the meeting, K. Kasyanov spoke in detail about the internship program at the UN Office in Nairobi, the challenges of organizing internships at the present time, about the expansion of the UN’s remote contacts with universities under the Memorandum of Understanding. The parties expressed confidence that they would make every effort to strengthen and continue cooperation. It is important to maintain the dynamics of cooperation so that, in the face of modern challenges, the Russian Federation always has a pool of well-trained interpreters and translators who are able to professionally and accurately convey all the nuances of the Russian political thought on the international arena.