Informal Student Groups in the Context of the COVID?19 Pandemic

Informal student groups in Far Eastern Federal University exhibited significant activity and received essential support from the university administrators during COVID?19 pandemic. Since pandemic burst out, number of informal known to has only increased, counterintuitively. Our findings show that value for participants educational process is comparable formal education programs, although participation such not part any requirements or explicit societal demands. A series interviews was conducted with members (a volunteer community, a group medical volunteers, associations engineering information technology students), faculty members, administrators. Analysis interview transcripts shows can be considered valuable corporation as way entering profession, response implicit demand “maturity” agency development students, means “appropriating” learning environment becoming member corporation. At same time, respondents perceive self-organization within generally intrinsically valuable. have an unspoken themselves, supported by equally “collectivist education”, which yet discussed.