Forming of the personnel potential of higher education and science in conditions of external constraints

Introduction. In the structure of the total social potential, the basic role is assigned to the personnel potential, in the formation of which the social institutions of science and education take part. External restrictions caused by the spread of the novel coronavirus infection COVID-19 have led to the need for major changes in the existing system of training young research personnel.Purpose setting. To overcome the external constraints that have arisen, a number of recommendations have been promptly developed and a set of measures has been introduced to improve the quality of education and the attractiveness of the scientific and educational sector for young professionals, but at the same time, the technology for evaluating the effectiveness of the measures taken has not been fully developed. The purpose of the work is to identify the result of the measures taken and to identify the main contradictions that hinder the increase in the attractiveness of scientific and educational activities for graduates of higher educational institutions in the face of external restrictions.Methodology and methods of the study. The work uses sociocultural and structural-functional approaches, which made it possible to determine the potential vector and form of national universities development in the context of globalization under the influence of external constraints. The empirical base of the study was data obtained by using sociological methods in the course of the annual study of the employment trajectories of graduates of the Novosibirsk National Research State University.Results. It is shown that the measures and recommendations taken involve a number of actions not only at the federal level, but also at the level of universities, including tactics and strategy. An analysis of empirical data obtained in the framework of sociological studies of the labor preferences of graduates showed an increase in the interest of young professionals in the public sector of science and education during the lockdown period. With the removal of restrictions, the percentage of young researchers involved in science is reduced, while in the field of education the dynamics remain positive.Conclusion. As part of the lockdown, the measures taken were sufficiently effective to allow the domestic higher school to successfully localize and continue its activities in the national educational space.