Keyword: «self-development»

The article is devoted to the problem of human capital development in the system of higher education by means of mentoring activities as one of the components of the competitiveness of a modern university. The relevance of the study stems from the fact that the majority of school graduates focused on university admission, which led to an imbalance, but currently the opposite process is taking place, as many school graduates choose colleges, which leads to a reduction in the number of applicants entering universities. This situation increases competition between universities, the effectiveness of which depends on human capital, and mentoring is one of its development factors. The aim of the article is to consider the impact of mentoring on the development of human capital as a condition for increasing the competitiveness of universities. In accordance with this goal, the main elements are identified and approaches to the content of the «mentoring» and «human capital» concepts are analyzed. In addition, the authors’ original definition of these concepts is proposed in relation to the activities of a university teacher. The authors found out that mentoring also contributes to the formation of communicative personal traits, teamwork skills, professional development and instills need for self-improvement. Based on a systemic activity-oriented, person centred approaches, the authors formulate such didactic conditions for the development of the human potential of a university teacher as: creating an innovative environment of an educational organization that promotes systematic professional development; designing individual programs for professional and personal growth; active participation in mentoring activities; increasing motivation for personal self-development. The identified conditions contribute to the resource development of the teachers’ professional development system in the course of their main professional and mentoring activities. An adapted evaluation table of the teacher's competitiveness (A. R. Bayanova et al.) is presented; the results of the survey are based on an adapted questionnaire developed by A. R. Masalimova and I.I. Irismetova. The authors underline the need to take into account changes and challenges in the process of developing the human capital of scientific and pedagogical personnel of universities, the importance of improving mentoring at universities in the design and implementation of strategic goals of educational institutions.