Abstract: The topic of the study is dictated by the issues of ensuring the quality of advanced training of thinking, competent, capable of self-development specialists. One of the areas of solving these problems is the introduction of project activities into the educational process. In order to develop and implement the project activities of students within the framework of non-audit independent work, a comprehensive study was carried out, based on systemic, complex, activity, personality-oriented approaches, using methods of analysis, synthesis, generalization, design, experiment, observation, expert assessments.
The object of the study is the process of vocational training of students of educational organizations of higher education.
The subject of the study is: project activities as the basis for organizing non-audit independent work of students of higher education organizations.
As a result of the study, the author from a methodological point of view describes the project activities of students as a holistic sequential process consisting of a number of stages (pre-project, stage of formulation of the project concept, planning, project implementation, project evaluation, project improvement, project implementation) aimed at solving a specific practically significant problem. The author disclosed the goals, content, means, results of each stage of project activity.
The novelty and author's contribution lies in the modification and application of strategic management tools in organizing the project activities of students of higher education organizations.
The effectiveness of the solutions presented in the article has been proven experimentally.

Abstract: The rationale  of the research is caused by the importance of educational work with the internal affairs personnel, poor development of assessing criteria of would-be army officers being ready for educational work with the personnel, and the need in continuous improvement of the quality of professional training within the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The subject of the research is the quality of professional training of police officers. The object of the research is the readiness of military students for educational work with the internal affairs personnel. In their research the authors applied the systems and interdisciplinary approaches, methods of analysis, synthesis, generalisation, classification, specification, and modelling which allowed to obtain valid and scientifically grounded results. As a result of their research, the authors offer their definition and describe the structure of readiness for educational work with the internal affairs personnel. Based on the analysis of the structure of educational work, the authors offer their own integrated method of assessment of readiness for educational work withhin the internal affairs system. They also describe principles, functions, criteria, indicators and assessment techniques of their method.