The article deals with the problems of educating the public consciousness of students in the conditions of external and internal stresses occurring against the backdrop of world processes. The authors show request of university students for a confidential dialogue with the pedagogical community in the context of an increasing distance between the older and younger generations, approaches to educating the public consciousness of young people (teenagers and students) in the context of a political conflict (military operations), as well as aspects of a sharp change in course from European integration to state integrity and popular unity. Social-humanitarian technologies Department and the Department of Pedagogy and psychology of vocational education of K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (FCU)conducted the research studying the needs of students to interact in an open dialogue with teachers, as representatives of the professional community, who have not only experience, but also academic knowledge.