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RIAC-Member Universities in the QS Rating

Eighteen Russian universities have been included in the British QS ranking of the best universities of the world, among them RIAC corporate members – St. Petersburg State University, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Urals State University and Nizhniy Novgorod State University, as well as RIAC partners – Higher School of Economics and the Far East Federal University. By 2020, 15 Russian universities should join the top 200, with five of them the top 100 of one of the...

11.09.2013

Globalization is here to stay

... your own experience. Was that a good deal or was it not a good deal? Was it cheap or expensive to send out specialists and bring in students? For me, the teacher-student relationship is a very personal, face-to-face interaction. The quality of online education is still really problematic and there are a lot of problems that have yet to be overcome. I’ve just come back from Cuba, so I have seen the emerging US-Cuba cooperation model. How it is constructed here, and what it might look like for ...

10.09.2013

Conference on International Cooperation in Commercialization of IP for Russian Universities

... Director of the Institute of Innovation Management of the Higher School of Economics, Deputy Editor in Chief of Expert Magazine; Eugeny Sevelyonok, Assistant Professor at Innovation Management Department of Higher School of Economics; Nargis Valamat-Zade, Education Program Director at New Eurasia Foundation; Helena Golovko, Program Manager at New Eurasia Foundation; USRF President Mark Pomar, USRF Director Anna Danilina, and other USRF representatives. In his address, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov ...

06.09.2013

Knowledge Prepackaged for Delivery

Interview Traditionally, the main goal of education is to help people grow as independent individuals. But in the era of globalization and a knowledge-based economy, the goals and functions of education are changing. Dr. Eugenie Samier , Associate Professor, Administration and Leadership Studies ...

30.08.2013

On the art of diplomacy

.... This is where intuition comes in. And life offered him a chance to use it in practice. After the Soviet Union had launched Yuri Gagarin into space, America and the entire world just gasped talking their heads off about Soviet super fuel, excellent education, etc. As for President Kennedy, he set up an expert commission to ask them what to do to regain U.S. prestige. And more specifically, whether there was a need to fly to the Moon. The commission advised against the lunar mission but he did just ...

23.08.2013

Russia – EU: Labyrinths of Humanitarian Cooperation

This article analyses the current situation in the humanitarian cooperation between the EU and Russia. At present the main program blocks of this type of partnership comprise education, science and technology networks and culture. It has been recognized that each of the above areas of cooperation has its own specifics, different scope of coverage and significant potential for growth. Education To-date the education has turned ...

22.07.2013

RIAC Corporate Members to Improve Global Competitiveness

... subsidies for a total of nine billion rubles. On July 10, RIA Novosti Press Agency plans a press conference on the outcomes of the contest for state support to leading Russian universities to improve their standing among the world's key research and educational centers.

10.07.2013

Andrey Kortunov at Innovation Conference

On July 4th, 2013 RIAC Director General Andrei Kortunov spoke at the opening of the inter-regional research-to-practice conference “Preparation and Creation of a Regional Innovation Cluster.” He focused on developing international ties of Russian innovative regions and universities, adopting foreign practices in creation of regional innovation clusters and optimizing mechanisms of international scientific, technological and innovation cooperation. The conference was attended by representatives of...

05.07.2013
 

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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