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Improving International Academic Mobility in Russia

... of Economics (Irene Lazutina). – Draft National Concept for International Academic Mobility (Marina Larionova). – Proposals for improved implementation of Russian Federation Government No. 638 “On Cooperation with Foreign States in Education” of August 24, 2008 (Anastasia Mikhel, Darya Dydzynskaya). – Online methods for implementation of educational programs with foreign partners (Victoria Slesareva). – Strategic tasks of State Corporation Rosatom in training ...

05.07.2013

Education in Asia Pacific: the Far East University’s Perspective

On 28-29 July 2013 RIAC Programme Manager Ludmila Filippova and RIAC expert Nargis Valamat-Zade attended the 2nd APEC International Conferenceon cooperation in tertiary education “Mobility of Higher Education in the APEC Region” . The conference was held in Vladivostok, at its Far East Federal University, co-sponsored by the Russian Ministry for Education and Science, Foreign Affairs Ministry and Ministry ...

02.07.2013

More Science

... of scientific communication (social networks, Skype, etc.), and methods for monitoring, processing and storing data. Quite possibly computers and IT could be compared by their impact with the introduction of printing, which radically revolutionized education (the storage and transfer of knowledge) and science (the generation of knowledge). Back then, science reached beyond the limits of monasteries and palaces, allowing a transition towards mass education and research in universities. The 20th century ...

18.06.2013

RIAC Presentation at Siberian Federal University

On April, RIAC’s presentation was held in Siberian Federal University, where Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov and Education Coordinator Ekaterina Chimiris told the faculty and students about RIAC activities, primarily in the education field. The attention-grabber was the Global Science program and opportunities for the University experts to take part in the RIAC ...

23.04.2013

Global Competition for Talent

Universities in the 21st Century Long-term economic projections and predictions about the development of university education boast at least two common features. First, projections based on existing trend assumptions offer the least reliable results. Second, in both cases, most researchers regard globalization as the principal development pattern. While keeping in ...

11.03.2013

Education as a Soft Power Instrument of Russia’s Foreign Policy

A New Leadership Resource in Today’s World “[…] This is not about empire, but rather cultural progress. Exporting education and culture will help promote Russian goods, services and ideas; guns and imposing political regimes will not. We must work to expand Russia’s educational and cultural presence in the world, especially in those countries where a substantial ...

06.03.2013

Engineering the future with the Next Nostradamus

Interview with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Professor of Politics at New York University Interview Words can be interpreted in many ways, but mathematical formulas do not allow for such ambiguity. Rigorous application of mathematics in the study of politics brings clarity and weight to research. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Professor of Politics at New York University, built a computer model based on mathematical algorithms that can predict the outcome of complex negotiations and potentially coercive situations...

28.02.2013

Russian Education Going Global

... Advancement of Russian scientific achievements abroad and improvement of positions of Russian universities in university ratings is gaining importance. In an interview to Snob magazine on existing projects, initiatives and tasks of his ministry, Deputy Education Minister Igor Fedyukin underlined that solution of the numerous problems in Russian science and education requires, among other things, participation in the international scholarly processes. Foreign publications offer a way out, but authors ...

05.02.2013

RIAC Meeting of University Principals

Higher education is a major but somewhat underestimated resource of Russia's influence, but Russian universities do become visible at the international market of learning. At the same time, export of educational services and internationalization of the sector ...

06.12.2012

Russian science and education: Graham has a recepie to make it better

The Russian Academy of Sciences should die a natural death Interview Loren R. Graham enjoys talking about the reform of Russia’s educational system, after all, it is a subject he has been studying for over 50 years. MIT professor and scholar at the Russian Studies Center in Harvard, Graham has published almost 20 books on education in the Soviet Union and Russia including Science ...

20.11.2012
 

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