On September 6, 2016, the Russian International Affairs Council received students from the
Odense University.
The event was opened by RIAC Program Manager Ekaterina Chimiris who briefed the guests on the Council's education programs and openings for foreign visiting students. Then Program Manager Anna Kuznetsova dwelled on the
A+Standard project
and MGIMO professor Anton Gumensky shared his views on the situation in Denmark and Russia.
On a maiden trip in Russia,...
School stages, School types, Legislation, Specifics
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1 September in Russia celebrates Knowledge Day. To celebrate this event RIAC prepared a special reader, which explains the diversity of the school systems around the world (school stages, school types, legislation and specifics).
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Project page: <a href="/en/schoolsystems" target="_blank">http://russiancouncil.ru/en/schoolsystems</a>
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... with history and well educated. However, today, interpreting a famous saying of Aristotle, it is difficult to “show somebody the man” by “giving them a child before the age of seven.” Since the Soviet times, the one-time intense education system (later adopted by China) has been constantly deteriorating. And even though the statistics shows relatively high levels of higher education in Russia, the output divulges the following trend: while the number of people with education ...
On July 6, 2016, RIAC Director General
Andrey Kortunov
had a meeting with Australian Ambassador to Russia Peter Tesch to discuss the current relations between the two countries, the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as global security matters. Special attention was given to expanding cooperation between Russian and Australian independent think tanks and universities.
... intelligence, the start of the Fourth Industrial Revolution was announced at Davos 2016. Innovation was also the focus of the 2016 Boao Forum for Asia. Seeking to keep pace with their peers internationally, Russia and China also prioritize science, education, technology and innovation.
The Strategy for Innovative Development of the Russian Federation for the period until 2020, as well as China’s official document entitled “Vision and Actions on Jointly Building Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century ...
Recent reports of linking scholarly dissertation defenses to basic education have caused quite a stir. But with the first emotional wave ebbing, we might as well analyze the matter quietly and objectively.
First of all, a rigid disciplinary linkage between the post-graduate degree and the diploma-prescribed profession ...
... shortage of specialists and managers that businessmen often report as the main problem with Russia’s economy, developing a system for improving human capital is one of the key priorities to date. Special attention should be paid to both improving the education system, and integrating graduates into the economic system and the labor market. Russia is failing to take proper advantage of the human capital of its citizens graduating from foreign universities, and this is the country’s main problem ...
On April 27, a breakout session hosted by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) entitled “Fostering Inclusiveness and Integration through Global Education” was held as part of the
7
th
UN Alliance of Civilizations Global Forum in Baku
, Azerbaijan. The session was moderated by RIAC Programme Manager Ekaterina Chimiris and saw participants discuss various approaches to education and present ...
... role Russian universities could play in fixing these two issues can hardly be underestimated. In terms of making the economy more diversified, they are the main suppliers of educated professionals and new solutions. Universities can also export their educational and R&D services, although these exports would hardly compare to oil and gas sales. But even if university exports could generate as much as arms or agricultural exports, it would already be a huge victory.
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Edward Crawley:
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On March 22, 2016 an open discussion “108 Soft Power Elements of Russian Universities on the Internet” took place at the venue of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The discussion was devoted to the publication of the English version of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) report “
Electronic Internationalization: English-Language Online Resources of Russian Universities
.”
In his opening speech RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev told the participants about...
