... world, and that proved to be a strategy for failure.
This is what I would say: if the Americans argue with a significant part of the rest of the world it will be very bad for them too, despite the fact that they may seem richer.
Let’s return to educational matters. Russia has moved to the Bologna system, but the arguments about where an engineer can be trained in four years won’t go away.
We have professions that are a lot more dependent on the length of training – professions such as economics teacher ...
... entrepreneurs show that the problem is easier to solve than issues connected to economic regulation and the business environment.
Timothy O'Connor:
Learning to Study Is the Key
The article “1,000 Labs: New Principles for Scientific Organization in Russia” written by you and Professor Ponomarev insists that the key factors for scientists include free movement, the availability of scientific contacts, a comfortable bureaucratic climate and accessible education. How would you describe the current availability of these preconditions?
Until recently, the trend had been quite positive. Scientific ties were prioritized in science and innovation policy, with several major programs launched to attract key ...
... Andrey Kortunov stressed that today educational projects on partnership and practices' exchange are obtaining special importance as they work to uphold ties between countries.
The audience was addressed by Deputy Director of International Department at Russian Ministry for Education and Science Boris Zheleznov and
Richard Burger,
Research & Innovation Counselor Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation. "Currently, education offers a most important avenue for science and academic cooperation in ...
... for university entrance. Test papers were copied on a massive scale. Of course, in terms of certain aspects, the USE is still rather primitive, but generally speaking, it is a step in the right direction.
You were a co-founder of the concept of open education in Russia. One of the projects involved providing liberal arts training to graduates of technical universities. Has this approach paid off?
Yes, it has. It is important to know how to move from one state of being to another. I believe that the development ...
... of a multidisciplinary program. "
A global world needs universal decisions
," he said, expanding on the inter-cultural communication difficulties he faced in staffing the faculty for the globalization program. The same problems exist in the Russian educational environment.
VIU Professor Ignazio Musu presented the postgraduate course "Challenges of Global Environment", while Filippo Grandi, an Italian expert, shared his 30-year-long experiences in UN international missions.
Day two was ...
... Universities in Global Internet” at the Russian-Italian conference
“Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to Teaching and Research
” held at the
Venice International University
.
The highly responsive participants, among them representatives of Russian universities with RIAC corporate membership and Italian universities, focused on promising cooperation schemes for advancement of universities through the Internet.
“
Development of university websites is a significant element of marketing educational programs abroad and building a global platform for effective cooperation in education and research areas
,” said RIAC Director General
Andrey Kortunov
.
Ambassador
Umberto Vattani
, President of Venice International University, suggested ...
... Industrialization Basis" opened in Moscow on September 29, 2014.
The discussions were attended by representatives of universities with RIAC corporate membership, as well as federal ministries and agencies cooperating with RIAC to advance internationalization Russian education and science. Western attendance included participants from Siemens, ENEL, Philips, Saint-Gobain, Intel, DuPont and other firms.
... potential for functional illiteracy.
Tatyana Zhukova
Research is regularly conducted abroad on levels of functional illiteracy. Russian nine-year-olds show impressive results; Russia ranks among the top countries, along with Singapore and others, in education. However, Russian fifteen-year-old high-school students, at an age when they should already be preparing to enter society, have been showing some of the lowest results in Europe for the last fourteen years.
During research on functional illiteracy, subjects are ...
... interdisciplinary approaches. The sides agreed that this feature should help implementation of the joint project on globalization problems that have been in the VIU focus during the past 20 years.
Dr. Kortunov pointed out that the project has been supported by the Russian Ministry for Education and Science and expressed satisfaction about its approval by the Italian Education Ministry.
The participants discussed and took decisions on the project's specific issues including target groups, exchanges of experience and preparation of a ...
... cooperation in the area of Renewable Energy use. The Private Sectors in both Countries must be involved – sponsoring such a programme, as should governments and CSOs – Academic sector in this case. This is can be a joint-attempt between Russia and Malaysia to continue to make educational exchanges more relevant and a benefit to all sectors – Private, Public and Civil Society. The Return on Investment (ROI) will be extremely good, forming a new framework and mode for Cooperation between Malaysia and Russia and Russia ...
