... starting to offer programmes in English, which is attractive for Lebanese applicants, many of whom were schooled in English and do not wish to spend a year on a Russian language preparatory course.
Syria and Lebanon have different demands when it comes to educational services. However, Russian universities still have something to offer, while at the same time meeting both the economic and foreign political interests of the country. Nonetheless, Russian education should not be transformed into a cheap alternative to education in the West. Universities ...
... inevitably affects applied research institutions. Consequently, a country can hardly run education and research as purely a business project. The government would have to chip in by investing in long-term interdisciplinary projects, fundamental research and education. It is in this respect that Russian universities have a serious edge. In Russia, fundamental research is still quite good, thereby creating a favorable environment for developing applied research projects. The issue here is one of arming universities with effective mechanisms. Public universities ...
... institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences and universities.
The discussion identified a range of topics that demand particular attention of the agencies in charge of involving representatives of Russian-speaking diasporas in scientific cooperation with Russian universities and research institutions. These agencies include the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Russian Foreign Ministry, Rossotrudnichestvo, the Russian Federal Migration Service, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, and others.
The main proposals put forward ...
... presented the results of RIAC's project on internationalization and international operations of universities, stressing the value of the electronic internationalization index produced by researchers of RIAC. Displaying the strong and weak points of Russian universities' Internet resources, the index has been used to launch an educational program for development of the university websites.
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The Internet, social media and the growing international role of the English language are pushing universities and colleges all over the world toward continuous improvement of their ...
On July 6, 2015, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov accompanied with Program Coordinator Tatiana Bagdasarova held talks with Sergio Bortalani, Pro-Rector of Universita degli studi di Torino, on cooperation in the education area.
The first stage of engagement implies participation of the University of Turin in Russian-Italian Project "Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to Research and Teaching".
The parties agreed on incorporating the university's curriculums and courses on globalization and globalization issues in the world politics of today in the ...
... 2015,
the Second
Seminar
on the Exchange of Experience between Russian and Italian Experts on the Issues of Globalization in Education and Conducting Researchwas held at Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in Kaliningrad.
The seminar was attended by representatives of eight federal and national research universities of Russia, project participants and RIAC corporate members. The Italian contingent was made up of representatives of five universities: ...
On May 27-28, 2015, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, hosted the second Russian-Italian seminar "Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to Research and Teaching" with participation of eight Russian federal and national universities holding RIAC corporate membership and five Italian universities, among them V
enice International University
, University
La Sapienza
,
Bari University
,
University of Tor Vergata
and
Universita degli Studi di Roma 3.
The faculty of Russian ...
... The reasons for the limitations are economic.
5/100 Russian Academic Excellence Project
At the same time we must note that the Russian leadership has recently been incentivising the leading universities to become global, attract foreign teachers and foreign students and become a more active part of the global academic ... ... fight for places – that is the formal aim – but to become significant players on the international stage, because education today is one of the key elements in global politics and global influence.
Other programmes are being implemented alongside ...
... regional development.
The first Russian-Italian seminar on globalization has been of great help in terms of acquiring European techniques in conducting trainings over globalization and international relations issues, as well as strengthening ties between Russian and Italian universities in research and educational fields.
VIU hosted the first seminar "Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to Research, Teaching and Training"
... 2, 2014, RIAC Program Manager
Ekaterina Chimiris
and Program Coordinator
Anna Kuznetsova
made a report “Promotion of Universities in Global Internet” at the Russian-Italian conference
“Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to Teaching and Research
” held at the
Venice International ... ... advancement of universities through the Internet.
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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
,” ...
