Enrolment in undergraduate programmes is underway. International recipients of the Russian Government Scholarship can study at HSE University for free and get a place at an HSE dorm. Senanu Dekpo-Adza from Ghana and Hamisha Rijal from Nepal study at HSE University as part of the scholarship programme. They shared their experiences of admission and studies at HSE University with the HSE News Service.

The results of the Russian part of the Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students' Survey have been published. It found that Russian students show interest in entrepreneurship more often and think about starting their own business five years after graduation. Galina Shirokova, Director of the Centre for Strategic Entrepreneurship, told us about other trends in the sphere of entrepreneurship.

On January 30, the winners of the first stage of the City Improvement Competition were announced. One of the winners is Evgeny Shvirkov, a first-year student of the Bachelor’s in Public Administration at HSE University. Evgeny presented a project entitled ‘The Development and Improvement of the Availability of Healthcare as a Factor Improving the Quality of Russian Urban Life’.

2023 will see the first intake for the Master's programme 'International Business in the Asia-Pacific Region'. The HSE News Service talked to Liudmila Veselova, Academic Supervisor of the programme, about the opportunities available to students of the programme, as well as the reasons why the English language and a mathematical mindset are important for success in studies.

An algorithm for selecting football referees developed by the HSE Laboratory of Sports Studies and the Russian Football Union has been named the Best IT Project in the Sports Industry by the Global CIO professional community. In order to recommend the most suitable referee for a match, the algorithm considers 30 parameters, including referees’ ratings, the venue, the need for rotation, etc.

The new online course 'Tell Me a Story: Storytelling for Russian Language Learners' has started on HSE's National Open Education Platform. The course author, Ksenia Demeneva, Associate Professor of the School of Literature and Intercultural Communication at the Faculty of Humanities at HSE University-Nizhny Novgorod, discusses how to capture your audience's attention and make you story unforgettable.

This year, HSE University started celebrating Student Day on the evening of January 24, when the traditional Digital Night festival kicked off at Pokrovka. For the first time since 2019, it was held in the pre-pandemic format: the quizzes, board games, lectures, dancing and master classes didn't stop until 6 am.

The Green HSE student organisation recently held the ‘Green Conversation’ festival at the university. The participants discussed the planet’s ecological problems and the steps required to start building a green future today. Visitors learned more about nature and rare animals in Russia, as well as donated unwanted clothing and recyclable waste to environmental organisations.

There are many reasons why families choose to homeschool their children, from wishing to personalise their education to protecting them from bullying. Those who decide to switch to homeschooling can face quite a few challenges. IQ.HSE presents a few facts on homeschooling in Russia based on a paper by researchers of the HSE Institute of Education.