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Students visited the United Nations office in Russia
February 16, Population and Development Master’s students visited the United Nations office in Russia where they had a chance to get familiar with the activities of various UN agencies. In their presentations, representatives of UNDP, UN Information Centre, FAO, and UNAIDS covered the topics, such as the organisational structure of the agencies, previous and current projects in both Russia and abroad, and internship and job opportunities.
Russia and the World: Values and Vurtues
On January 16, our students have participated in Гайдаровский форум (Gaidar Forum) - an annual event that discusses major trends in social-and-economic and political development.
This year the Forum was devoted to the topic "Russia and the World: Values and Vurtues".
Martin McKee gave a lecture for students of the programme
On Tuesday, November 7th instead of 100 Anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution celebration the students of the Programme got a chance to listen to a lecture by Martin McKee. The lecture was devoted to achieving the health sustainable development goals. Dr. Martin McKee is professor of European Public Health at London Schools of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
19 th World Festival of Youth and Students
The 19th World Festival of Youth and Students was held from the 14th to 22nd October 2017 in Sochi, Russia. More than 5,000 volunteers were kind enough to welcome and help all the delegates from the various point of arrival till students got settled in, even while it rained heavily. Students of our program, Love Umesi, Ola Bamidele, Oni Isaac and Obiri Emmanuel had a chance to participate in that wonderful Festival.
III All-Russian Scientific Forum 'Science of The Future Is The Science Of The Young'
An international conference involving renowned academics, researchers, social scientists and development researchers who were representatives of 18 countries (Russia – from 50 cities of the Russian federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Brazil, Algeria, Nigeria ), from 85 universities, 39 research centers, social institutions and NGOsand a huge number of audience. Our student, Ola Bamidele Emmanual, shares his experience of participating this conference.
VI International Summer School
During the first week of September the VI International Summer School "Measurement of volunteer activities: economic efficiency, social effects, and its impact into development of a country, regions, and municipalities" took place in Moscow . The event was organized by the Centre for Studies of Civil Society and Non-Profit Sector . Evgenia Fedorova, the student of the 2nd year 'Population and Development', shares her experience.
Young leaders for health conference 2017 (Berlin, Germany)
The Young Leaders for Health (YLH) is an interdisciplinary platform with the aim to stimulate exchange of knowledge and opportunity as well as network with people across the globe involved in Global Health. With support from the World Health Summit and Charité University of Medicine, the YLH Conference 2017 was organized at the Charité University Campus in Berlin, Germany from 17th-20th August 2017. Our student, Kofi Aduo-Adjei, shares his experiences of participating this conference which was held in Berlin
Congratulations to our first graduates
It was a party like no other when the second years Master Population and Development class took to the Moscow river to unwind, celebrate and bond as they end their academic journey. After partying the party ended with a mock graduation where each person received a "certificate". The two-year program brought together students from different continents and backgrounds from America, Canada, Europe to China, from Africa, Russia, former soviet countries to Pakistan. From pilots, doctors and teachers to pastors and lawyers! We congratulate these scholars for setting the bar so high by their intelligence, academic discipline and high level of scholarship. As our pioneers, you have made us proud and worthy of emulation. We all join hands in saying - Congratulations!
Exchange student in Bologna University. Part 1.
Alexandra Malakhova - the student of the program "Population and Development" shares her life and study experiences of participating this exchange program with University in Bologna, Italy
“Sexuality and Social Work Conference 2016”, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland.
The Sexuality and Social Work Interest Group is an international network of academics, students, practitioners and service users that seeks to develop knowledge and practice innovations in the field of sexuality studies and social work. It seeks to encourage connections between members and interested organizations to enable further research and practice development. Muhammad Umer Ehsan - the student of program "Population and Development" shares his experience of participating this conference.