The HSE rector speaks for comprehensive university reform
The web-based University World News published Y. Kuzminov`s outlook on Russian educational system and its prospects.
Back to cooperation origins
The 15-th anniversary of the HSE collaboration with Paris I University (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), the Paris X University (Universite Paris X Nanterre), and the Sciences Po University (Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris) was celebrated in Paris. Irene Maltseva, the HSE French Center Head comments on the event.
Liberty in Russia is not for grabs
“Promoter and one of the most outstanding followers of libertarian theory of law, talented tutor willing to combine implementation of dialectical method, sense and emotion in teaching”, Wikipedia, the web based encyclopedia project, highlights Vladimir Chetvernin`s features.
Innovative Prospects for Russia - EU cooperation
The second day of the Russia - Europe Conference on “Innovative Policy for Economic Growth: Goals and Tools” , held at the SU-HSE focused on Russian and European Union innovative policy research results.
We are the best in the world, but it’s hard to believe.
On October 28th, as part of the “Urgent research and design in education” workshop, there was a discussion of the PIRLS international comparative research results from 2006 on the reading skills of primary school pupils, where Russia occupied the top position among the 40 participating countries.
The HSE Chinese Performance
On October 10-11th, an International forum on "The History of Economic Thinking and Methodology" took place at the HSE. This event was organized by the HSE Economics faculty in cooperation with Wuhan University, China.
Uneasy Questions for Russian Sociology
This year, Russian sociology is celebrating its 50th anniversary. It seems like a good time to reflect on its current situation. On the eve of the Third All-Russia Sociological Congress, the HSE First Deputy Rector, the Department of Economic Sociology Chief Vadim Radaev spoke to us about this event.
Top Level Coverage
As the “RatOR” ` ratings showed, the Higher School of Economics is the leader among Russian universities in information coverage for applicants (considering Web-communications level during 2008 entrance exams).
Moscow "Patterns of transition"
On the 28-30th of August, 2008 the 10th bi-annual European Association for Comparative Economic Studies conference “Patterns of Transition and New Approaches to Comparative Economics” had been held at the SU-HSE, Moscow.
In the land of France
The Center for Cooperation with France and French – speaking countries (i.e. the HSE French Center) is one of the most successful departments for cooperation with foreign universities. About 50 students visit France and Luxemburg for studies every year. Irina Maltseva, the chief of the Center, spoke to us about last year’s activities and the Centre's plans for the future.