Alexander Kamenskiy: ‘Teaching History Needs to Look Forward ’
Alexander Kamenskiy, Dean of the HSE Faculty of History which will open in the next academic year told us about the opportunities for improving the way history is taught, and changes in Russian education.
Interuniversity Globalization
On December 8th the final seminar in the video-course on ‘Human Rights in the Globalizing World’ took place at the HSE. This video conference was chaired by Nina Belyaeva, Head of the HSE Department of Public Policy, and John Dale, Professor at George Mason University, USA.
Truth about Lord Barber
Lord Michael Barber, one of the world’s leading experts in the improvement of the effectiveness of public administration, will deliver a course of lectures in December at the HSE Faculty of Public Administration . HSE Vice-Rector Isaak Frumin spoke to us about this.
‘Political Science is a Democratic One’
The Higher School of Economics and Bologna University have signed an agreement on cooperation. Giliberto Capano, Dean of the Bologna University Faculty of Political Science, told us about some future joint educational and research projects and about the connection between a democratic political system and political science development.
It is Harder to be an Optimist
On November 12th the results of the ‘Baltic Practice 2009’ summer school were presented at the HSE together with a debate on ‘Does Russian Democracy fit the European Standards?’
HSE and University of Luxembourg: Expanding the Collaboration
In October the HSE Faculty of Law and the University of Luxembourg Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance signed a cooperation agreement . Evgeniy Salygin, Dean of the HSE Faculty of Law, spoke to us about this.
‘Research is the Lifeblood of the Faculty’
Mark Urnov, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Political Science, told us about the results of the negotiations on the launch of joint Master’s programmes between the faculty and American universities, as well as about research plans, reforms of the educational process and Chinese writing.
HSE and CFA: a Special Level of Knowledge and Honour
The HSE Banking Institute has become a partner of the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute, which unites about 70000 certified financial analysts worldwide. Vasily Solodkov, Director of the HSE Banking Institute and Richard Hainsworth, President of CFA Association (Russia), told us about this joint programme.
‘The Most Challenging Tasks are Achievable’
On September 10th a graduation ceremony of the joint HSE and London School of Economics programmes of the HSE International College of Economics and Finance took place at the British Embassy in Moscow. Diplomas were given not only to those completing the undergraduate programme, but also to the first graduates of the Master’s programme in Financial Economics.
‘Am Rhein, am Rhein, am Deutschen Rhein...’. Understanding of the Russian-German Mass Media
Another in the series of regular visits by German students to Moscow took place recently, as part of the student exchange programme between the HSE Business and Political Journalism Department and the Cologne School of Journalism. The programme director, Prof. Elena Penskaya talked to us about the programme’s aims and objectives .