of Russian universities do not have dormitories for students. Another 6% of institutions of higher education view the quality of their student housing as bad. This information was obtained during a survey of vocational education leaders carried out in the autumn of 2013 as part of a Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations (MEMO) study conducted by HSE (the project is coordinated by HSE ISSEK) in collaboration with the Levada-Center.
On October 2, Nevet research group (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) took part in “Culture matters” research seminar. Members of the research group presented their ongoing studies.
of concentrated agricultural and forest waste are produced by Russian industry each year. Refining and using this waste as energy would allow Russia to hold a respectable place in the emerging markets of biotechnology products and bioenergy. This information comes from “Russian S&T Foresight: 2030. Biotechnologies”, a report that was prepared by the Higher School of Economics under commission by Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science.
On September 30 – October 1 Eugene Tartakovsky (Tel-Aviv University, Israel) have read a series of lectures on practical applications of Schwartz’s value theory.
of Russian company heads believe that the ability to solve work-related problems without help is acquired by employees only with experience in working independently. Various training courses are ineffective in this area. This information was obtained during a survey of 1,000 representatives of large, medium and small businesses operating in six primary economic sectors. It was conducted jointly as part of the Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations by the HSE and the Yuri Levada Analytical Center.
Kyle Marquardt, PhD Candidate, in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin - Madison discusses his work at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (CSID HSE) and life in Russia.
On September 22-26, 2014 the students and the staff of ISSEK attended the HSE-hosted lectures by a guest speaker Prof. Jutta Guenther from the University of Bremen (Germany).
