‘The future is more than just tomorrow’
Geoffrey Crossick, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London, took part in the HSE International College of Economics and Finance graduation ceremony on September 16th. What else was in the programme of his visit to Moscow? What does he think about the problems and prospects for higher education development in Great Britain? And what about cooperation with the HSE?
'Political Correctness Constrains Researchers'
From July 26th - 30th the VIII International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) Congress took place in Stockholm. The event takes place once every five years and brings together researchers from Russia and East Europe. This time 14 teachers and researchers from the HSE took part in the Congress, the largest delegation from one institution at the forum. Some participants of the Congress told us about the event.
On the Basis of Meritocratic Principles
Recently at the decision of the HSE Academic Council Andrey Melville was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Politics, and Professor Mark Urnov became Academic Supervisor of the Faculty. The new dean Andrey Melville told us about the prospects for the Faculty's development, about research activities and undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
‘A Student Coming to Study here Starts to Understand that he is in Demand on the Labour Market’
Alla Bolotova, Dean of the HSE Faculty of Psychology, talked to us about the faculty’s educational programmes, plans and projects, teachers, students and graduates.
‘We Train Experts for the Future World’
Sergey Karaganov, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, told us what kind of education this faculty offers to its prospective students.
Multidimensionality of Professional Knowledge
Evgeniy Salygin, Dean of the HSE Faculty of Law, told us about the specific features of legal education at the Higher School of Economics and the preparations for this year’s students’enrollment.
Individual Approach and Original Courses
Sergey Lando, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, told us what prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students will meet at the Faculty in 2010.
Future Champions
Viktor Nikitin, Dean of the HSE Faculty of Business Informatics, and his Deputy, Irina Lesovskaya, told us about the specifics of the education at the Faculty.
The Ability to Ask Questions and Get Answers
On December 9th Lord Michael Barber, one of the world’s leading experts in improving the effectiveness of public administration, delivered the first in a series of lectures as guest professor at the Faculty of Public Administration of the Higher School of Economics. Video and presentation slides added.
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.