For HSE Students the Confucius Institute Made an Exception
This September three students from the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs will go to Jilin University in China for a one-year internship.
‘This is the Best Language School in France’
In July and August a new Summer School will take place in the French city of Tours, organized by the Institut de Touraine and the HSE Center for cooperation with France and French-speaking countries. HSE students, teachers and staff members all have the opportunity to take part. Irina Maltseva, Director of the Center, told us about the new project.
Thailand’s Government Officials are Ready to Study at the HSE
On June 22nd a delegation from the Secretariat of the Senate of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Thailand visited the HSE International College of Economics and Finance.
‘For us, this is a Challenge’
In early June, as part of the international cooperation development programme, an official delegation from the HSE visited Shanghai. Andrey Klimenko, HSE Vice Rector and head of the delegation, told us about the aims of the trip and agreements reached.
‘We shall Definitely Attract other HSE Faculties to the Cooperation’
From May 31st to June 1st a joint Russian-Chinese conference on ‘Transition and Economic Development in China and Russia:Past and Future'took place at the HSE. The event was organized by the Faculty of Economics. On the Chinese side, leading economists from two large universities, Wuhan and Hong Kong, took part in the conference. Vladimir Avtonomov, Dean of the HSE Faculty of Economics, told us about the event and cooperation with the colleagues from China.
‘We Need to Overcome the Cultural Barrier’
On May 24th –26th the Samuel P. Huntington Memorial Symposium on Culture, Cultural Change and Economic Development took place at the HSE. It was organized by the Cultural Change Institute (the Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA) and the Higher School of Economics. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with the Symposium participants.
‘In the End we shall Get a Strong Interdisciplinary Project’
On May 13th and 17th two meetings took place at the HSE –in Moscow and in Saint-Petersburg – HSE representatives met with members of the Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
SURFing on the Waves of Russian-American Relations
In April a group of HSE students participated in the Stanford US-Russia Forum which took place at Stanford University. Igor Tomashov, 1st-year master’s student of the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, talked to us about the event.
Higher School of Economics Endorses IEEE Computer Society's SWEBOK and CSDA Programs
The Higher School of Economics has become the latest educational institution to endorse the IEEE Computer Society's Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) and the Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) credential.
Energy Saving: Forecasts and Research
Recently the U.S. Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law (USRF) awarded a grant to the Higher School of Economics and the University of North Carolina for a joint research project. Oleg Karasev, Deputy Director of the HSE Foresight Center, told us about this project.
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