by Umnov | Dec 9, 2021 | blog
Academic Rights and Autonomy in Russia in 2021: An End-of-Year Review Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: Surprisingly, the pandemic was just one of the main events of 2021 in Russian higher education and science. (Photo by Ibrahim Boran on Unsplash) The Year of...
by Umnov | Nov 26, 2021 | blog
In many scientific fields, women prefer to work with women—and men with men. Why? Elena Chechik Photo: Only 21% of cases of scientific collaboration are purely female collaboration—that is, where both mentor and trainee are women. (Photo by This is Engineering...
by Umnov | Nov 14, 2021 | blog
Why Can Russian Students Not Expect to Have the Same Rights and Freedoms as Teachers? Dmitry Dubrovsky Photos: In the Middle Ages, students hired professors at the University of Bologna. (Unknown author; Wikimedia Commons) From the outset of university history,...
by Umnov | Oct 23, 2021 | blog
Most Russian universities have elaborated Codes of Ethics. Why? Daria Skibo Photo: The Ethics Code of the Ural Federal University named after first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin is called “The Code of Ethics of the University Community”; it was...
by Umnov | Oct 15, 2021 | blog
Homophobic speeches—and actions—are increasingly common in Russian universities and any objections are potentially dangerous. Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: Publishing any information about gender identity puts students and faculty at risk. (Photo by James A. Molnar...
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