by Umnov | Jul 9, 2020 | blog
Russian and Ukrainian archaeologists have fallen victim to the 2014 annexation of Crimea. Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: Around a quarter of a century after the collapse of the USSR, the island of Berezan serves as a symbol of how boundless archaeology is (Free...
by Umnov | Jun 25, 2020 | blog
How a system of fixed-term contracts and vague renumeration criteria in universities is becoming an instrument of control over faculty. Olesya Zakharova Photo: Fixed-term contracts as a source of termless problems. (CC0 1.0 , bit.ly/2BFZR13) Labor law...
by Umnov | Jun 17, 2020 | blog
To what extent are faculty and students free to express their opinion about their university, their country, and the world? Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: One of the loudest discussions about academic freedom began with a Facebook post by HSE professor Gasan Guseynov. (Glen...
by Umnov | May 29, 2020 | blog
The space for self-governance in Russian universities is shrinking. The country’s premier higher education institution, the Moscow State University (MSU), announced its biggest reorganization yet. Natalia Forrat Photo: MSU is preparing for serious reform....
by Umnov | May 15, 2020 | blog
Why are rectors paid so much but lecturers – so little? Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: One of the latest innovations is to pay for lectures only after a whole lecture course has been completed by a professor. (Photo: Free photobank, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, bit.ly/2xhxNzu)...
by Umnov | May 1, 2020 | blog
The Center for Institutional Analysis of Science and Education at the European University at St. Petersburg analyzed the work of the experts from the Supervisory Authority for Science and Education SASE (Rosobrnadzor). Katerina Guba Photos: Who are the SASE’s...
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