by Umnov | Jul 24, 2020 | blog
Project 5-100 gave universities a chance not only to rise in international rankings, but also to get acquainted with international standards of academic culture. What came of it? Victoria Pardini Photo: Most foreigners are required to teach one course per...
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)...
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