MA Programme 'Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation' Concludes Partnership Agreements with 5 Recognized Universities
HSE has finalised agreements with its international partner universities for new double diplomas and student exchanges in the framework of the Master’s programme in Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation. Dirk Meissner, Deputy Head of the Research Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies, Professor at the Department of Educational Programmes at HSE ISSEK and Academic Supervisor for the Master’s programme, spoke to the HSE English News service about how the new agreements are made to give master’s students the best opportunities for study abroad and double degree programmes while making sure they match HSE’s approaches and standards.
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was the level to which the business confidence index in the service sector fell in the first quarter of 2015. This is a record decline. For the year, the value of the index has fallen by 10 percentage points. These data are presented in a new Monitoring the Business Climate in Services study that was conducted by HSE ISSEK Centre for Business Tendency Studies.
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Russian regions are taking part in ‘Management of Regional Clusters: Best International Practices’, a research and practical seminar that began today at the Higher School of Economics and was organised by Russian Cluster Observatory at HSE ISSEK.
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of teachers are involved in tutoring. These data were obtained during a survey of schoolteachers that was conducted as part of a Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations (MEMO) study in the autumn and winter of the 2014/15 school year. The project is managed by HSE ISSEK Centre for Statistics and Monitoring of Education.
Scenario forks in the water sector
Quality and availability of water directly affect the life quality of billions of people. Water may become a source of international conflicts, or facilitate countries’ cooperation. On March 6, 2015, Russian and international experts discussed different options for national development strategies in this field, based on the identified long-term global trends, at the round table “Development Scenarios for the Water Sector” at the Higher School of Economics.
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people attended the lecture marathon ‘Ideas 2020: Journey into the World of the Future’ that was organised by Higher School of Economics in collaboration with the Polytechnic Museum and the Helmholtz Association (Germany). Leading research fellows from ISSEK — Ruslan Saygitov and Ozcan Saritas — were among the lecturers.
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of teachers believe that skills in the field of computer and information technologies are what they lack most when it comes to working effectively. These data were obtained in a survey of school teachers that was conducted as part of a Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations (MEMO) study carried out in the autumn and winter of the 2014-2015 school year.
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Russian women hold a Doctor of Sciences degree. Another 33,000 hold Candidate of Sciences degrees. These data are contained in ‘Indicators of Science: 2015’, a new Data Book that will be published in the second quarter of 2015.
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of executives at industrial companies noted in February that uncertainty in Russia’s economic situation is preventing the development of their businesses. These data are presented in new information and analytical materials produced by HSE ISSEK Centre for Business Tendency Studies. The materials cover the primary factors that limited the activity of enterprises and organisations in basic industries in 2014.