On March 22, 2016 an open discussion “108 Soft Power Elements of Russian Universities on the Internet” took place at the venue of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The discussion was devoted to the publication of the English version of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) report “
Electronic ...
Report No. 24/2016
This Report was prepared as part of the study carried out by the Russian International Affairs Council on the role of the Internet in internationalizing Russian universities.
The authors developed a methodology for assessing the English-language sites of Russian universities, carrying out an analysis of 45 resources and comparing them with the websites of 11 leading foreign universities that appear in the QS ...
In an interview with the Russian International Affairs Council, Edward Crawley, the Founding President of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, shares his thoughts on the challenges facing Russian universities, the role of applied science in the GDP of a country, and the competitive advantages of today’s students. Mr. Crawley also speaks about strengths and weaknesses of the 5-100 Program which is aimed at improving the Russian education ...
... Federal Migration Service (FMS), the International Russian-Speaking Academic Science Association (RASA), the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Foundation for Humanities (RFH), the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), leading Russian universities, and RIAC experts.
During the first session, RIAC presented a report “
Development of Cooperation with the Russian Academic Diaspora: Experience, Problems and Prospects
", written in partnership with Inconsult K and RASA. RIAC ...
RIAC gave the benefit of experience of its Russian universities’ e-internationalization research at refresher courses “Applied Vebometrics and Enhancement of Efficiency of the University Educational Organization Website,” held by Financial University under the Government of the Russian ...
... by Ministry's International Department Nikolay Toivonen, Deputy Director of Rossotrudnichestvo Dmitry Guzhelya and other federal officials.
Dr. Timofeyev presented the results of RIAC's project on internationalization and international operations of universities, stressing the value of the electronic internationalization index produced by researchers of RIAC. Displaying the strong and weak points of Russian universities' Internet resources, the index has been used to launch an educational program ...
... element of the Plan) the event brought together at least twice as many attendees as before! To show the sheer scope of the forum we should quote Anatoly Torkunov, Rector of MGIMO University, who noted in his welcome remarks that “18 Brazilian universities, 17 Indian universities, 13 Chinese universities and eight South African universities were represented at the event,” and Russia, during its BRICS presidency this year, “enjoyed the broadest representation at the summit,” ...
On July 6, 2015, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov accompanied with Program Coordinator Tatiana Bagdasarova held talks with Sergio Bortalani, Pro-Rector of Universita degli studi di Torino, on cooperation in the education area.
The first stage of engagement implies participation of the University of Turin in Russian-Italian Project "Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to Research and Teaching".
The parties agreed on incorporating the university's curriculums and courses on globalization...
... between Russian and Italian Experts on the Issues of Globalization in Education and Conducting Researchwas held at Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in Kaliningrad.
The seminar was attended by representatives of eight federal and national research universities of Russia, project participants and RIAC corporate members. The Italian contingent was made up of representatives of five universities:
Venice International University
,
Sapienza University of Rome
,
Universita degli Studi Roma Tre
, the ...
On May 27-28, 2015, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, hosted the second Russian-Italian seminar "Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to Research and Teaching" with participation of eight Russian federal and national universities holding RIAC corporate membership and five Italian universities, among them V
enice International University
, University
La Sapienza
,
Bari University
,
University of Tor Vergata
and
Universita degli Studi di Roma 3.
The faculty of Russian ...