Chinese Student Makes the Most of His Semester in Moscow
Each year, numerous students from around the world come to study at HSE, both for entire programmes or for shorter periods. Yao Fan, a Chinese student who is based at the University of Sydney, is spending this semester studying philosophy and psychology at HSE before returning to Australia to complete his Honours study and pursue an academic career.
60%
of managers at industrial manufacturing companies in Russia are not holding out hope for positive changes in investment dynamics in 2016.
Informal Revenues Increase Credit Worthiness of Mortgage Borrowers
Mortgage borrowers who have unconfirmed income turn out to be unable to repay the loan less often than public officials, whose income consists of their official salary only. The probability of loan default is also considerably influenced by the cost of the loan. These were the findings of a study conducted by Alexander Karminsky, HSE Professor, and Agata Lozinskaya, Junior Research Fellow at the HSE campus in Perm.
Research on the Runet Economy 2014-2015
The HSE with the Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC) has prepared a report on the economics of the internet services and content market in 2014-1015. The main point of the research was to evaluate how the crisis has affected the long-term development of the industry and to adjust previous predictions.
Northern Ireland to Help HSE Students Develop Business
The HSE student project Chill has been selected by the StartPlanetNI business accelerator which is funded in partnership with the Northern Ireland government investment programme. The 10 best projects were chosen out of 350 teams from around the world and Chill is the only team from Russia.
Higher Education in Russia and Beyond: From Russia with Math
The sixth issue of HERB dedicated to mathematics is now available. There are three sections in the issue. The first section is devoted to the analysis of mathematical education in the USSR and modern Russia, the second one features the career opportunities for those, who received mathematical education in Russia, and the third section describes the current situation with mathematics in universities.
'The Winter School Is What Led to My Firm Decision to Go to HSE'
On February 4-8 of next year, the Faculty of Mathematics is hosting a Winter School at Voronovo, a special conference centre in the Moscow region with lodging and recreational facilities.
74%
of Russian parents help their school-age children with their homework, or even do it with them.
'In Order to Have Teaching That’s Really Worthwhile, You Have to Have People Who Are on the Frontier of Research'
The only way to detect weaknesses in one’s own ideas is to expose them to criticism from colleagues, says Eric Maskin, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2007, Chairman of the HSE International Advisory Committee, and chief researcher at the International Laboratory of Decision Choice and Analysis. The HSE news service recently spoke with him and Fuad Aleskerov, head of the Laboratory, about the the value of other people's opinions, joint research projects and opportunities for international cooperation in our time.
Students of HSE Perm to Represent Russia in Finals of Unilever Competition
Students of the educational programme in Economics at HSE Perm took the first place in the finals of the 4th international competition in solving business cases Unilever Future Leaders’ League.
Deadline for applications to present academic reports - January 20, 2025