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III Ufa International Education Fair
The III Ufa International Education Fair will be held at the VDNH-EXPO in Ufa on November 06-09, 2019. It will be organized by the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Moscow International Education Fair, and Bashkir Exhibition Company.
II Baikal International Education Fair
II Baikal International Education Fair took place in the Sibexpocenter in Irkutsk on October 03-05, 2019. It brought together regional and international education experts.
Adalat Muradov talks about digitalization of education in Azerbaijan
Rector of Azerbaijan State Economic University (ASUE) Adalat Muradov told about digitalization of education in Azerbaijan at the EDCRUNCH 2019 Global Conference on Technology in Education in Moscow.
India has a too high number of arts students
According to the All India Survey of Higher Education published by the Human Resource Development Ministry, 9.34 million students are pursuing BA programs in India.
Dmitry Peskov names key trends for Russian universities for 5-10 years
Education export, digitalization and digital platforms, and supplementary education will be key trends for Russian universities in the next 5-10 years.
Accreditation in Education company organizes webinars under the aegis of Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) aimed at establishing cooperation between Quality Assurance Agencies and Russian universities
Russia and Iraq have signed a Memorandum of understanding
The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Republic of Iraq have signed a Memorandum of understanding in Moscow.
US will provide a $50 mln. grant to support the education reform in Uzbekistan
The US and Uzbekistan have signed the grant agreement under which the US will provide a $50 mln. five-year grant to support the reform of public education in Uzbekistan.
September 30, 2019 the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration will host the presentation of the 5th Global Survey on Internationalization of Higher Education by Giorgio Marinoni
The Jean Monnet 30th Anniversary Conference
The Jean Monnet 30th Anniversary Conference took place on September 18, 2019. It was opened by EU Ambassador to Russia Markus Ederer and Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Boris Zhelezov.
World Teachers' Day ELT Web Conference
On October 5, 2019 the British Council and the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) will celebrate World Teachers' Day with a large-scale one-day web conference for English language teachers worldwide.
Is it worth relying on all rankings?
Waldemar Siwiński, Vice-President of IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, told Rossiyskaya Gazeta about what modern rankings lack.
The IAEA Annual Conference is taking place in Baku
The State Examination Center of the Republic of Azerbaijan is hosting the 45th International Association for Educational Assessment Annual Conference (IAEA). This year’s conference theme is: Assessment and Decision-making: Individual and Institutional Solutions.
World universities meet at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
The large-scale events of world significance were held as part of the Global University Summit at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. They were aimed at improving the competitiveness of higher education in Kazakhstan and the export potential of educational services and transforming Kazakhstan into a Central Asian Educational Hub.
QS Graduate Employability Ranking 2019 features 13 Russian universities in Top 500
The British company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has presented the ranking that analyzes correlation between HEIs' performance and subsequent employment of their graduates. Thirteen Russian universities have entered Top 500.
UWC announces that the applications for Russian candidates are open till November 15, 2019
Don’t miss your chance!!! Any high school student from Russia, who is 16 or 17 years old on 1 September, 2020, may apply.
The 7th Forum of Rectors of Russian and Chinese Universities was held in Saint Petersburg
The 7th Forum of Rectors of Russian and Chinese Universities was held at Saint Petersburg State University of Economics as part of the 20th meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Chinese Commission for Humanitarian Cooperation.
Russia and China are planning to raise the number of exchange students to 100,000 in 2020
Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that Russia and China were close to raising the number of exchange students to 100,000 in 2020.
The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan and RANEPA signed an agreement on cooperation
The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed an agreement on cooperation with the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
KBSU and Uludag University will exchange medical students under the Erasmus + program
Uludag University (Bursa, Turkey) and Kabardino-Balkarian State University (Russia) will exchange medical students under the EU's Erasmus + program as part of the education export project implemented at KBSU.
The prospects for Russian education export were discussed in Vladivostok
The prospects for exporting educational services provided by Russian universities were discussed at the V Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladivostok.
Uzbekistan took part in the International Summit on Development of Global Education in Zurich
The delegation of the State Inspectorate for Supervision of Quality in Education under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan took part in the International Summit on Development of Global Education organized by Times Higher Education Agency.
Iraq and Belarus discussed cooperation in education and science
The delegation of the Iraqi Republic headed by First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nizar Al-Khairalla visited the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus.
The international center of Uzbek culture opens at Kazan Cooperative Institute
The Uzbek Cultural Center has opened at Kazan Cooperative Institute of the Russian University of Cooperation (KCI RUC) with support from the Consulate General of the Republic of Uzbekistan.