Campus news at HSE University

Oleg Budnitsky, Professor at the HSE Department of Political History, became a member of the Academia Europaea.

From October 25-28, 2012, a major event in sociology, a joint conference of economic sociologists from the two largest sociological associations in the world, the ISA and ESA, will take place in Moscow.

Carol Leonard, Head of the HSE Department for Spatial Development and Regional Studies, has received the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) award.

On October 1, 2012, a meeting on academic cooperation between the HSE and leading Chinese universities took place at the HSE.

On the 25^th of September the International College of Economics and Finance held its graduation ceremony and a reception for alumni at the residence of the British Ambassador in Moscow.

The Higher School of Economics has improved its position in the annual QS World University Ranking.

From October 18^th – 20^th the annual Russian Association of Higher Education Researchers conference on ‘ The Birth and Rebirth of Universities’ will take place at the HSE. A seminar for heads of young international universities will take place as part of the conference.

With the new academic year about to begin, the Rector of the National Research University HSE, Yaroslav Kuzminov, answered questions from members of the public in an online interview. The questions are about the problems and choices in developing Russian education, about the levels of achievement of school-leavers and university students and about the need for the new law 'On education in the RF'.