6
was the factor by which the number of applications from social entrepreneurship projects for the ‘Startup of the Year’ award grew this past year. In total, social entrepreneurs accounted for 36% of nominees for the award.
55%
of Russians age 25-64 who have a vocational education believe that their current activities partially or fully coincide with the education they received.
72.4%
of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region residents who have a higher education see themselves primarily as Europeans in a broad sense.
51%
of families do not reject the idea of higher education for their children if they are unsuccessful in enrolling for a tuition-free spot. They either look for another university with less demanding requirements or enroll as tuition-paying students.
30%
is the additional compensation that graduates with Master’s degrees earn already in their first place of employment in comparison with those who have regular diplomas.
36
scenarios for Russia’s demographic development up to 2030 were prepared by researchers at the Higher School of Economics’ Institute of Demography.
50
Russian and foreign universities will take part in the Day of Russian Universities, which will be held today at HSE.
2 percentage points
was the amount by which business confidence in industry grew over the last month, reaching the level of 3%.