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Children from families with high incomes and whose parents hold university degrees have a better chance of going to university. Parental involvement in the education process, however, does not have an impact on the decrease in equal access to higher education for students. This was the conclusion reached by experts from HSE University’s Center for Institutional Studies.

In 2021, a new programme "Foreign languages and intercultural communication in business" is opened at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities programme. Head of the programme, Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages Elizaveta Smirnova told us how linguistics and intercultural communication are related to business, where graduates will work, how to enter the programme, and why is it worth participating in the iTell conference.

The game, which brings together multiple museums, is dedicated to twentieth- and twenty-first-century art. Students created the game as part of the 'It's Time You Visited the Museum!' project, which won the XI Museums of the Russian North Grant Competition. Fourth-year history students Maxim Finogenov, Maria Karaeva, Vasily Kurushin, and Lev Yakupov visualized sample assignments as part of the Art Time project, which will become the basis of a future online game.

In December, the Teach for HSE project held the master class ‘From Photography to 3D-Model: 3D-Modeling Technology in Teaching and Project Activity’ for HSE lecturers. The master class was delivered online by Iliana Ismakaeva, lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at HSE – Perm and winner of the spring competition of the Fund for Educational Innovation.

A lecturer of the Department of Humanities Yuri Vasilenko spoke about the political and ideological aspects of the formation and development of Russian statehood to students of the master's programme "European Union Studies and Human Rights" at the Catholic University of San Antonio in Murcia (Spain).

HSE University ranks among the top three universities of the Expert Analysis Centre’s Ranking of Universities of the New Economy, which assesses companies’ satisfaction with the training and education of specialists in high-tech fields. HSE shares 1st-3rd place with Lomonosov Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University.

Those who consider themselves healthy will be more willing to comply with COVID restrictions if they believe, according to their own estimations, that the expected losses from the disease will be significant, suggest researchers of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at HSE University.

Are you planning to apply for HSE University’s educational programmes? We are launching a special project for applicants for bachelor's and master's degrees – a series of online consultations for international applicants at Zoom!