| Title |
Date |
| More students to be sent to Russia – but is it a ploy? |
18 April 2024 |
| Here’s what centralised control over universities looks like |
13 April 2024 |
| Russia’s plans to open university in Cuba in ‘final stage’ |
8 April 2024 |
| Universities may accept arts students from North Korea |
26 March 2024 |
| What Vladimir Putin’s next term means for Russian science |
22 March 2024 |
| 425 days as a prisoner of war: How sociology got me through |
18 March 2024 |
| Russia, Iran to agree on mutual recognition of HE diplomas |
10 February 2024 |
| Academics face scrutiny of contact with foreign peers |
2 February 2024 |
| Universities get behind the re-election of Vladimir Putin |
10 January 2024 |
| Universities recycle e-cigarettes for use in combat drones |
2 December 2023 |
| Eight agreements signed involving higher education institutions |
12 November 2023 |
| Weaponisation of universities: a ‘back-to-the-future’ story |
9 November 2023 |
| Brain drain accelerates as international isolation deepens |
9 November 2023 |
| Universities told not to talk about negatives – UK ministry |
31 October 2023 |
| Russia labels Central European University ‘undesirable’ |
17 October 2023 |
| Revamped research grants aim to entice scientists to Russia |
12 September 2023 |
| Universities admit over 8,000 war veterans and offspring |
9 September 2023 |
| Africa-Russia HE cooperation plan reflects geopolitical tussles |
10 August 2023 |
| Internationalisation’s new goals are political, not academic |
22 July 2023 |
| Astronomy academy and university explore collaboration |
15 July 2023 |
| Russia to expand HE collaboration with Asia and Africa |
14 July 2023 |
| Abducted Israeli-Russian researcher confirmed alive |
8 July 2023 |
| Moscow’s top university to fund war veterans’ education |
27 May 2023 |
| Russia pushes ahead with switch away from Bologna system |
19 May 2023 |
| Russia announces plans for a nuclear university in Egypt |
17 February 2023 |
| Foreign student places rise despite Russia’s isolation |
28 January 2023 |
| Scholars rethink Russian studies in wake of war in Ukraine |
29 December 2022 |
| Compulsory Russian statehood course for all undergrads |
17 December 2022 |
| Russian demand for studying in Asia is steadily growing |
11 November 2022 |
| Medical students face expulsion and deportation from Russia |
5 November 2022 |
| Universities to hold mandatory ideology lectures – Report |
28 October 2022 |
| Russia to launch new system of higher education in 2023 |
30 September 2022 |
| Science sanctions against Russia: Time for a reappraisal? |
13 September 2022 |
| University hopes high for stable influx of international students |
13 August 2022 |
| Rectors’ predatory publishing points to a deeper malaise |
28 July 2022 |
| To understand Ukrainian solidarity, look to the literature |
18 June 2022 |
| Russia steps up number of state-funded university places |
10 June 2022 |
| Russia to quit European higher education standards system |
28 May 2022 |
| University hit by Russian rumours about student expulsions |
30 April 2022 |
| Russian universities rapidly losing cooperation with West |
29 April 2022 |
| Post-Soviet pulp fiction: Presages of the war in Ukraine |
16 April 2022 |
| Russians to consider pulling out of Bologna Process |
15 April 2022 |
| Some countries are maintaining research ties with Russia |
9 April 2022 |
| EU tears up research grant agreements with Russian bodies |
9 April 2022 |
| Is boycotting Russian universities the right thing to do? |
9 April 2022 |
| Student recruitment: futures unknown for Ukraine, Russia |
9 April 2022 |
| In the mad rush to disengage, we join in Putin’s extremism |
2 April 2022 |
| Universities in Russia face a dramatic turning point |
31 March 2022 |
| Professor, students to stage concerts outside embassy |
20 March 2022 |
| Russian higher education: the dreadful sound of silence |
9 March 2022 |
| EUA suspends 12 Russian members who back Putin’s invasion |
7 March 2022 |
| Russian Union of Rectors backs Putin’s action in Ukraine |
6 March 2022 |
| US court convicts researcher for spying on US for Russia |
6 March 2022 |
| Universities face crisis of isolation, scientists warn |
5 March 2022 |
| Higher education and geopolitics after ‘Bloody January’ |
5 March 2022 |
| EU under pressure to halt science cooperation with Russia |
26 February 2022 |
| Video exposes racism against foreign students at university |
13 February 2022 |
| Government eyes universities as technology startup sites |
9 February 2022 |
| High tuition costs behind drop in demand for HE – Survey |
18 January 2022 |
| Duma backs measures to attract international students |
26 November 2021 |
| Government to launch new university accreditation system |
10 November 2021 |
| Russia to start development of inter-university mobility |
20 October 2021 |
| Network of 30 ‘world-class’ campuses to be built nationwide |
9 October 2021 |
| University classes to resume after shooting rampage |
25 September 2021 |
| Huge Priority 2030 initiative boosts national, regional universities |
18 August 2021 |
| Government to make it easier for foreign students to stay |
25 May 2021 |
| Moscow keeps Tajik students’ return to study on hold |
27 March 2021 |
| Foreign students get green light to return after PCR tests |
20 February 2021 |
| Universities set to resume full-time teaching |
6 February 2021 |
| Students ready for legal battle to cut tuition costs |
29 January 2021 |
| Big-city universities to go remote as virus surges |
5 December 2020 |
| Students of Russian universities plead for help to return |
14 November 2020 |
| New loans, payments for foreign and domestic students |
7 November 2020 |
| Are universities required to report ‘anti-Russian’ activity? |
24 October 2020 |
| Russia fails to achieve international excellence target |
24 October 2020 |
| Russian HE system is highly underfunded, says Duma report |
1 October 2020 |
| Russian private universities face big fall in student numbers |
7 September 2020 |
| Universities given extra funding to avoid tuition fee rises |
19 June 2020 |
| Graduates call for ban on staff-student relationships |
30 May 2020 |
| University expels hundreds of students during lockdown |
30 April 2020 |
| Can Putin really solve the problem of brain drain? |
4 April 2020 |
| Restrictions on scientists’ international contacts lifted |
24 February 2020 |
| Putin demands speedy closure of ‘dud’ universities |
11 February 2020 |
| Top university moves to ban political speech |
8 February 2020 |
| Leading sociologist and creator of ‘peasant studies’ dies |
8 February 2020 |
| Putin pushes for more state-funded places in universities |
18 January 2020 |
| Scientists demand end to new curbs on foreign contacts |
14 December 2019 |
| Universities to attract 7,000 foreign IT students |
9 November 2019 |
| Demand among young Russians to study abroad rising |
1 November 2019 |
| Russian citizenship for foreign students who graduate |
17 October 2019 |
| How can Russia best internationalise its universities? |
12 October 2019 |
| Upcoming summit expected to forge higher education ties |
2 October 2019 |
| A data-driven approach to customising learning experience |
21 September 2019 |
| The links between sexual harassment and corruption |
14 September 2019 |
| Demand for places at military universities doubles |
7 September 2019 |
| Higher education institutions push for global recognition |
31 August 2019 |
| Foreign students attracted, foreign scientists restricted |
15 August 2019 |
| Moscow students protest daily over student blogger arrest |
12 August 2019 |
| Demand for higher education in steady decline – Survey |
23 July 2019 |
| State-funded university places to be cut by a quarter |
16 July 2019 |
| Rectors working towards systemic transformation |
15 June 2019 |
| Top universities in battle for world’s best researchers |
1 June 2019 |
| MSU to be site of first of 15 ‘Technological Valleys’ |
4 May 2019 |
| A bold move in multidisciplinarity and academic hiring |
27 April 2019 |
| BRICS and the future of South-South cooperation networks |
13 April 2019 |
| Elite universities project to expand to 30 universities |
10 April 2019 |
| Russian and foreign businesses keen to invest in HE |
30 March 2019 |
| Russia offers support to Syrian higher education |
23 March 2019 |
| Greater gender diversity vital for AI to serve needs of society |
23 March 2019 |
| Students to present their start-up instead of a thesis |
1 March 2019 |
| Government supports mass upgrade of science facilities |
20 February 2019 |
| Government moves to tackle graduate unemployment |
17 January 2019 |
| Through HE, Russia signals intention to renew influence |
14 December 2018 |
| Top universities call for expansion of 5-100 project |
7 December 2018 |
| Low university scholarships fuel student discontent |
12 November 2018 |
| North Korean, Russian universities agree exchanges |
2 November 2018 |
| Government moves to raise quality of higher education |
26 October 2018 |
| A catalyst for institutional transformation |
12 October 2018 |
| Does the university system encourage dishonesty? |
5 October 2018 |
| Why Putin’s 5-100 project is doomed to fail |
5 October 2018 |
| University’s anti-corruption expert charged with fraud |
20 July 2018 |
| Top universities demand better accreditation system |
20 July 2018 |
| Overzealous regulators are closing in on universities |
13 July 2018 |
| Drop in applications expected to hit universities hard |
3 July 2018 |
| Government plans package to lure students from the West |
8 June 2018 |
| Russian universities are ‘poised to compete globally’ |
24 May 2018 |
| Putin to boost science research funding by 150% |
14 April 2018 |
| Putin aide’s claim of end to brain drain is disputed |
21 March 2018 |
| Universities seek to strengthen commercialisation |
3 March 2018 |
| University quality assessment system to be revamped |
16 February 2018 |
| Students under pressure as Putin runs for re-election |
2 February 2018 |
| Parliament to prevent foreign influence on students |
12 January 2018 |
| How many excellent universities does Russia need? |
21 October 2017 |
| Threat to cull elite Project 5-100 universities blocked |
20 October 2017 |
| Minister aims to refocus elite universities programme |
14 October 2017 |
| A university playing on two fields at the same time |
6 October 2017 |
| Government steps up funding for elite universities |
1 September 2017 |
| Government cuts 40% of state-funded university places |
13 July 2017 |
| Russia to triple the number of international students |
22 June 2017 |
| Trend of decentralised international student support |
16 June 2017 |
| First ‘Monument to an Anonymous Peer Reviewer’ |
2 June 2017 |
| ‘We’re in a desperate fight to keep our university open’ |
21 April 2017 |
| More Russian students are choosing to study abroad |
12 April 2017 |
| Can autocracies cope with international universities? |
7 April 2017 |
| Top university shuttered after conservative assault |
31 March 2017 |
| Internationalisation of HE must not be imposed |
3 March 2017 |
| Government raises foreign student quota to 200,000 |
17 February 2017 |
| Plan to ban officials' children from studying abroad |
9 February 2017 |
| World-class universities project faces steep cuts |
25 January 2017 |
| Universities profit from tripling of foreign students |
17 December 2016 |
| Internationalisation ‘could transform Russian science’ |
2 December 2016 |
| New university rankings to be launched in 2017 |
12 November 2016 |
| Challenges of internationalising higher education |
4 November 2016 |
| Furore over university ‘protest potential’ survey claims |
28 October 2016 |
| Is simultaneous mobility the future for PhD holders? |
21 October 2016 |
| Minister suspends mergers, casts doubt on Project 5-100 |
30 September 2016 |
| Universities urged to modernise to compete globally |
10 September 2016 |
| Donations-for-places to be allowed under university law |
26 August 2016 |
| Ministry denies plan to fire 10,000 scientists in cuts |
19 August 2016 |
| Countries establish universities' association |
15 July 2016 |
| Cost of tuition at universities may double this year |
17 June 2016 |
| Major shift to supporting science via universities |
2 June 2016 |
| Industry presses ministry to address HE jobs outcomes |
29 April 2016 |
| Corruption scandal in the Far East |
22 April 2016 |
| Russian universities step on gas to attract Vietnamese |
9 April 2016 |
| Rectors gather to establish BRICS Network University |
1 April 2016 |
| Science centre to be hybrid of Harvard and Silicon Valley |
31 March 2016 |
| New programme to boost Russian-German relations |
25 March 2016 |
| Dangers from the pressure to publish |
25 March 2016 |
| Industry alarmed by deep cuts to speciality courses |
18 March 2016 |
| Calls for prosecution over PhD thesis on Soviet traitor |
11 March 2016 |
| Rectors expect sharp rise in foreign student numbers |
10 February 2016 |
| Only 10% of institutes can make breakthroughs – Putin |
30 January 2016 |
| Duma set to deter graduates from taking jobs abroad |
13 January 2016 |
| Government plans incentives to lure foreign scientists |
19 November 2015 |
| Universities to focus on subject-based rankings |
31 October 2015 |
| Ministry to establish new post of federal professor |
30 October 2015 |
| Mass-produced PhDs at heart of academic fraud ‘plague’ |
10 October 2015 |
| University releases anti-extremist textbook |
10 October 2015 |
| Research publication subjects favour Soviet tradition |
9 October 2015 |
| Commercialisation is top problem facing universities |
25 September 2015 |
| Higher education reforms to create 150 big universities |
28 August 2015 |
| Plan to expand military universities, student places |
17 July 2015 |
| Officials moot ‘anti-revolutionary’ university course |
10 July 2015 |
| BRICS Network University to expand access to education |
10 July 2015 |
| Parliament seeks ban on foreign foundations, scientists |
7 July 2015 |
| Why Russia won’t rise fast up the global rankings |
19 June 2015 |
| Scientists protest against Kremlin threat to research |
11 June 2015 |
| Students allege political purge at oldest university |
30 May 2015 |
| What’s behind the Russian higher education cuts? |
15 May 2015 |
| Pact to form higher education association |
15 May 2015 |
| Universities denied access to West's science journals |
15 May 2015 |
| Government to raise quota of foreign students by 33% |
1 May 2015 |
| Government to close two in every five universities |
17 April 2015 |
| Sharp drop in applications to study abroad |
25 March 2015 |
| Students say state has stopped paying stipends |
13 March 2015 |
| Government plans to cut 10% off university funding |
20 February 2015 |
| Battle for university places deflates Crimea euphoria |
20 February 2015 |
| High satisfaction levels for low quality education |
6 February 2015 |
| Universities to launch foreign student recruitment hub |
22 January 2015 |
| A Siberian university aims to become a global player |
28 November 2014 |
| Scientists accuse journals of ‘political’ rejections |
10 October 2014 |
| Watchdog stops new enrolments at 11 more universities |
26 September 2014 |
| Russian dichotomy – high tertiary, low literacy skills |
12 September 2014 |
| Economic sanctions not ending Russian study abroad |
24 August 2014 |
| Medvedev orders creation of Crimean Federal University |
15 August 2014 |
| Four universities banned from accepting new students |
18 July 2014 |
| Climbing the global university rankings |
4 July 2014 |
| New higher education ranking system expected by 2015 |
30 May 2014 |
| Plan to increase research at national universities |
23 May 2014 |
| Minister fires university rector for plagiarism |
2 May 2014 |
| Russia to invest US$1 billion in Crimean universities |
25 April 2014 |
| New twist in outspoken professor Zubov's dismissal |
18 April 2014 |
| Russian academics spooked by Zubov's dismissal |
11 April 2014 |
| Professor sacked over criticism of actions in Ukraine |
28 March 2014 |
| Coursera expands Russian reach of its online education |
28 March 2014 |
| Federal university to be set up in Crimea |
21 March 2014 |
| Vladimir Putin continues sweeping science reforms |
19 March 2014 |
| German-Russian university, DAAD centre, for Tatarstan |
14 March 2014 |
| India, Russia to sign degree recognition agreement |
7 March 2014 |
| Government to combat plagiarism and illegal degrees |
24 February 2014 |
| Universities to change foreign student admission rules |
21 February 2014 |
| Tough new requirements for foreign students |
31 January 2014 |
| State to promote university textile sector training |
24 January 2014 |
| Government eyes international student market |
17 January 2014 |
| Respected Russian university feels Kremlin’s scrutiny |
17 January 2014 |
| American researcher and author denied entry to Russia |
17 January 2014 |
| Employers to monitor efficiency in universities |
17 December 2013 |
| Universities benefit from private funding bonanza |
13 December 2013 |
| Putin puts higher education at the centre of economic development |
13 December 2013 |
| Rowdy dancing costs med students two weeks of studies |
29 November 2013 |
| Industrial giants to invest funds in higher education |
11 October 2013 |
| Government approves universities for world-class bid |
11 September 2013 |
| Government plans to monitor graduate employment |
17 August 2013 |
| State to invest US$3 billion in giant education cluster |
29 June 2013 |
| Church, scientists clash over theology for physicists |
15 June 2013 |
| Government plans to attract foreign postgraduates |
25 May 2013 |
| Multidimensional university ranking system developed |
20 April 2013 |
| Students on verge of mass protests over reforms |
13 April 2013 |
| University mergers need to confront identity issues |
30 March 2013 |
| State to invest $1.3 billion in university campuses |
23 March 2013 |
| Russia gauges universities by graduate employment |
23 March 2013 |
| Country's first privately funded animation course at state university |
9 February 2013 |
| State kicks off plans for world-class universities |
9 February 2013 |
| State acts to encourage university endowment funds |
13 January 2013 |
| Imprisoned 'espionage' physicist wins early release |
17 November 2012 |
| ‘Inferior’ colleges threatened with possible closure |
11 November 2012 |
| Graduates face return to obligatory job placements |
7 October 2012 |
| Education gives China an edge over Russia, LSE says |
30 September 2012 |
| Government mounts attack on university autonomy |
23 September 2012 |
