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How should doctoral education respond to shifting labour market demands and the growing diversity of doctoral students? These questions were at the centre of the roundtable “Doctoral Education as a Public Good: Developing Research Talent for Science, the Economy and Society,” organised by the HSE Centre of Sociology of Higher Education as part of the XXVI April International Academic Conference.

Around one in three doctoral students begin their studies without clear goals, while only around 10% of graduates successfully defend their dissertations on time. What factors have influenced this trend over the last decade? Researchers from the IOE Centre of Sociology of Higher Education conducted a study examining the motivations of PhD students across Russian universities.

Researchers from the HSE Institute of Education took part in the International Academic Forum ‘Russian Education: Inheritance and Transformation,’ held on December 5–7 at Nanjing University and organised with the support of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China. The forum explored how education systems respond to social, technological, and institutional change, with Russian education serving as the central lens for international comparison and reflection.

The Institute of Education at HSE University and the School of Education at Tsinghua University invite submissions to a special issue of the International Journal of Chinese Education. This issue will look at hybrid doctoral programs that bring together strong academic standards and the real needs of industry and the job market. 

The Russian and Chinese postgraduate education systems originally borrowed their institutional frameworks from the Soviet Union. However, in the 21st century, they have evolved along different paths. While key performance indicators for postgraduate programmes in Russia are declining, China is seeing a rapid increase in the number of postgraduate students. These contrasting trajectories and the reforms undertaken in each country in recent decades were the focus of a roundtable discussion held as part of the 25th Yasin (April) International Academic Conference.

In March 2024, researches of the Institute of Education visited leading universities in Beijing, China, to strengthen established ties and deepen research cooperation. As part of their visit, scholars shared their research results and gave guest lectures.