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On May 26, 2017 there was an official opening of the monument to the ‘anonymous peer reviewer’. The concrete block in the courtyard of the HSE Institute of Education has been a lasting image of the WW2 era. However, last summer, the institute’s staff came up with the idea of turning it into a piece of art. The idea was put forth by Igor Chirikov, Director of the Centre of Sociology of Higher Education, whereby this useless piece of concrete would be transformed into a monument to the ‘anonymous peer reviewer’. Moreover, this idea ended up garnering the most support as a result of an internal vote.

Research Assistant Evgenia Shmeleva participated in the AERA Annual Meeting which took place in San Antonio, USA from April 27 till May 1, 2017.

The Center of Sociology of Higher Education and the Center for Institutional Research have launched the survey "Student Experience in the Research University" SERU-I. The Survey is open from April 3 to April 30, 2017. Every 10^th participant who completes the survey “Student Experience in the Research University” will receive a gift card for a cup of Jeffrey’s coffee. Also, all active and creative students can take part in the slogan contest. The grand prize –  camera GoPro  and nice participants will receive an audience choice award –  HSE hoodies .

Unlike most other inferior, data-based assessment systems, its hi-tech algorithms work with a completely randomized sample basis. The results aren’t prejudiced by factors such as exam results, quality of teaching, or caliber of research. Instead, Fortunate 500 is totally random. As a result, its No. 1 university may not be the most academically rigorous; it might not be the most highly respected institution; it might not be an actual university at all. It will, though, be the luckiest university to have been picked randomly out of a sample of 2,000 institutions.

Sincere congratulations to Alisa Bezman, a first year student of MA program "Evidence-based Educational Policy" and a Research Assistant at the Center of Sociology of Higher Education, with well-deserved victory in Vladimir Potanin Fellowship Program.

On March 6 there was a meeting with students of the master's programme "Social Comparative Research". Representatives of the centers of the Institute of Education introduced the main projects they are working on and invited students to join their projects.

Sincere congratulations to Evgenia Shmeleva who was awarded the "Silver Nestling". Evgenia's colleagues are proud of her outstanding achievements in studies and research, admire her proactive attitude, aspiration for self-development and wish her success in future.

The director of the Center of Sociology of Higher Education was appointed Vice Rector for Students and Alumni Affairs.

Tatiana Semenova' s preprint "Participation in massive open online courses: the effect of learner motivation and engagement on achievement" has been published in HSE series "Education".