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When the COVID-19 pandemic upended daily life, it didn’t just close schools and offices—it redrew the map of family life. A study by Mikhail Goshin, Dmitry Grigoryev, Pavel Sorokin, and Polina Bochkareva, published in Frontiers in Psychology, explores how parenting styles and extracurricular activities (ECA) shaped children’s ability to adapt, stay creative, and take charge of their lives during those tumultuous years. The findings shed light on how lockdowns quietly rewired the dynamics between parents and children—and, in many cases, helped young people discover unexpected forms of independence.

On 17–18 October, the IV Tsinghua Forum on Higher Education, an annual international platform for discussing key trends and challenges in higher education development, was held at the Southeast Campus of Tsinghua University (Bali, Indonesia). This year, the forum was dedicated to the future of internationalisation in higher education.

October at the HSE Institute of Education concluded with the XVI International Conference on Higher Education (ICHE), dedicated to the theme ‘Higher Education: Between Private and Public Good.’ This year’s event brought together over 700 participants from 32 regions of Russia and eight countries, who engaged in a vibrant discussion on the evolving role of higher education in society.

Three decades ago, China set out to build universities that could rival the world’s best—and it succeeded. Now, one of its leading scholars says the same model that powered that rise is holding it back. At ICHE Conference 2025, Professor Rui Yang called for a rethink of how knowledge—not just output—should drive the future.

On 29 September, the courtyard of the HSE Institute of Education welcomed a new mural—a vibrant artwork that embodies the institute’s core ideals and values. The piece was created by Daria Tyutikova, the winner of the open competition “Education Through Time”.

In October, the IOE’s journal published a special edition, ‘Educational Mosaic: Understanding BRICS States’, devoted to the educational systems of the BRICS countries. The articles cover all levels of education, spanning from primary schools to doctoral education. Contributors include fellows from the Institute of Education and researchers from Brazil, India, China and South Africa.

Fellows from the International Laboratory of Research and Design in elearning, along with colleagues from the Department of Theoretical Economics and the College of Education at the UAE University, conducted a study on the factors affecting the effectiveness of collaborative work using AI. The results were published in the journal ‘Innovations in Education and Teaching International’.

On 28 August, Vera Maltseva, Director of the Center for Skills Development and Vocational Education and CERE co-founder, presented research on the evolving landscape of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Russia. This officially kicked off the CERE International Expert Seminar Series.

In September 2025, Elizaveta Korotkikh and Natalia Rosenfeld, who are both fellows of the Centre for Vocational Education and Skills Development and participants of  the Academic Postgraduate Programme for outstanding PhD candidates, completed a research visit to Tongji University in Shanghai and other leading Chinese universities.

This summer, the IOE became a co-founder of the CERE Observatory on Education, the first international expert and research platform aiming to advance the global visibility and impact of education systems in emerging economies. In 2025, the focus is on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in BRICS countries.