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A ‘Digital Professor’ on How to Combine Education with Entertainment

A ‘Digital Professor’ on How to Combine Education with Entertainment
Dr. Ger Graus, OBE, a world-renowned authority on children’s learning & development through entertainment who is Global Director of Education at KidZania and a Visiting Professor with the Pinsky Centre for General and Extracurricular Education at IOE, has delivered a series of seminars on ‘Schooling vs Education’ for students in IOE’s ‘Educational Administration’ Master’s programme.  

The Age of Edutainment: Exploring the Case of KidZania

The Age of Edutainment: Exploring the Case of KidZania
Understanding the role of children’s interactive environments that blend learning and entertainment in modern-day educational ecosystems.

International Researchers Create a New Model of Attitudes to Universities

Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, 1960
How has higher education influenced the evolution of nations since the Second World War—and vice versa? Stanford professor Mitchell Stevens and Institute of Education researcher Ekaterina Shibanova have tried to answer this question in a special issue of the European Journal of Higher Education, a Q2 publication. They invited renowned historians, political experts, sociologists and economists to develop ‘a consensus on the role of higher education in political and social history after 1945.’ The special issue was created with input from researchers from Canada, Luxembourg, Russia, Germany, France, the UK, and Sweden.

Remote Learning during COVID-19: How Families Are Navigating Change

Remote Learning during COVID-19: How Families Are Navigating Change
On July 26, a cohort of global experts who are into various strands of educational and socio-economic R&D will come together online for an open session as part of the World Bank – HSE University joint series of monthly seminars on education amid and post COVID-19. This time, the session will focus on how families have been able to steer through the challenges and struggles of doing education remotely.

Educational Inequality: Studying Country-Specific Solutions to a Global Problem

Educational Inequality: Studying Country-Specific Solutions to a Global Problem
Educational inequality is a universal problem, but it manifests itself in different countries in different ways. Comparing the issue across different contexts is always interesting—even more so if the person doing the comparing has a diverse set of examples to draw upon. Adam Gemar earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in the US before earning his Doctoral degree at Durham University (UK). Now he is a Postdoctoral Fellow at HSE University’s Institute of Education, where he is studying educational inequality in Russia with the Centre for Cultural Sociology. In his interview, he spoke about his research, life in Moscow, and Russian winters.

Discovering HSE University and Russia

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The HSE Look is restarting a column about life in Russia, what can be discovered in its various cities, and interesting venues at HSE University and beyond. Here is a column by Dr Jamie Costley

(De)Centralized Governance in Higher Education: How Do Different Systems Cope with Change?

(De)Centralized Governance in Higher Education: How Do Different Systems Cope with Change?
On June 25, a cohort of experts in various strands of higher education scholarship will meet online for this year’s Session 4 by the Observatory for Higher Education Transformations, an initiative to advance HE research and networking that spans IOE alongside a number of other leading academic hubs from across the globe. This time, the open expert discussion will focus on how HE systems with centralized and decentralized governance have been navigating an environment of uncertainty and change amid the COVID-19 emergency.

How Can We Train Effective Facilitators of Lifelong Learning?

How Can We Train Effective Facilitators of Lifelong Learning?
On June 18, Dr. Marie Arsalidou, Head of the HSE University Neuropsy Lab and Co-Director of the Science of Learning and Assessment (SOLA) Master’s at IOE, will be giving an online open lecture, ‘How We Train Professionals Who Can Facilitate Lifelong Learning.’ Everyone interested in the latest academic perspectives at the intersection of cognitive science and education is welcome to participate.

Exploring Links between Sports Knowledge, Education, and Women as Sports Consumers

Exploring Links between Sports Knowledge, Education, and Women as Sports Consumers
On June 11, Session 6 as part of IOE’s Fast-track Seminar Series in Education 2021 will feature a talk titled, ‘Sports Knowledge, Education, and Women as Omnivorous Sports Consumers.’ Everyone interested is welcome to join the open conversation on Zoom. 

Educational Studies Journal Now Ranks in Scopus Q1

Educational Studies Journal Now Ranks in Scopus Q1
Educational Studies, a quarterly international peer-reviewed journal by HSE University, has made it into Scopus Quartile One.