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‘I Am Glad That I Made the Decision to Be at Summer University’
HSE Summer University, which has moved its classes online this year due to the pandemic, began on July 15. The programme will run until August 20, with students taking courses of various duration.
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How I Learnt About The Olympiad, Won, And Got Admitted to a Master's Programme
Deborah Oladosu, who is entering the master's programme in Strategic Corporate Finance this year, talks about her experience with applying to HSE and how she received financial support for her master's studies in Moscow.
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‘What International Students Need to Bring with Them Is Courage and Curiosity’
‘I started learning Russian in Italy. I’ve lived in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but came to Nizhny Novgorod to learn Russian in “real” Russia and become an international journalist’: Alessandro Caglio, first-cohort graduate of the Master’s programme ‘Literature and Media’, speaks about intercultural communications, hypertext novels, and the Russian winter.
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Behavioural Traps in Economics
Associate Professor Anton Suvorov talks to HSE Look about his research and teaching
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'Moscow is bright, cosy, busy and beautiful' by Lydia Haacke
'Moscow is bright, cosy, busy and beautiful' says Lydia Haacke, an exchange student from LMU Munich (Germany).
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‘Russia Is a Country Full of Opportunities for Personal and Academic Growth’
HSE University’s International Preparatory Programme has awarded diplomas to the class of 2020. International students completed their yearlong intensive studies that included a Russian language course and a variety of subject specific courses. The aim of the preparatory programme is to help international students get ready to enroll in Russian-taught full degree programmes at HSE and other Russian universities
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HSE Minecraft Helps Foster Virtual Community
HSE students came up with the idea of building HSE University’s Pokrovka Complex in Minecraft at the very beginning of the lockdown. In May, the opening ceremony was held, where HSE Rector delivered his welcome address, followed by lectures and a concert. HSE University now has a full-fledged virtual campus that brings HSE community closer together. Project organizer Olesya Yakovleva told HSE News Service more about the project.
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Exercising in Parks
As lockdown measures are gradually lifted, Moscow parks are again offering their regular outdoor sports activities. Below is a selection of parks where you can go running, boxing, Nordic walking, or dancing.
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'It's Crucial That We Haven't Had Any Viral Outbreaks Even in the Dorms'
How HSE University went through the lockdown
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How Undergraduate Students Will Study Economics
Alexander Tarasov, Head of the Department of Theoretical Economics, spoke about the new general courses in Economics