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• Indulgence and Nutrition — What to Eat in Belgium

  … to so many diets and preferences. Every day there’re options to have pasta, wok, veggie, fish, menu 1 or menu 2 meals and a soup (included in the price of any meal) in a free-flow section; different sandwiches and desserts are available upstairs. And it also helps you to discover traditional Belgians meals ;) A menu meal at the VUB cafeteria (meatballs in tomato…

  19.12.2018

• My Experience as a Buddy for International Students

• Big science communication story in Russia born from a small networking coincidence

  …come true. The launch of the so-called Project 5−100 — Russian universities excellence initiative finally helped to overcome the reluctance of academic management to move in this direction and the lack of funding that had been co-acting against SciComm development. It was first announced in 2012 by Russian president Vladimir Putin with the goal of five top universiti…

  10.12.2018

• Exploring Kanonerskiy Island

  …possible. My filth-colored overcoat survived the journey; whereas my comrade’s puffy pink number did considerably less well. Once one emerges from the tunnel, as a kind resurrection, one is met with a sunken tugboat, a bus-stop, and a roundabout with a disproportionately small sculpture of a ship. To try to give a fair impression of the island in a blog wou…

  06.12.2018

• Higher Education in Belgium: My Personal Experience

  … right? The clarification on grades is the following: Belgian grade 0−10 postponed 10−13.5 satisfactory 14−15.5 distinction 16−17.5 great distinction 18−20 highest distinction Russian grade (approximately) …

  02.12.2018

• My Experience Studying Soft Skills at ITMO

  …ering which and calculating the number of definite answers, you will know which negotiating strategy you are inclined to. At the last lecture, negotiations were held on the construction of a port. All students were divided into 6 groups, representing different organizations and people: The governor of the state in which the constructio

  26.11.2018

• Why Sugar Won’t Actually Help You Pass Your Exams

  …y has to metabolize it. To lower sugar the pancreas secretes insulin. At that moment you feel loss of strength and — of course — want to eat something sweet again. A kind of mild addiction takes place, I would say. What is more, sugar lowers orexyn (same as hypocretin) — the neurotransmitter which is responsible for vivacity and activity. So you constantly feel broke…

  22.11.2018

• The Time I Saw the Queen… Twice

  …nces to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In all, this trip to London, my third overall, left me with several valuable impressions, memories, and connections that I hope will stay with me, and I greatly look forward to the next time I get to meet those whom I connected with at the conference. …

  01.11.2018

• History of TV in Leningrad and St. Petersburg

  …ed. The Leningrad Television Center resumed its work in 1948. And on May 1, 1949, a broadcast was held dedicated to the festive demonstration on Palace Square. In 1956, the construction of the Leningrad TV Tower began (the full name is the Television Tower of the Leningrad Radio and Television Broadcasting Center). The television tower is about 310 m high (archite…

  26.09.2018

• ITMO… It’s More Than a University.

  …part of my C2 courses begin. We explore topics such as Cultural Studies, Cultural Heroes, Data Analytics & Survey Design, American Literature, History of the West, and more. Instruction is delivered in a sort of "survey' style, where the material I present in class focuses more on breadth than depth. But that’s the nature of a skills and critical-thinking course, …

  20.09.2018