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• Gaining Insights into Better Learning at Cambridge University

  …ty in teaching. The last keynote speech by Silvana Richardson, called Impactful Leadership of Teacher's Professional Development, almost made me cry: at her college, they have managed to develop and implement a really effective continuing professional development scheme for English teachers. Also, I took part in a forum session on assessment, during which a number of…

  19.07.2018

• Computer Simulation Technologies: New Master’s Program at ITMO

  … is now broadly used in medicine, business, and political sciences. The program offers many specialized courses for training IT specialists,” noted Olga Tykuchinskaya, program manager at T-Systems Russia. The curriculum includes both basic courses, such as data processing and analysis, applied AI, machine learning methods, the theory of distributed and parallel …

  17.07.2018

• ITMO University Makes a Big Debut in 2018 Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

  …ed in more than one subject. Overall, the participants of the 5-100 Russian Academic Excellence Project have 32 mentions in the 2018 ranking; most of the universities not only managed to keep their positions, but also showed progress in new research areas such as Economics, Sociology, and Metallurgical Engineering, also making a debut in Earth Sciences, Atmospheric S…

  17.07.2018

• How Do Russian MOOC Platforms Compete With World Top MOOC Providers? Courseburg Investigates

  …gain take second and third places. What are the platforms’ strengths and weaknesses? Comparative analysis showed that each platform has its own strengths which, properly managed, can help them attract new users. Platforms’ assets include comprehensive and original learning programs, weekly newsletters with exclusive expert articles, convenient website design, t…

  16.07.2018

• Children Develop Robots at ITMO.KIDS Technopark

• From Tour de France to the World Cup: Cryosaunas Developed at ITMO University

  …ed in Japan in the 1970's by doctor Toshima Yamauchi who started exploring the effects of cold temperatures on the human body and created the first cold chamber. But he didn’t manage to establish the production and bring the technology to the market, as it was far too expensive back then: one such device cost a fortune. But the technology was not forgotten. In…

  12.07.2018

• ‘New Wallet’ Founder Mikhail Leontiev: ‘My Ultimate Goal is to Make People Associate Russia with Business’

  …em the print samples and cutout charts and they did the work. Following that, in February 2014, we finally launched our first collection. And only a year after, in 2015, we managed to find a printing house here in St. Petersburg that printed on Tyvek and perfectly suited our quality requirements. Working with them proved so successful that it turned into a long-te…

  11.07.2018

• How Blockchain Technologies Are Changing Everyday Professions

  … will be easier to promote it to the target audience and attract funding. Copywriter Copywriters used to mostly work for big companies with dedicated PR departments that managed newsletters and press releases. Nowadays, copywriters, much like marketing specialists and CEOs, exist in every blockchain team. Their role is to create One Pagers (single pages explain…

  10.07.2018

• Enjoy Summer Like a Russian

  …hose who own them are likely to take them off before going swimming – not naked, but in something drastically tighter. Get smothered in sour cream If by some miracle you manage to get sunburnt, don’t be surprised when your friends offer to frost your barbecued parts with sour cream. It’s widely believed that this staple ingredient of Russian food has magical mo…

  09.07.2018

• Relocation, Accelerated Training, and Comfortable Workplaces: Ways of Addressing the Lack of IT Specialists in the Labor Market

  …”, explained the Headhunter North-Western region department director. “Apart from tech skills, employers in the field of IT indicate that they need independent workers who can manage projects and have good teamwork skills.” Nexign HR director Olga Dobryakova also noted that the competition for IT specialists is spreading to other industries and will only int…

  06.07.2018