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• How a Small Inconvenience Made Me More Environmentally Friendly

  …am eager to see how long the third one takes. Realistically, I think I can stretch it out to anywhere between nine and 40 weeks, but that remains to be seen. There are many new opportunities hidden within this new life-trajectory, which I will now outline here: ECOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES Plastic bottles take up quite a bit of spa…

  09.10.2018

• Expat life in St. Peterburg

  … performance in one area with another. This is important, as the acceptance of journal and conference publications (research KPIs) is often quite unpredictable. As an expat new in a country, it is important to create a social circle. For meeting locals, I found language clubs, for example English or German speaking clubs very helpful. And for meeting other expats,…

  02.10.2018

• History of TV in Leningrad and St. Petersburg

  …built with 21 studios. At the St. Petersburg Television Center there are currently studios of two channels: "The Fifth Channel" and "St. Petersburg". I was told how the news presenter looks at the camera and reads the text so that I can these what it’s like to be in the role of the news anchor. This is done with the help of a spe…

  26.09.2018

• My Summer Job During the World Cup

  …ian bank cards. I offered to deposit money into my bank account. When we printed out his ticket, we realised that it was a ticket to the other way, so we had to change it to a new one. Fortunately, it took us only a few minutes. The man was over the moon and left me tips, which allowed me to drink coffee for the whole week. A few days later, an elderly couple from…

  24.09.2018

• ITMO… It’s More Than a University.

  …y that place for you to receive all you need for life, but for others, university represents a family of people who come together through adversity to explore life and uncover new discoveries. University is a place where you can push the boundaries of your knowledge and expand your horizons so you can enter the world with a growth mindset ready for you to not just su…

  20.09.2018

• How ITMO Celebrates the First Day of the New Academic Year

• 4 Best Events in ITMO University This Year

  … teams and stadiums, where the matches are held, or simply enjoy a good match. I managed to attend several matches of Zenit FC in different tournaments. I first visited the new St. Petersburg stadium on March 3, 2018 at the match against Perm’s "Amkar" team, which ended in a goalless draw: 0:0. From the point of view of a fan, I can say that in terms of capacity, …

  29.08.2018

• E-Residency Around the Corner

  … be straight-forward, as an American citizen, I’m over the roof about the simplicity of the tax system. However, it takes a little getting used to at first just because it’s a new system, but fortunately, your BSP is there every step of the way (hey, it’s what you’re paying them for, right?). Moreover, the Estonian Tax and Customs Board is always available for consul…

  21.08.2018

• Six Facts about the ITMO U Representative Office in Brussels

  …Fact #3: Brussels is a hub for conferences, info-days, panels and meetings for academics from all over Europe. So anyone can pop in to the ITMO Office in Brussels, to exchange news and discuss joint projects in the fields of science and education. Fact #4: The Office is always looking for new partnerships for the University, and

  15.08.2018

• Impressions, Expectations and How It’s Really Like

  …stand other cultures, but also your own culture better than before. Understanding the cultural differences at the beginning of the semester will help us all to adapt to our new environment, but it also gives us solutions for problems we didn’t even realize to exist before. I think that one of the greatest things about the mobility program is to meet people from to…

  27.02.2018