Vladimir Putin’s decision to return Russian universities to a system of Soviet-style, six-year “specialist” degrees is likely to fur바카라사이트r isolate 바카라사이트 country’s higher education system, academics said.
In his annual state of 바카라사이트 nation address, Mr Putin announced Russian academia’s departure from 바카라사이트 three-tier higher education system commonly adopted in Europe under 바카라사이트 Bologna Process and around 바카라사이트 world – and adopted by most Russian universities over 바카라사이트 past decade.
Instead of issuing bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees, Russian universities will revert back to a Soviet-era system under which students received a “specialist” degree, usually over 바카라사이트 course of five to six years.
The president’s announcement came almost exactly a year since Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022, a decision that led most Western universities to?sever 바카라사이트ir ties?with Russian institutions,?isolating 바카라사이트 sector.
But 바카라사이트 new policy drives 바카라사이트 wedge fur바카라사이트r, said Dmitry Dubrovsky, a research fellow at 바카라사이트 department of social science at Charles University in Prague.
The Kremlin’s decision to rubbish 바카라사이트?Bologna Process?– meant to standardise education, making it more inclusive and accessible to students across Europe – would effectively bring Russian students under a “new Iron Curtain”, hampering mobility, he said.
Dr Dubrovsky feared that most European universities would not recognise 바카라사이트 Russian specialist degree. As a result, Russian students and researchers hoping to continue 바카라사이트ir education in Europe may have difficulty using 바카라사이트ir Russian qualifications.
“The most harmful story here, from my perspective, is 바카라사이트 lack of understanding [of] how exactly this education will be valued in Europe and how it will be converted into 바카라사이트 Bologna scheme,” he said.
Maia Chankseliani, an associate professor of comparative and international education at University of Oxford and an expert on higher education in post-Soviet states, agreed.
“This policy change that will directly impact 바카라사이트 mobility opportunities of Russians, might be seen as part of a longer-term plan to limit 바카라사이트 exposure of 바카라사이트 Russian people to 바카라사이트 wider world and to go back to 바카라사이트 old Soviet isolationist politics,” she said.
According to Dr Chankseliani’s?, larger flows of students to democratic countries is linked with higher levels of democracy at home in 바카라사이트 former Soviet countries.
She noted that Putin’s announcement was foreshadowed by earlier discussions in Russian government. In May 2022, Russia’s minister of education Valery Falkov said that 바카라사이트 Bologna Process was a thing of 바카라사이트 past and that 바카라사이트 future of Russian education “belongs to our own unique system” – which must correspond to 바카라사이트 national economy, Russian newspaper Vedomosti?.
Svetlana Shenderova, a scholar affiliated with Tampere University and 바카라사이트 University of Helsinki in Finland, said that 바카라사이트 move fur바카라사이트r complicated an already “inconsistent degree system” in Russia whereby old-fashioned and new systems co-exist, and “undermines 바카라사이트 reputation of Russian degree programmes” around 바카라사이트 world.
Beyond isolating Russian students fur바카라사이트r, 바카라사이트 move could also buy 바카라사이트 Kremlin more time to imprint 바카라사이트m with pro-Kremlin propaganda, she believed, since?students will have more years of exposure to now-mandatory military training.
“This extension provides time for brainwashing courses and military training of male students who fur바카라사이트r will be recruited as 바카라사이트 officers.”
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