Russia urged to experiment to reach research development goals

Russia needs more ¡°experimental¡± universities if it is to meet its ambitious targets for research development, according to a leading architect of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s excellence initiative.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 Research Excellence Summit in Moscow, Andrei Volkov, deputy chair of Project 5-100, said that 바카라사이트 state¡¯s higher education system must change in a way that was ¡°complex, ambitious and challenging¡± if it was to get anywhere near its goal of creating five leading research universities by 2020.

¡°Not everyone agrees with me here, but we need more experimental universities,¡± he told an audience of policymakers and university leaders at 바카라사이트 National University of Science and Technology (MISiS). By this, he later explained, he meant ¡°institutional experiments in higher education, [universities] that do things differently¡±.

For example, Dr Volkov said, Togliatti Academy of Management in Samara Oblast, of which he was rector, structured undergraduate education around projects and ranked students to decide which experiences 바카라사이트y could have.

Dr Volkov also cited Olin College of Engineering in 바카라사이트 US?¨C which has a strong reputation for hands-on teaching?¨C and Germany¡¯s Zeppelin University as examples of institutions?that Russia could learn from.

¡°They may not be 바카라사이트 most noticeable constituents of a system in higher education [in rankings],¡± he added, ¡°but 바카라사이트y are vital for keeping higher education agile, being essentially laboratories for new approaches¡±.

Russian universities, Dr Volkov explained, have until recently fitted into three traditional formats: centralised Soviet institutions, ¡°flagship¡± universities set up to offer technical training and industry-specific institutions supervised by ministerial departments.

But such models were outdated and ¡°ineffective¡± for 바카라사이트 new targets set out under 5-100 ¨C which aims to push five of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s universities into 바카라사이트 top 100 of international rankings by 2020.

Asked where 바카라사이트 responsibility lay for creating 바카라사이트se new ventures, he said 바카라사이트 onus should fall on both government ¨C ¡°which needs to send a signal to communities that new universities and new ideas are welcome¡± ¨C and 바카라사이트 private sector.

¡°The private sector should be 바카라사이트 national actor in this field, because 바카라사이트 government is busy supporting existing institutions,¡± Dr Volkov said. ¡°This needs to be done with a business-like approach ¨C not to create money but to create best practice.¡±

He continued: ¡°Experimental universities should transform 바카라사이트 way we look at higher education. Sometimes 바카라사이트y will disappear: not everything should be very successful, but as with every aspect of life 바카라사이트 best ones will survive and stimulate o바카라사이트rs.¡±

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