Friendship with a Russian smile
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The Russian Peoples' Friendship University was founded in 1960 as the Patrice Lumumba University, by Nikita Kruschev to promote internationalism. However many overseas links ended with the collapse of the Communist regime five years ago. The Kremlin renamed the university and began a recruitment drive, and it now has 110 different nationalities studying each year, including 200 students from 35 different ethnic groups. It changed to the Anglo-American system of bachelor and master degrees and has a staff/student ratio of 1:4.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1996
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All-Russian foundation cuts red tape
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The Russian National Training Foundation aims to produce managers and finance experts to help the development of the economy. The initiative was set up with the help of a number of ministries and agencies and has support from a World Bank loan that the government is to repay. The foundation began work in 1995 and has 30 projects focusing on interactive learning and involving collaboration with banks, business school and finance and economics faculties from universities.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1996
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Igenuity can conquer all in the new Russia
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Russian universities are taking advantage of opportunities presented by the market reforms in the country and new freedom to link with higher education thoughout the world. Moscow State University has won backing for projects and its foreign languages faculty has developed links based on established programmes and staf initiatives.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1995
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