An important characteristic of “Russian” education is the unified and fairly severe standards in terms of course content, study methods and grading. Depending upon the type of organisation, practically all undergraduate courses in the CIS can be classed as study programmes.
A scholarship of £1,000 will be awarded to international students in 2012-2013 academic year (whether self-payers or sponsored) from a number of countries including:
University of Southampton student Andrew Cowan was named Young Engineer of the Year at the British Science Association’s ‘Big Bang Fair’ held in London to mark National Science and Engineering Week.
A second-year undergraduate studying International Business at the University of Greenwich will be among those carrying the Olympic Torch on Saturday 21 July.
Two University of Cambridge spin-out companies were recognised in the third annual ACES awards, which recognise the best in academic entrepreneurship from across Europe.