Netology, a major Russian online education platform offering courses in the fields of Internet business, web development and e-commerce, has merged with Foxford (previously 100EGE.ru), a provider of online courses for secondary school students, under the “Netology Group” brand. The merged companies have received a $1.1million capital injection from InVenture Partners, a Russian fund that …
Did you ever imagine the day when students organize and filter their college interests on one portal? That day has come in Turkey. Most of us remember how overwhelming the college application process felt but thanks to the recent launch of Yandex üniversite, Turkish students now have a comprehensive online guide to the college decision process.
Dnevnik.ru, Russia’s first social educational network, was included last week in EdTech Europe’s list of the most influential European companies in the sphere of e-learning and educational technology. The criteria for selection included compliance with key trends in the sphere of e-learning (SaaS, MOOC, adaptive learning, gaming), scalability of a project’s technology and the influence …
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Top Russian university Higher School of Economics (HSE) has teamed up with eSolutions, an e-commerce service provider launched by the Otto Group, in an ambitious academic and professional partnership. While eSolutions specialists will participate in some of the university’s educational programs, the students will offer marketing research for the German company and benefit from internship …
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Yesterday, the Bauman Moscow State Technical University – one of the top Russian universities – announced the creation of a “Center of Innovative Entrepreneurship.” The initiative is intended to form a national platform for the exchange of knowledge and experience between technological entrepreneurs, engineers and students, by facilitating practical research and project development in high-tech …
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Russia’s search giant Yandex has teamed up with Moscow’s Higher School of Economics (HSE) in order to launch a new computer science faculty at the university. From September 2014 students will be able to enrol in ‘Applied Mathematics and IT’ and ‘Software Engineering’ courses at the faculty, which will offer 180 free places. According to the faculty’s …
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Microsoft and Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; Russian MGU), Russia’s most renowned institution of higher learning, shook hands earlier this month on a joint $1 million research project, the US company announced. The three-year agreement calls for close collaboration between the investor, Microsoft Research, and two of MSU’s leading labs – one that develops computer …
ABRT and Mangrove Capital Partners, two venture funds investing actively in Russia, are inviting CEOs and founders of Russian IT companies to the ABRT-MANGROVE CEO CAMP, an intensive 10-week program starting next month (deadline for applications: March 23). The program is intended to help young IT companies increase sales significantly, find new customers and partners, …
The Phystech IT Cluster was established in Russia last week in a multiple-partner effort led by the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), a leading Russian research university popularly nicknamed “Phystech.” The new nonprofit partnership is expected to develop and implement advanced educational programs in computer science and software engineering and promote large-scale IT …
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MISiS, a leading Russian technology university based in Moscow, has received a $2.7 million “megagrant” from the Russian Government to start developing Russia’s first supercomputer-based capabilities to create new materials for various industrial sectors. A new, state-of-the-art lab is expected to provide a fast track for supplying the Russian economy with materials designed to have specific properties, said Prof. Igor …
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Universarium.org, a month-old Russian online education project backed by leading Russian universities, is offering its first set of full lectures this Monday. Officially launched on December 23, 2013 as a “Christmas and New Year present,” the effort, backed by the Russian news agency RIA Science and the government-owned Agency for Strategic Initiatives, is designed to …
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Irkutsk State University (ISU) in Siberia has established its own Tech Transfer Center, the ISU press service announced earlier this month. The Center has been created as a spin-off limited liability company and is expected to offer a classic range of consulting services, including search for partners and customers and assistance for innovators in completing …
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