A researcher at HSE University analysed data on 1,539 doctoral students from 161 Russian universities to identify which features of a thesis topic are associated with academic success and engagement. The most important factor was found to be personal interest in the research topic, which was associated with almost all key aspects of doctoral programme experience—from engaging with the academic supervisor to research activity and confidence about successfully defending the thesis. The findings have been published in Higher Education.
Having a good defence attorney in criminal proceedings can largely determine whether a defendant retains their freedom, health and good name. Researchers at HSE University propose a method for predicting an attorney’s performance based on the outcomes of their previous cases. The methodology takes into account the severity of the charges, the complexity of the cases, and the most likely outcome, drawing on judicial statistics.
A delegation of scientists from Hanoi visited the HSE Faculty of Computer Science and then took part in a Russian-Vietnamese conference in St Petersburg. The events were part of the three-year project ‘Flexibility and Computational Methods.’ Over the course of the project, the researchers have prepared joint publications and obtained new mathematical results.
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The socioeconomic composition of schools is considered one of the most sig- nificant factors of educational inequality at the school level. Most of the re- viewed works demonstrate a positive relation between the student population’s socioeconomic status and educational outcomes. At the same time, a number of authors confirm that this effect is a statistical ...
Zakharov A., Вергелес К. П., Markina V. M., В кн.: (Не)обычные школы: разнообразие и неравенство.: М.: Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2019. Гл. 5 С. 104–138.
В этой главе представлены ролевые типы директоров школ. Опираясь на нарративы директоров с характеристикой выполняемых ими функций или задач, описанием их действий в типичный рабочий день/рабочую неделю и взаимодействия с другими акторами со сложившейся дистанцией и распределением обязанностей, а также на их представления о «хорошем» директоре и о том, что от них ожидают заказчики, мы выделили пять ролевых типов. ...