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On 4th December the International Students Office at HSE Moscow held the first Cultural Cafe evening, a project to broaden cultural exchange between HSE students from different countries. A similar initative was launched at HSE Nizhny Novgorod earlier this year. It’s all taking place in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Students from Ghana, Indonesia, China, Nigeria and Uganda made their presentations at the first event and talked about different aspects and traditions of culture in their countries from historical facts to national dishes.

On November 19th - 20th 2015, a scholarship contest as part of the Erasmus long-term academic mobility programme was held at HSE School of Logistics.

On November 8^th, 2015 the Study Abroad Information Fair was held at Tilburg University. Over 12,000 students from the Netherlands and all over the world took part in the event and learned about the opportunities for academic exchange in foreign universities. The organisers invited exchange students from Tilburg University to present their home universities at the fair and share their impressions and experience of studying and living in other countries. 

Olga Timurgalieva from the Faculty of Humanities shares her impression of being an exchange student at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.

This year, ESSCA is opening for the first time, its Grand Digiprize 3 Competition to students from its partner universities. This is a contest of ideas and innovation, reserved for young people aged 17-25. Last year 113 projects were presented and 20 received awards.

BA students at the HSE’s Computer Science Faculty, Ilona Papava, Roman Alexandrov and Pavel Belov have completed a three-month work experience term at Facebook’s headquarters (Menlo Park, U.S.). How did they land this opportunity? What did it involve? What is their impression of Mark Zuckerberg? HSE News reports.

Cologne is a city with a distinct tolerance of different minorities and is famous for its colorful festivals. Each year many students from all over the world participate in exchanges here.

Daria Lavricheva, student of the Faculty of Humanities has gone to study at the University of Bergamo and here shares her first impressions with us.  

While studying for an MA in the Governance of Science, Technology, and Innovation at the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge, students can put themselves forward for internships in leading innovative companies, state agencies, or international organizations.  This year, five candidates were shortlisted in preliminary selection rounds and Anastasia Trunina was the one chosen to do an internship at OECD. She has spoken to HSE News Service about the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology, and Innovation projects she was involved in this summer.

Alisa Maximova, research intern of the Research Centre for Contemporary Culture, is visiting King’s College London as a part of her PhD programme at HSE. Her work in KCL is supervised by Dr. Dirk vom Lehn, coauthor of several papers on museum visitor interaction and participation, as well as author of the book “Harold Garfinkel: The Creation and Development of Ethnomethodology”. Alisa is a visiting PhD student in the Work, Interaction and Technology Research Centre in the Department of Management. Members of the Centre specialize in studying social interaction, role of technology and material objects in collaboration and conduct in offices, control centers, medical environment, museums.