🎓🌐 One of the major issues in today’s global social dynamics is the brain drain.
It existed earlier, but in the era of globalisation and with the creation of a cross-border labour market, it acquired a special dimension. The problem of the brain drain is of great importance for Russia as well.
There is an obvious paradox that states need the brains of intellectuals, but the intellectuals are more difficult to be kept under control.
And the reaction to it can be manifested in various methods of social engineering, one of which can be called a strategy of lumpenisation, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
🔗 Brain Drain and Higher Education Abroad
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It existed earlier, but in the era of globalisation and with the creation of a cross-border labour market, it acquired a special dimension. The problem of the brain drain is of great importance for Russia as well.
There is an obvious paradox that states need the brains of intellectuals, but the intellectuals are more difficult to be kept under control.
And the reaction to it can be manifested in various methods of social engineering, one of which can be called a strategy of lumpenisation, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
🔗 Brain Drain and Higher Education Abroad
#Morality_and_Law #braindrain #highereducation
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🎓🌍 Africa, beyond being a spectator to how external actors lay blame on each other or seek to take credit for their ‘humanitarian’ efforts to civilize the continent, believes there are many other issues that these countries should pay more attention to.
This is where the role of higher education institutions comes in. Looking at the re-emerging relations between Africa and Russia, higher education institutions can play a unique role in strengthening these relations.
Crucially, the new engagements between Moscow and Africa need to go beyond high-level summits between policymakers and transform into an opportunity for generational engagement. The younger generation in Africa have more potential to carry forward the aspirations of the continent, but only if African countries can catch up with the global trend of making their societies knowledge-based.
The place of knowledge in resolving the contemporary and historical challenges ailing many developing countries cannot be underestimated. From dealing with the problem of disease to urban planning and addressing the challenges of inadequate and inefficient housing, schools, food security, affordable energy and economic infrastructures, knowledge remains an important component of dealing with these challenges.
Russia provides a unique opportunity for students and researchers from the continent to tap into its experiences in emerging scientific and research trends such as artificial intelligence, engineering, nanotechnology, agriculture, nuclear energy, cyber security and foreign policy, which are essential for growing a knowledge-based economy.
Importantly, the sanctions which were recently imposed on Russia have given the country an opportunity to rethink and reinvent its economic and social policies to match the challenges that the sanctions have brought about.
These lessons can be crucial for Africa, which has struggled with the unfavourable conditions stemming from the dominant liberal economic system and institutions, writes Valdai Club expert Israel Nyaburi Nyadera.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/rethinking-russia-africa-relations-why-istitutions/
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This is where the role of higher education institutions comes in. Looking at the re-emerging relations between Africa and Russia, higher education institutions can play a unique role in strengthening these relations.
Crucially, the new engagements between Moscow and Africa need to go beyond high-level summits between policymakers and transform into an opportunity for generational engagement. The younger generation in Africa have more potential to carry forward the aspirations of the continent, but only if African countries can catch up with the global trend of making their societies knowledge-based.
The place of knowledge in resolving the contemporary and historical challenges ailing many developing countries cannot be underestimated. From dealing with the problem of disease to urban planning and addressing the challenges of inadequate and inefficient housing, schools, food security, affordable energy and economic infrastructures, knowledge remains an important component of dealing with these challenges.
Russia provides a unique opportunity for students and researchers from the continent to tap into its experiences in emerging scientific and research trends such as artificial intelligence, engineering, nanotechnology, agriculture, nuclear energy, cyber security and foreign policy, which are essential for growing a knowledge-based economy.
Importantly, the sanctions which were recently imposed on Russia have given the country an opportunity to rethink and reinvent its economic and social policies to match the challenges that the sanctions have brought about.
These lessons can be crucial for Africa, which has struggled with the unfavourable conditions stemming from the dominant liberal economic system and institutions, writes Valdai Club expert Israel Nyaburi Nyadera.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/rethinking-russia-africa-relations-why-istitutions/
#Norms_and_Values #Africa #highereducation
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Rethinking Russia-Africa Relations: Why Institutions of Higher Education Hold the Key to Sustainable Relations
Africa, beyond being a spectator to how external actors lay blame on each other or seek to take credit for their ‘humanitarian’ efforts to civilize the continent, believes there are many other issues that these countries should pay more attention to. This…
🎓🌍 One of the important tasks in strengthening cooperation between the Russian Federation and African countries is, undoubtedly, the development of partnerships in the field of higher education, as well as scientific research.
🔹 Here, on the one hand, the USSR is remembered fondly for having provided large-scale assistance to the young African states in the training of personnel. In many African states, national associations of graduates of Soviet and Russian universities have been created and are still actively operating. A significant number of Soviet graduates now occupy important positions in both the public and private corporate sectors in African countries, as well as in the universities of these countries. Russian universities have preserved their methodological approach to most effectively organising the learning process for African students, taking into account the specificities of their languages and respective countries of origin. All this evidences the strengths of the Russian educational system in the already emerging global competition for African students.
🔹 On the other hand, this global competition puts forward new, additional requirements for the Russian educational system, since now African applicants have the opportunity to choose between different countries to study. First of all, this is, of course, a financial issue. Not all African students are ready to pay for their education on their own. The budgets of African universities also often do not have significant free funds in order to cover the academic mobility of students and teachers at their own expense. At the same time, Russian universities, as during the early post-Soviet period, look at foreign students primarily from a commercial point of view as a necessary source of extra-budgetary funds.
Russian state programmes to support African students are of key importance. Programmes that would specifically cover the cost of their education at Russian universities, as well as provide scholarships for African students sufficient for a decent standard of living in Russia, where many cities are among the most expensive to live, even by global standards, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/russia-and-africa-education-cooperation/
#Norms_and_Values #Africa #HigherEducation
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🔹 Here, on the one hand, the USSR is remembered fondly for having provided large-scale assistance to the young African states in the training of personnel. In many African states, national associations of graduates of Soviet and Russian universities have been created and are still actively operating. A significant number of Soviet graduates now occupy important positions in both the public and private corporate sectors in African countries, as well as in the universities of these countries. Russian universities have preserved their methodological approach to most effectively organising the learning process for African students, taking into account the specificities of their languages and respective countries of origin. All this evidences the strengths of the Russian educational system in the already emerging global competition for African students.
🔹 On the other hand, this global competition puts forward new, additional requirements for the Russian educational system, since now African applicants have the opportunity to choose between different countries to study. First of all, this is, of course, a financial issue. Not all African students are ready to pay for their education on their own. The budgets of African universities also often do not have significant free funds in order to cover the academic mobility of students and teachers at their own expense. At the same time, Russian universities, as during the early post-Soviet period, look at foreign students primarily from a commercial point of view as a necessary source of extra-budgetary funds.
Russian state programmes to support African students are of key importance. Programmes that would specifically cover the cost of their education at Russian universities, as well as provide scholarships for African students sufficient for a decent standard of living in Russia, where many cities are among the most expensive to live, even by global standards, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/russia-and-africa-education-cooperation/
#Norms_and_Values #Africa #HigherEducation
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Russia and Africa: Cooperation in the Field of Education
Russian state programmes to support African students are of key importance. Programmes that would specifically cover the cost of their education at Russian universities, as well as provide scholarships for African students sufficient for a decent standard…
🌍 In recent years, African countries have begun to make significant efforts to solve the problem of inadequate training.
For this purpose, modern scientific and educational centres have been established in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, and some other African countries. However, it is clear that they are not able to meet the demand for highly qualified personnel, as the shortage affects the whole continent. As a result, many promising young professionals are often forced to leave the continent in order to receive a high-quality technical education; not all of them come back.
Russia is extremely interested in making education accessible to Africans. Today, according to various estimates, about 35,000 students from Africa study at Russian universities. In order to make education in Russia more accessible to students from Africa, the Russian-African Network University was created in August 2021, in which 12 Russian universities participate.
Today, the transition to a modern innovative economy with the use of advanced technologies is a key task for African countries. In order to ensure this transition, human capital is required, namely, highly qualified specialists, primarily technical specialties, who are trained by the leading universities and schools of the world, Konstantin Pantserev writes.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/training-highly-qualified-personnel-for-africa/
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For this purpose, modern scientific and educational centres have been established in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, and some other African countries. However, it is clear that they are not able to meet the demand for highly qualified personnel, as the shortage affects the whole continent. As a result, many promising young professionals are often forced to leave the continent in order to receive a high-quality technical education; not all of them come back.
Russia is extremely interested in making education accessible to Africans. Today, according to various estimates, about 35,000 students from Africa study at Russian universities. In order to make education in Russia more accessible to students from Africa, the Russian-African Network University was created in August 2021, in which 12 Russian universities participate.
Today, the transition to a modern innovative economy with the use of advanced technologies is a key task for African countries. In order to ensure this transition, human capital is required, namely, highly qualified specialists, primarily technical specialties, who are trained by the leading universities and schools of the world, Konstantin Pantserev writes.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/training-highly-qualified-personnel-for-africa/
#Norms_and_Values #Africa #highereducation
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