For Academic Directors and Programme Offices

Further Information

Dear colleagues, in accordance with the HSE Rector's Order the  classes in all degree programmes will begin on April 6, 2020 both for degree programmes and continuous education programmes. The classes will be organized online until further notice. 

All the university premises exeprt the dormitories will remain closed for students and faculty. In the near future, HR Office and other HSE University administrative divisions will prepare information regarding their operation during the lockdown.

In order to organize the distance learning the following steps are recommended:

• To discuss with the teachers how the courses are to be delivered online, should the assessment, teaching plan, technical support be reconsidered. If it is required the Programme Board should be involved in the discussion.  
• To discuss with the teacher a possibility to use the online courses or other digital content:

1. List of online courses provided by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, available in Russian only (the HSE courses are also included)  
2. Coursera courses (the “Coursera for Campus” programme).

!!! If the teacher plans to use online courses of HSE (in Coursera or Openedu.ru) or Coursera provided within the Coursera for Campus programme, the connection is centrally organized. The Programme Office makes an applicationApplication Form (XLSX, 15 Кб) to the HSE eLearning Office (coursera@hse.ru или openedu@hse.ru), who connects the students and the teacher, if required, to a specialized session within the course. The teacher is responsible for connecting the students if (s)he uses an online course on other platforms.

• To make sure that all the syllabi are updated according to the changes made by the teachers;  
• If there are students with no technical capability for online learning (no computer, no mic or headphones etc.), who belong to socially vulnerable groups and receiving the social scholarship, please inform the Office for Social Support (izhvaniya@hse.ru Ilia Zhvania, Head of the Office).

Technical support

• Online Learning Tools
• HSE has an unlimited license MATLAB for all the students, faculty and staff. In order to download your individual license to your personal computer, please fill the form. Please note that you should indicate your corporate email @hse.ru (for faculty and staff)
• IBM has provided the SPSS Statistics license to the HSE students and faculty. The software can be downloaded to the personal computers with a valid license until 15.06.2020. If you need to use IBM SPSS Statistics, please apply in your personal HSE profile lk.hse.ru («Заявка на установку ПО»). You will be provided with further instructions.

E-schedule

Starting from the 4th quarter the schedule will only contain synchronous classes:

• Classes schedules for a specific time (normally these are the lectures or consultations. Students and teachers communicate in webinars by webinar.ru, MS Teams, Zoom etc.);
• Classes that include ongoing assessment scheduled for a specific time (normally tests);
• The updated schedule can be found in the HSE e-schedule system (РУЗ). 

Classes assigned for e-learning activities

Organization of Internships and Projects

•   Guidelines for Organization of Internships of the Students during the COVID-19 outbreak (DOCX, 16 Кб)  
•  Guidelines for Organization of Project Work of the Students during the COVID-19 outbreak (DOCX, 18 Кб) 

Temporary procedures for the submission of staff applications

Temporary procedures for the submission of staff applications (PDF, 70 Кб) 

Further Information

COVID-19 Prevention Guidelines for the students and staff of HSE St Petersburg