
'Best Way to Get to Know Each Other Is to Travel': Professor from Renmin University of China on St Petersburg, Tourism Development and Project with HSE University
HSE University-St Petersburg and Renmin University of China applied to implement a joint project focused on the cultural gene of Russian and Chinese cities. At the II International Scientific and Practical Conference ’Information Technologies in the Preservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage’, Yangyang Song, Deputy Director of the Institute of Creative Industries Technology at Renmin University of China, told about cooperation prospects and how the heritage and digital communications shape a city image.

HSE University Graduates to Be Able to Receive Diplomas in NFT Format
HSE University and the social network VK are launching a pilot project to issue NFT diplomas. The diplomas will take the form of digital images with programmed metadata about the graduate, their educational programme, and year of graduation. Graduates of 38 continuing professional education programmes at the Faculty of Law from 2019–2023 will be the first to receive such diplomas. Based on the results of the pilot project, the possibility of implementing the innovation in other faculties and educational programmes will be considered.

