ESG in Action: Five Years of Experience at the HSE University – Saint Petersburg Campus
For five years, students of HSE University – Saint Petersburg have been researching and promoting ESG principles on campus as part of a project by the Laboratory for Reputation Management in Education. The annual outcome of their work is a series of three posters dedicated to the environment, the social sphere, and corporate governance, contributing to the development of a culture of sustainability and the university’s third mission.
Universities as Catalysts for Social Change: HSE’s Participation in the Summer Workshop “Service Learning – 2025” on the Theme “Alga Service Learning” in Kazan
On June 26, 2025, Kazan hosted the Summer Workshop “Service Learning – 2025,” a key event in the field of socially oriented education, organized by the Center for the Development of Public Projects “Service Learning” at Kazan State Power Engineering University. The event brought together around 100 participants, including students, faculty members, and representatives of the non-profit sector, business, and government.
'Students Start Seeing the Connection between the Knowledge They Gain and Real Life'
From next year, students of the Bachelor's programme 'Political Science and World Politics' will be able to develop their skills of project activities in a specialised seminar and in the course of projects based on the method of 'project service learning'. Magdalena Gaete, a head of the Laboratory for Reputation Management in Education (RepLab), will deliver the project seminar and coordinate projects. We talked to Prof Gaete about what students should expect from the programme and why participation in projects is useful.