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kouprianov) wrote2017-12-06 10:19 pm
kouprianov) wrote2017-12-06 10:19 pm
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International pressure on Russian educational authorities : some thoughts - 2
This text is a further development of the previous version.
The case of the European University which is now on the verge of complete destruction by Russian educational authorities, calls for action. I guess we are past the Letters-of-support-phase. The time is ripe for far stronger measures. Upon some deliberations I extended the list of my May 16 proposals (see link above).
1. Introduce personal sanctions against top educational officials, including but not limited to the Minister of Education and Science, vice-ministers of Education and Science, head of Rosobrnadzor, and, indeed, all employees of Rosobrnadzor, involved in the oppression of the European University.
2. To revoke recognition of Russian unified state diplomas of higher education at both Bachelor and Master levels. Only diplomas of individual universities could be accepted. This measure should not be retroactive.
3. No Russian university should be included in any institutionalised scheme of academic exchange unless it introduces its own diplomas, independent of the corrupt centralised system of quality assurance in Russian higher education. The only way to international recognition of such diplomas after they are introduced will be inclusion of the university in question in European quality assurance schemes. The same applies to the universities, which do not recognise de facto Russian exchange students' workload in the EU universities (as measured in ECTS points). No Russian university which denies recognition of Russian exchange students' workload should be allowed to participate in Exchange programs any longer.
4. To ban any Russian scholars or scientists who also occupy administrative positions in the state-owned Universities and research institutions from any academic visits to the EU, UK, and US. By administrative positions I mean anything starting from the head of a laboratory, a department, or a chair (kafedra), and the more it is applicable to deans, vice-rectors, and rectors. All these persons collaborate with the authoritarian regime (in fact, they are the authoritarian regime), take part in the oppression of fellow scholars and scientists, and should not be allowed into the scholarly / scientific community. They should not be invited to conferences and allowed to apply to any grants (no matter in which quality: be it as a person applying for a personal grant, a PI or a team member for a collective application, etc) unless they resign from their administrative positions no less than one year in advance.
The case of the European University which is now on the verge of complete destruction by Russian educational authorities, calls for action. I guess we are past the Letters-of-support-phase. The time is ripe for far stronger measures. Upon some deliberations I extended the list of my May 16 proposals (see link above).
1. Introduce personal sanctions against top educational officials, including but not limited to the Minister of Education and Science, vice-ministers of Education and Science, head of Rosobrnadzor, and, indeed, all employees of Rosobrnadzor, involved in the oppression of the European University.
2. To revoke recognition of Russian unified state diplomas of higher education at both Bachelor and Master levels. Only diplomas of individual universities could be accepted. This measure should not be retroactive.
3. No Russian university should be included in any institutionalised scheme of academic exchange unless it introduces its own diplomas, independent of the corrupt centralised system of quality assurance in Russian higher education. The only way to international recognition of such diplomas after they are introduced will be inclusion of the university in question in European quality assurance schemes. The same applies to the universities, which do not recognise de facto Russian exchange students' workload in the EU universities (as measured in ECTS points). No Russian university which denies recognition of Russian exchange students' workload should be allowed to participate in Exchange programs any longer.
4. To ban any Russian scholars or scientists who also occupy administrative positions in the state-owned Universities and research institutions from any academic visits to the EU, UK, and US. By administrative positions I mean anything starting from the head of a laboratory, a department, or a chair (kafedra), and the more it is applicable to deans, vice-rectors, and rectors. All these persons collaborate with the authoritarian regime (in fact, they are the authoritarian regime), take part in the oppression of fellow scholars and scientists, and should not be allowed into the scholarly / scientific community. They should not be invited to conferences and allowed to apply to any grants (no matter in which quality: be it as a person applying for a personal grant, a PI or a team member for a collective application, etc) unless they resign from their administrative positions no less than one year in advance.