March 28-29, 2016
A Multicultural Workshop for School and University EFL Teachers at Kazan Federal University Leo Tolstoy Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication.
Continue reading RITMA 2016: “Reflections and Innovations in EFL Teaching Methods and Assessments”
10 March, 2016
Participate in free Thomson Reuters’ online webinars and stay relevant in your academic field.
Schedule for March:
Continue reading Explore your Web of Science this March
9 March, 2016
We want scholars who mainly write for each other; that’s how they come up with something worth saying to everyone else.
Continue reading Coming Down From the Clouds: On Academic Writing
29 February, 2016
I have finished two pieces this week: a conference paper and a journal article that I needed to have done by the end of the week. I still have four additional pieces to write, and I’m working towards completing those (particularly because they are co-authored). But all this “writing-in-excess” made me ponder my own strategies to kick-start my academic writing. I call this period “writing-in-excess” because normally I would write for two hours and stop worrying about what else I need to finish, because I had already done my writing for the day. Continue reading Strategies to kick-start your academic writing
22 February, 2016
If you have finished your coursework and passed your comprehensive exams, then what stands between you and your degree is completing and defending your dissertation proposal. Completing a proposal requires you to design and align your problem statement, purpose of study, and research questions. Continue reading The Dissertation Proposal Webinar: Aligning the Problem, Purpose, and Research Questions
17 February, 2016
When I was working at IH Newcastle, I taught the same group for 20 hours a week, four hours a day, divided into two two-hour lessons. That’s quite a lot of time with the same group, and yet I sometimes found it difficult to get to know the students with any kind of consistency or depth, especially because there was so much coming and going: new students could arrive Monday morning, Monday afternoon and/or Tuesday morning, and every Friday some students left. Continue reading Writing journals with students
15 February, 2016
The big three: Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity & Analytics/Metrics
The most common themes for predictions were the growing impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the law, the importance of Cybersecurity, and the application of more analytics in legal work. Almost every set of predictions about the industry included something about Artificial Intelligence — or Robot Lawyers, Cognitive Computing or Computational Law, as it is variously referred to. Continue reading 2016 Legal Tech/Legal Industry Predictions
5 February, 2016
Your role is changing.
Researchers today need to secure funding, collaborate, share data, publish results, commercialize research and demonstrate impact. Continue reading Scientists’ role is changing
29 January, 2016
NUST MISiS held the round-table «Development of cooperation in the fields of mining, education and science between Russia and the Latin American countries». The leading experts discussed greater interaction between the countries in education, science, and the metallurgical and mining industries.
Continue reading Research & Education Center to be created at NUST MISiS
27 January, 2016
NUST MISiS is the only Russian university entering the Times Higher Education: World’s Best Small Universities Ranking. The ranking represents the world`s best small 20 universities offering the wide range of subjects. NUST MISiS has ranked the 19th position in the ranking.
Continue reading NUST MISiS has entered the World’s Best Small Universities Ranking
