British Council Russia - Education Partnerships

Detailed project description

	Quest project


	Quality Enhancement Strategies

British Council in Russia with the consultative support of the Russian Ministry of Education launches Quest project.

Aim of the project
The project aims to develop descriptors of student competencies (learning outcomes) to define academic standards for Master’s level students in the context of a draft set of generic descriptors. This will be achieved by selected Russian universities working in partnership with their external stakeholders and with UK professional bodies and subject associations. Development of subject-based descriptors aims to become a starting point for the assessment of content and level of academic qualifications that meet the requirements of students, employers and academic society.

Project Participants
1. Russian participants: Consortia of Universities, employers, UMO (Methodological Councils), professional associations in 7 subject areas (pharmacy, social work, chemistry, ICT, engineering, publishing and art and design).

2. British participants: professional and academic associations, Quality Assurance Agency.

3. Consultative participation: Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

Opportunities for Universities

			To gain experinece that will add up to the participation of Russian Universities in the Bologna process.
			To work more actively with the employers and consider their interests in the development of educational programmes.
			To learn more about UK experience in cooperation with employers and professional associations and in the development of curriculum and qualification descriptors based on skills and competencies.
			British Council will finance the work of the developers of subject benchmarks for the new generation of academic standards, though the Universities need to be ready to make their input in this work.

Participation in the Project
On the first stage 4 Consortia are going to participate in the project. They were chosen by 3 UK and 3 Russian experts.

Quest Participants:

Consortium 1 - subject area Design
Coordinator - Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts
Irkutsk State Technical University
A.N.Kosygin Moscow State Textile University
S.G.Stroganov Moscow State Art and Technology University
Novosibirsk State Academy of Architecture and Arts
Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology and Design
Association of Non-Governmental Organisations «National College of Design»
Union of Designers of Russia

Consortium 2 - subject area Engineering
Coordinator - St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI”
St.-Petersburg State University of Informational Technology, Mechanics and Optics
Moscow State Bauman Technical University
Novosibirsk State Technical University
The Academic and Methodological Union (AMU) on Education in the fields of Radio Engineering, Electronics, Biomedical Engineering and Automation
The Inter-regional branch of the Co-ordination Council of Associations of Employers, Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the North-West Federal Region of Russia
The Association of Industrial Enterprises of St.Petersburg

Consortium 3 - subject area IT
Coordinator - Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnical University
Astrakhan State University
Pensa State University
Petrozavodsk State University
Saratov State Technical University
"Russian Railroads”, Corporation “Privolzhskaya Railway” (branch of “Russian Railroads”
«EPAM Systems LLC»
South Telecommunication Company “Sviasinform”
Schlumberger
Russia R&D Centre LG-electronics

Consortium 4 - subject area Publishing
Coordinator - Moscow State University of Printing Arts
Saint Petersburg State University of Technology and Design
Ural State Technical University
Omsk State University
Cuban State University
Ulianovsk State Technical University
Publishers of Russia Association
Book Distributors Association of CIS
“The Book Guild” Union
The guild of printed media publishers
Union of Printed Press Publishers and Distributors