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Published in: oDRHow Russian state pressure on regional languages is sparking civic activism in the North CaucasusNew legislation that makes studying minority languages voluntary in Russian schools comes as signs of decreasing...
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Published in: oDRHow the mother of a son with autism opened Karelia’s only studio for children with “special needs”You can’t always find a place for your child in Russia’s education system. Sometimes, you need to make one yourself. RU
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Published in: oDRAcademic freedom in Tajikistan: why boycotts and blacklists are the wrong responseA recent call to disengage with educational institutions in this Central Asian state misses crucial points about...
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Published in: oDRAcademic freedom in Tajikistan: western researchers need to look at themselves, tooThe way people in the west research Central Asia isn’t always the most honest – and this shapes our understanding of...
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Published in: oDRAcademic freedom in Tajikistan endangered: what is to be done?In Tajikistan, academic freedom is severly under threat. But how should the international academic community respond?
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Published in: oDRThe rise of Russia’s vice squadDevelopments in Russia’s intellectual community confirm that the worst Soviet practices and institutions are being...
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Published in: oDRTough lessons in TransnistriaPoorly-funded state education is common enough in post-Soviet countries. But how do schoolchildren fare in a state...
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Published in: oDRMoscow leaves Tatarstan speechlessThe recent demotion of the status of the Tatar language is one of a growing number of moves made by Moscow against...
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Published in: oDRWho’s left to fight for Russian academia?While Russia’s authorities are obsessed with the imaginary threat of “foreign agents”, a real danger is growing from...
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Published in: oDRManifesto of students and graduates of the European University at St PetersburgWe declare that our university is being persecuted on political grounds. Help us fight back.
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Published in: oDRClosure of the European University at St Petersburg: a dead cert?The attack on this institution is another example of how Russia has chosen to ignore the international community —...
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Published in: oDRRaiding in Russia’s education system is causing the death of professional educationThere is a full-blown struggle for the future of Russian higher education going on. Right now, the professionals are...
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Published in: oDRNot in my classroom: Russia’s refugee children struggle to get to schoolHeadteachers in Russia’s schools are turning foreign children away — fearing hefty fines and pressure from the...
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Published in: oDRUnderground BelarusianIf you want your kids to grow up speaking Belarusian, you’ll need to fight for it. RU
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Published in: oDRFor Russia’s students, the price of protest can be highStudents have featured prominently in Russia’s latest wave of anti-corruption protest, and now they're facing...
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Published in: oDRDo you speak Mingrelian?A major language in western Georgia could struggle for survival – because it’s not considered one.
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Published in: oDRIn Armenia, the frontline starts at schoolThe conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh is no closer to resolution. But in Armenia, a few teachers are encouraging their...
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Published in: oDR"I don't falsify elections and I don't spread propaganda. But I'm still a teacher, I exist"As Russian law enforcement turns its steely eye to the country's classrooms, three schoolteachers share their...
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Published in: oDREducation in Belarus: between the Bologna process and the USSROver the last few decades, Belarus’s higher education system has pursued modernisation. At its heart, however, it...
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Published in: oDR“Young people in Russia today don’t have it easy”After young people and students took to the streets, education is firmly on the agenda in Russia. An interview with...
