October 11 Daily S&T Trendletter

• Microsoft, despite sanctions, extends licenses to Russian universities and schools for free

This became known from the Russian companies of the videoconferencing market. Representatives of Microsoft’s competitors also noted that the company has been pouring huge sums into the Russian educational sector for years.
Source: : CNews

• The Ministry of Education and Science will consider the issue of mutual recognition of academic degrees of the CIS

There is still no general agreement: the nomenclature of specialties is very different. In addition, officials will soon consider increasing the proportion of graduate students who defend their dissertation on time, as well as the mandatory availability of publications and the introduction of the results of such scientific works.
Source: TASS

• Russia has developed a technology for creating photocathodes for accelerator complexes

The new type of photocathodes will be used in electronic photo tubes, the press service of the INP SB RAS reported. The study was conducted within the framework of the national project “Science and Universities”.
Source: TASS

• Ten employees of the Southern Federal University (Chelyabinsk) were included in the list of the most cited scientists in the world

According to the Elsevier BV publishing house, 10 scientists from the Southern Federal University are among the most cited scientists around the world. The university ranked 531-540 lines in the ranking of the best universities in the world QS World University Rankings-2022.
Source: Kommersant

• VK will hold an All-Russian educational project

The VKontakte social network has announced the launch of a new educational project “Lesson of Numbers”, the purpose of which is to introduce Russian schoolchildren to messenger technologies and the basics of IT professions.
Source: VK