OREANDA-NEWS. The second module of the “New Higher Education Leaders” programme begins at the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO. It will be staged on February 18-22 and dedicated to strategy.

Maurice Saias is set to perform in front of the programme’s participants, representatives of more than 100 leading Russian universities. The IAE Aix-en-Provence Professor has a vast experience in the field of strategy development for education institutions. He took part in the creation of one of the leading French business schools.

“Domestic universities are used to developing gradually in every direction”, said Alexey Gusev, Director of Public Sector Programmes at the SKOLKOVO business school Education Development Centre. “To develop quickly, it is necessary to get rid of needless. It is the essence of the second module of the “New Higher Education Leaders” programme. We have to help participants make the right strategic choice – to identify the priorities within their projects.”

Russian experts’ lectures are planned during the module, including Mikhail Pogosyan, President of United Aircraft Corporation, Oleg Kharhordin, rector of the Saint Petersburg’ European university, and Vladimir Preobrajensky, Director of Research at the SKOLKOVO business school. Besides, the participants will pass the “University Management” simulator.

The “New Higher Education Leaders” programme consists of eight modules and is being implemented by the SKOLKOVO business school Education Development Centre by the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The goal is to form a new generation of managers in Russian universities.