What does the modern effective network of Russian leading HEIs contain?

a) Oldest universities (Lomonosov Moscow State University and Saint Petersburg State University), Skoltech, national research universities.

b) Oldest universities (Lomonosov Moscow State University and Saint Petersburg State University), national research universities, federal universities.

c) Technical universities, national research universities, federal universities.

 

2. How many federal universities are there in Russia?

 

a) 10

b) 9

c) 15

 

3. The strategic mission of federal universities is..

a) to conduct researches in different fields.

b) to create a competitive human resources and facilitate technological progress in the district.

c) to grow a competent generation of scientists and engineers.

 

4. How are national research universities selected?

 

a) basing on the results of scientific achievements.

b) basing on the international ranking.

c) basing on the results of the open contest organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

 

5. The goal of national research universities is..

 

a) to integrate the education and science.

b) to develop a world-class technology ant to bring up the generation of scientists.

c) to ensure economic progress.

 

 VI. Match words with their definitions.

 

1) demand	A) a brief description of a company's fundamental purpose.
2) benchmark	B) something that follows as a result or consequence.
3) priority	C) it describes how easy or difficult it is to do something.
4) mission	D) a set of data often in graphic form portraying the significant features of something.
5) emphasis	E) a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared.
6) feasibility	F) a thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively.
7) profile	G) an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment.
8) outcome	H) it is the most important thing you have to do or deal with, or must be done or dealt with before everything else you have to do.
9) property	I) a special attention put on something to give it importance.
10) obligation	J) an economic term that refers to the amount of products or services that consumers wish to purchase at any given price level.

 

VII. Put the words in the right order to form sentences.

 

1. of The  number  government  a  introduced  large-scale  changes.

2. included  higher  Originally  it  41  institu­tions  education.

3. leading  cities the The  uni­versities  located  in  largest  are.

4. The  Russia  is of into  divided  macro-regions territory.

5. edu­cation  frames  benchmarks  long-term  for  higher  the It.

6. similar  The  mission  is  a  federal  to  the  of  university objectives.

7. Russia  a  of  has  the positive  talents balance.

8. research  of The  scope  in  the  federal  increased  universities.

9. should  The strategic institution a  program gener­ate.

10. activity The is by a long-term condi­tioned  program.

 

VIII. GAP FILL. Read the text about innovative territorial clusters and put these words into the spaces in the text below.

a driving force the characteristic feature supported by the state pilot innovative operated in the world

the innovative economy manufacturing activities cluster boost partnership relations from laboratories

 

Nowadays clusters playing the role of 1) __________ for 2) __________ and generators of a new tech­nological paradigm are developing in many coun­tries. The main mission of a cluster is to create con­ditions facilitating the fastest and effective transfer of research and development 3)_________ to business. The first cluster projects were initiated in Europe in the 1980s. However, the real 4) __________ began worldwide in the 2000s. By 2005 about 1.5 thousand clusters 5)_________, while over 60% of them were established within this five-or-six-year period.

Russia generated and accepted the con­cept of the cluster policy in 2008, and since 2012 after the federal contest 26 6) _________ territorial clusters have emerged in the country as their development programs have been 7) _________ (the total number of clusters in the RF is over 125). 8) __________ of innovative territorial clusters is their location in the regions traditionally featuring intensive research, engineering, and 9) __________.

Many prominent Russian research organizations, universities, and manufacturing companies par­ticipate in the ITCs. According to the experts, by the present time each cluster has developed close 10) __________ with at least two or three universities.

 

IX. Find 15 words and make up collocations related to the students’ leisure time.

F	E	A	S	I	B	I	L	I	T	Y	M
E	Q	P	D	R	I	V	I	N	G	Z	C
D	I	S	T	R	I	C	T	N	W	D	E
E	Z	W	H	O	U	T	C	O	M	E	S
R	E	C	O	N	O	M	Y	V	A	Q	S
A	Q	V	R	Y	D	E	M	A	N	D	E
L	X	N	O	J	K	Q	I	T	A	E	N
X	W	U	U	E	C	R	S	I	L	F	T
N	W	Q	G	O	P	R	S	V	Y	I	I
B	M	Z	H	F	G	J	I	E	S	N	A
X	F	O	R	C	E	L	O	V	I	E	L
C	L	U	S	T	E	R	N	T	S	E	X

 

X. Fill in the table and share your ideas about the information from the article with the class.

What I knew	What I know now	What I want to know

 

XI. Search the Internet and find out information about federal university and national research university in the federal district where you live or came from. You may include in your report the information about background, scientific achievements, interesting facts, clusters, mission etc. Share what you discover with your group in the next lesson.

 

Text C.