Student-staff partnership achievements and challenges at NUST MISIS

Abstract

This article is a case study describing and analysing approaches to setting up student-staff partnership as an integral attribute of modern universities, while taking into consideration specifics of the Russian educational system. The authors emphasize the need for the institution’s leadership to be actively involved in enabling interactions between staff and students not only within separate projects or disciplines but also at the level of the entire university ecosystem, which includes formal and informal learning, social and research-based activities, and innovative pedagogical approaches, as well as contemporary, state-of-the-art learning spaces.