IB_20(37). The in-demand skills of students at Russian universities

Ksenia Rozhkova (), Sergey Roshchin and Pavel Travkin ()
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Ksenia Rozhkova: National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russian Federation)
Sergey Roshchin: National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russian Federation)
Pavel Travkin: National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russian Federation)

Monitoring of Education Markets and Organizations (MEMO), 2022, issue 21, 1-32

Abstract: Digital and foreign language skills are highly valued across all economic industries in the labour market. This bulletin focuses on the supply of these skills among higher education students. The analysis is conducted for students across various fields of study, levels of education, and categories of universities. The results show significant differences in the level of acquired skills, depending on the category of university, which may increase the gap in returns to education in the Russian labour market. Conclusions • Most students do not demonstrate advanced digital skills. Digital skills remain prevalent only in specific fields of study (i.e., Mathematics and computer science). Low average level of digital skills implies lack of matching between educational content and the existing labour market demand; • Half of engineering students lacks experience in programming, while 31 per cent has only basic programming skills. This can serve as evidence of the low speed of modernization in engineering education in Russia; • Students differ significantly in terms of the acquired skills depending on the type of the university. Leading universities (especially national research universities and “5-100” participants) are more effective in foreign language and digital skills training and provide more courses which require computers; • Practically all university students have some experience with learning English or other foreign languages, although the acquired skills remain on an elementary level. Good command of English is common for only 7 per cent of students. This means that the majority of student population is limited in using English for professional communications; Knowing English is highly correlated with other social factors. Language proficiency is determined by financial and educational status of the family.

Keywords: education institutions; preschool education; education market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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