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HSE ICEF Team Placed First in CFA Institute Research Challenge
Guided by Dmitry Kachalov and Kirill Chuiko as mentors, HSE 2 / ICEF team won the Local stage of CFA Institute Research Challenge, the international financial modeling competition that competed on February 28.
"Retail is a combination of everything I love and do with pleasure"
Maria Zolotkova, who earned her bachelor’s from ICEF, believes that it is economics education that provides the grounding for proficiency in brand management and marketing. Maria currently holds the position of Vice President for Brand Development at Azbuka Vkusa (The ABC of Taste). In this interview with Success Builder, Maria tells why she considers FMCG to be the best learning ground for marketers, what brand managers are responsible for, and how her favorite grocery chain employed her as its manager.
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ICEF’s Top Achievers Praised for Excellence by London
The recently released University of London examination results mark yet another milestone achievement for ICEF Bachelor's degree students. They did exceptionally well, confirming their reputation as top performing students of the UoL Programme globally.
'The Role of a Teacher Is to Be a Senior Partner, Not Sacred Knowledge Keeper'
After graduating from ICEF with bachelor's degree in 2017, Oleg Sobchenko re-joined ICEF as Corporate Finance lecturer. Currently an expert in financial product sales at VTB Bank’s corporate investment segment, Oleg shares why he thinks teaching can benefit bank officials, how to avoid the frustration of not achieving the ‘successful success’, and why neural nets are unlikely to take our jobs.
ICEF Awarded Its Top Students LSE Summer School Courses
Every year, ICEF awards its top students the opportunity to pursue a course at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Summer School in London. Eligible for this award are first- and second-year undergraduates and students who excel in their studies at ICEF Academia.
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'I Don’t Know a Thing More Satisfying Than a Win at Chess'
In the recent Chess Club Cup tournament, held in Macedonia past September, ICEF bachelor student Semyon Lomasov earned the title of grandmaster. In this interview, Semyon shares what he thinks about chess as a career, how intuition can change approaches, and how the advent of artificial intelligence has revolutionized chess.How I fell in love with chess
ICEF Academia Held a Welcome Meeting for Its New Enrollment
Alongside with the core curriculum,ICEF Academia offers its students more advanced courses, research and scientific debate opportunities, and better preparation for academic careers. Presenting ICEF Academia to first-year students were its leaders, teachers, and ICEF graduate Arseny Stolyarov, who is currently doing a PhD at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
The Fourth ICEF Conference on Applied Economics to Take Place on September 25
The Fourth ICEF Conference on Applied Economics will present the studies conducted by scholars at the universities across the world, that relate to education. We talked with Fabian Slonimczyk, an Associate Professor at ICEF and the conference organizing committee member, to learn more about the highlights of this year’s conference.
Shakespeare, Yoga, Self-isolation: ICEF Students Share Their Experience of LSE Summer School 2021
Every year, ICEF awards its best-performing undergraduate students with trips to LSE Summer School at the London School of Economics, a key member institution of the University of London (UoL). While last year the School delivered its courses online, this year it offered its participants a choice between online and offline learning – and many chose to come to London despite challenging travel restrictions due to COVID. In this interview, our students share which mode they chose and why, how PCR testing services work at universities in London, what made their travel challenging, and, most importantly, how they found their experience.
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'University molds our personalities. Its role is not merely to teach us model building'
Yulia Chekunaeva graduated in one of ICEF’s first classes in 2003. She chose to do her master’s at the University of Warwick and then worked at Sberbank and Goldman Sachs. Yulia is currently Director for Capital Markets & Strategic Initiatives and a Board member at En+ Group, the world’s leading producer of low-carbon aluminum and renewable energy. In this interview, she tells about her student years in London and the USA, her passion for racing, and how new social values are re-shaping the business environment.