SOFL Teaching Assistants

A Teaching Assistant is an HSE student selected by a lecturer to assist in delivering a particular course.  The recruitment of teaching assistants is carried out within the framework of the Teaching Assistant Project, which aims to: ensure the effectiveness of the teaching process, identify the most talented and capable students and PhDs by engaging them in teaching activities, provide opportunities for teaching practice, and develop and test innovative teaching methods. Teaching assistants receive remuneration for their work.

A Digital Assistant is an HSE student or staff member who has completed the HSE Digital Assistant Training Course and successfully passed the final assessment, confirming their proficiency in the key digital tools for online systems, in order to provide technical and consulting support to faculty members and staff.

A Study Assistant is an HSE student or PhD selected by a programme manager to support the educational activities of quota students and students with disabilities. A study assistant facilitates their academic adaptation at the university (providing support throughout a semester for challenging courses, assisting with homework and examination period preparation, explaining university rules, etc), helps with organisational issues (medical care, navigation within HSE infrastructure, dormitory, etc), and provides support in crisis or conflict situations of any kind.

Students and postgraduates eligible to become academic and digital assistants must:

1.       Have no academic failures at the start of the selected course;

2.       Receive grade no lower than 8 in the subject they assist with;

3.       May study at other HSE educational programmes when participating in a SOFL course;

An academic and digital assistant must not:

1.       Be enrolled in the course for which they are assisting;

2.       Be involved in conducting research seminars;

3.       Replace faculty members in conducting classes;

4.       Hold a teaching position at HSE University or provide teaching service under a civil law contract (applies to Master’s and PhD students);

5.       Assisting two or more HSE instructors at the same time (simultaneously).

Please submit your application only upon selecting a course from the drop-down list in the application system (ie once the load has been entered into the system). Applications are approved collectively by the SOFL committee, based on the number of submissions and the budget allocated for the project in the current academic year.

Submit an application via your Personal Account —Study Services — Teaching Assistant.

In case a faculty member does not have a prior arrangement with a student, please contact Anastasia Sapozhnikova by email (asapozhnikova@hse.ru) to arrange for an assistant.