The Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance and Career Development

Yuri Rubin

Yuri Rubin was born on May 17th, 1956 in Kemerovo. In 1978 he graduated with honours from the Faculty of Economics of Rostov State University (Southern Federal University). In 1982 he defended his dissertation of Ph.D. and in 1991 doctoral dissertation on «Specific character of monopolism in Soviet economy», which was the first systematic research on the issues presenting a great importance in the development of modern Russian economy. In 1993 Yuri Rubin was awarded the title of Professor by the Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Federation.

Rubin is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education (2008), Russian Federation Government prize winner in Education (2008), Honoured worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation (2006), fellow of the International Academy of Science of Higher School (1992), Doctor of Economics, Professor, board member of EFQUEL (European Foundation for Quality in E-learning) (2010).

Public activity: A chairman of the Public Council for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Rector of Moscow University of Industry and Finance, Deputy Chairman of the RF State’s Duma Expert Council for Education Quality and Career Development, a member of Accreditation Council of the Federal Service on Supervision in Higher Education and Science, Council of Experts at the RF Federal Antimonopoly Service for development of competition in science and education and member of Advisory Committee of Online Educa Berlin International Conference; a chairman of the Sub-committee № 6 for providing e-learning quality of the Technical committee № 461 for information and communication technologies in education which represents Russia in International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (Sub-committee № 36 for information technologies in instruction, education and training).

In 1990-1991 Yury Rubin participated in drafting of RF Employment Law, the Law on Competition and the Limitation of Monopolistic Activity on Goods Markets, and Youth Policy Law.

Yury Rubin published more than 150 scientific works. Among the monographies of recent years there are:

• E-learning fundamentals (2001);
• Globalization and convergence of education: technological aspect (2004);
• Entrepreneurial universities in innovative economy (2005);
• Globalization of education: : competencies and systems of credits (2005);
• Establishment of institutes of public professional quality assurance in education (2007);
• Modern education: Quality, standards, tools. Edition 2 (2009);
• From Quality to Competitiveness (2011).

The main topics of Rubin’s books are establishment of global educational environment, modernization and standardization of education systems, competence-based approach to formation of professional educational programmes, trends in innovative education, system of education quality evaluation and quality assurance within the context of reforming of education system, evaluation of professional competence of a graduate as a tool for quality assurance, system of professional educational accreditation, evaluation of quality assurance in higher education, educational audit, international practice of educational accreditation and standardization.

Articles:

• Strategies of competitive behaviour of businesses: search for a reasonable choice// Obshestvo y ekonomika (Society and economy), 2005, № 2.
• Standardization of educational activity as a factor of competitiveness of Russian Higher Education (co-author A.Emelianov) // Vysshee Obrazovanie v Rossii (Higher Education in Russia), 2005, № 11.
• Standardization of educational programmes (at Bologna crossroads) // Prikladnaya informatika (Applied informatics), 2006г., № 4.
• E-learning in Russia: from chaos to embededness// Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii (Higher Education in Russia), 2006, № 3.
• E-learning instrumental methods: a way to comprehensive acceleration // Prikladnaya informatika (Applied informatics), 2006, № 5.
• Theory of competition and objectives for improving the competitiveness of Russian education // Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii (Higher Education in Russia), 2007, № 1.
• E-learning: from extreme training to structured system // Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii (Higher Education in Russia), 2007, № 11.
• Setting objectives of simulation modeling of strategic competitive defence/ Prikladnaya informatika (Applied informatics), 2008, «1 (13).
• Development of E-learning as a prerequisite for establishment of integrated training in the Russian education services market// Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii (Higher Education in Russia), 2008, № 6.
• Development of the independent audit system and its specific character in E-learning organization // Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii (Higher Education in Russia), 2008, № 11.
• «Legal framework does not comply with present-day format of e-learning» // Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii (Higher Education in Russia), 2009, № 9.
• Education quality evaluation: innovative model// Quality of Education 2009, № 1–2.
• E-learning in need of common standards// Quality of Education, 2009, № 12.
• Russian and world practice of forming efficient strategies for interaction in education quality assurance evaluation // Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii (Higher Education in Russia), 2009, № 2.
• Free higher professional education in Russia: mutual interests and guarantees// Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii (Higher Education in Russia), 2010, № 3.
• On licensing and more//Universitetsky Vestnik, 2010, № 3.
• Modern E-learning: Qualitative education accessibility concept//Quality Assurance of E-learning, ENQA (2010).
• Internal Quality Assurance of Reviewer Selection and Monitoring at AKKORK//Internal Quality Assurance-Enhancing Quality Culture, ENQA (2010).