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With the process of European Integration of Higher education under way and the Russian Federation building up social, political, economic and cultural relations with its European partners, the development of intraurban, domestic and international academic mobility of Russian HE student is gaining momentum, attracting increasing numbers of HE institutions. The article analyses student academic mobility, focusing on the concepts of ‘mobility’ and ‘academic mobility’ as well as the students’ stance on academic mobility and the state policy in regard to the phenomenon. The author researches the dynamics of the Russian State University of Tourism and Service student participation in mobility schemes and presents the data collected in the course of a theme pilot testing surveying undergraduate and post-graduate students of the targeted university.

Federation The topicality of research of the concept "life quality" and its indicators has increased in recent decades. The interest to this subject is growing not only among scientists and researchers but also among politicians. The irreversible processes of internationalization and globalization cause this interest in the first place, and all countries and nations that strive for decent life conditions not only for the future, but also for the current population are involved in these processes. Due to this, the article analyses the concept "life quality" and its indicators, i.e. indices that assess the life quality of the whole population of the country with regards to the national interests of the state. Tourism is considered as one of the indicators of life quality of the modern society. The article comprises the results of the pilot sociological studies conducted among the population of Moscow and Moscow Oblast on the subject of "Tourism as an indicator of life quality of the population of Moscow and Moscow Oblast".

The article analyzes the concept of "social problem" in both domestic and foreign researchers, presents the reasons of their occurrence and exacerbation, and gives the current classification of social problems. The author pays special attention to the combination of study at University with work as a modern social problem of students. This phenomenon in the demand at the labour market for "student of University” as certain, intermediate type of worker is analyzed, and the impact of student’s labour activity on the learning process is revealed. The article presents the results of authorial sociological research (questionnaires) of the students of Russian State University of Tourism and Service" carried out in 2015. The scope and specifics of the students´ involvement in work activities, the motivation of respondents, the main problems faced by students are identified. The author has also conducted correlation analysis of the obtained data with the results of previously conducted studies of different researchers.