Six professors from Perm State National Research University took part in Oxford University's ‘British culture and institutes’ programme. The participants were: Ilya Rogotnev, deputy dean of the Philology Faculty and Lecturer at the Russian Literature Department, Lyudmila Klimenko, member of the Physics Faculty, Daria Vassilenko, senior professor at the Department of English Language and Intercultural Communication, Anna Pecherkina, junior professor at the Developmental Psychology, Anton Makarov, junior research assistant at the Biochemistry Department and Yulia Granatova, junior professor at the Political Science Department and Director of PSU innovation department in charge of the development of the university’s innovative potential.