Emma Harden-Wolfson

Higher education in Central Asia blog

  • International students in Kyrgyzstan

    A great infographic published by Russian media agency Sputnik offers a visual breakdown of Kyrgyzstan’s 20,000 international students. I’ve reproduced the infographic below but it is Sputnik’s and the original post can be found here. For non-Russian readers, here’s a summary: Kyrgyzstan’s educational ‘market’ is specific to its geographic and linguistic neighbours India is by… Read more

  • Values, Identities and the Problems of Modernisation in Central Asia: Public lecture in Almaty, June 26

    If you’re in Almaty on June 26, this upcoming University of Central Asia lecture looks great (although the word ‘modernization’ makes me queasy). Take some notes for me? Values, Identities and the Problems of Modernisation in Central Asia Eset Esengaraev Sociologist, Candidate of Historical Sciences Abstract  Central Asian societies feature characteristics of both a traditional and… Read more

  • New university ranking for Uzbekistan

    New university ranking for Uzbekistan

    It was only a matter of time. Uzbekistan has another university ranking… Read more

  • The Bologna Process in Central Asia

    The Bologna Process in Central Asia

    Why do policymakers outside the European Union decide to implement the Bologna Process? How are these reforms received by faculty members? This post looks at these questions from a Central Asian angle. Read more

  • Higher education policy in Central Asia and Afghanistan – new report published (open access)

    What are the challenges and opportunities in higher education in Central Asia and Afghanistan? What kind of government policies can introduce innovation? How can science and technology capacity be promoted? For more on these important questions and some ideas about further developing science, technology and innovation in Central Asia and Afghanistan, please take a look… Read more

  • Corruption finally on the wane in Kazakhkstan?

    The votes have been counted and the results are in and… well, it turns out that Kazakhstan’s higher education is not as corrupt as you might have thought. According to a report in Arna Press [ru], students in East Kazakhstan were generally pretty satisfied with their ability to progress through higher education without resorting to… Read more