Emma Harden-Wolfson

Higher Education in Central Asia Blog (est. 2011)

  • #scienceiamdoing – Kazakh women tell all about research and life abroad

    #scienceiamdoing – Kazakh women tell all about research and life abroad

    Over on Kazakh social media, something rather brilliant is happening. At the end of March, a new Yvision (a trilingual Kazakh blogging platform) blog was set up to support an Instagram account that’s already been in operation for several months. The aim of the blog and Instagram accounts are to promote a very exciting project: #KZPHDGIRLSUNION The… Read more

  • Regionalism in higher education – new journal special issue (open access)

    Regionalism in higher education – new journal special issue (open access)

    A new collection of articles on regionalism in higher education in the former Soviet space explores varieties of regional initiatives, power dynamics and the impact of regional partnerships and alliances. Read more

  • Kyrgyz-Russian educational relations

    Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forthcoming state visit to Kyrgyzstan [en], a flurry of announcements and events are celebrating and seeking to extend Kyrgyz-Russian educational relations. Read more

  • What will President Nazarbayev’s legacy be for higher education?

    What will President Nazarbayev’s legacy be for higher education?

    In this week’s University’s World News, I take a look at how higher education has changed in Kazakhstan. I think there are five big stories to tell about higher education in the Nazarbayev era, and that these will shape the legacy he leaves behind in the country. Read more

  • University of Central Asia Students Hold First TEDx in Khorog

    It’s exciting to hear about the initiative taken by University of Central Asia (UCA) students in Khorog, Tajikistan, to hold the town’s first TEDx. TED (the ‘x’ afterwards indicates it’s an independently organized event) is now a well-established idea. TED talks are mini-conferences in which people have just a few minutes to share a small… Read more

  • Kazakhstan: Where women predominate in universities but few lead

    I’m really happy to share an article published in University World News by my colleague Svetlana Shakirova. Dr Shakirova is an expert on gender issues (and many other things), is Director of the Department for Research and Innovation at the Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University, and is also co-founder and director of the Almaty-based… Read more