Emma Harden-Wolfson

Higher education in Central Asia blog

  • Watch the webinar on higher education transformations in Eurasia

    If you missed the webinar on higher education transformations in Eurasia that I participated in recently, fear not! The webinar is now available online and you can enjoy it (again, and again) at your leisure. Please go to https://fccdl.in/Hq5jfVQxo to watch the webinar. First to present is Dariya Platonova of the Higher School of Economics National Research… Read more

  • New post on Europe of Knowledge blog on world-class universities

    We live in an era of intense and growing international connections, but also in a world of significant positional differences between localities, states and regions. In this context, how can the idea of the world-class university be used by states to survive and succeed? What does this idea look like in states that are outside… Read more

  • Could Kazakhstan become a regional higher education hub?

    If you’re the Kazakh state, the answer is an obvious “yes”. No details have yet to emerge from the Centre for International Programmes, the government agency tasked with internationalizing Kazakh higher education, but you can bet that if the public policy agenda is leading in this direction, it won’t be long before the hub becomes… Read more

  • One week to go: Webinar on higher education in Eurasia

    No plans yet for Wednesday January 31st? Oh, you have plans? Time to cancel them and join us for a free webinar on higher education transformations in Eurasia! The time depends on where you are in the world… It will be: 09.30 New York/Toronto time, which is 14.30 London time, which is 21.30 Astana time, and… Read more

  • Free webinar on higher education transformations in Eurasia

    Happy new year to all my blog readers – all 1,000+ of you! I hope 2018 has started well for you, wherever you are in the world and whatever your plans are for this year. I am looking forward to continuing to share news and reflections on the wonderful world of education, society and politics… Read more

  • Call for papers – “Global Bolognaization”: Central Asian Encounters with the European Higher Education Area

    Are you a Central Asia based academic or practitioner with direct experience of the Bologna Process/European Higher Education Area? If so, we want to hear from you! I am co-Chair of a proposal for a roundtable at the European Consortium of Political Researchers (ECPR) General Conference, which will be held in August 2018 in Hamburg,… Read more