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Current and future trends in higher education in Central Asia
Want to know what’s happening in higher education enrolment in Central Asia, and how that compares to the world average? Curious to know which system in the region has reached one million students in higher education? How are universities and governments aiming to enhance research capacity in higher education? Do you know how many students… Read more
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Where have all the students gone? Declining interest in higher education in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Despite rapidly growing eligible populations and an expanding higher education base, there are indications of declining interest in university study in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Kyrgyzstan’s population currently stands at 6.7 million, of whom 35% are aged 14-35. Most of this youth population lives in the capital Bishkek or second largest city, Osh. Over in Tajikistan,… Read more
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Higher education internationalization in Uzbekistan and Central Asia
In May 2023 I had the privilege to speak at a conference organized by Tashkent State University of Economics (TSUE) in Uzbekistan. The conference was opened by the Minister of Higher Education and TSUE’s Rector, with an interesting line-up of international speakers who shared research and ideas on the broad topic of educational quality. I… Read more
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Educating for inclusion beyond the pandemic – Learning from Central Asia
I’ve recently returned from Washington DC, USA, where this year’s Comparative & International Education Society (CIES) conference took place. A huge gathering of over 3,000 education researchers, policymakers, and practitioners, the conference opened many valuable spaces for learning, (re)connecting, and sharing research and ideas. As well as presenting UNESCO IESALC projects on virtual student mobility… Read more
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Podcast: Internationalization in post-conflict societies – Iraq and Tajikistan
Following the recent publication of our open access article on faculty experiences of higher education internationalization in post-conflict Iraq and Tajikistan, my co-author Dr Hayfa Jafar and I were invited by the team at Thesis podcast to discuss our findings in audio form. Dropping today, our episode can be found at https://anchor.fm/thesis-podcast along with links… Read more
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Where have Tajikistan’s students gone?
Tajikistan is missing 25,000 new students in 2022/23. Where are they? Read more
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Emma Harden-Wolfson 