Emma Harden-Wolfson

Higher Education in Central Asia Blog (est. 2011)

  • Malaysian university to open in Tajikistan

    Malaysian Limkokwing University has committed to opening a campus in Tajikistan, a not unexpected move by this ambitious and globally facing technical/creative university, which I first investigated in 2011. The announcement was made during President Rahmon’s visit to Malaysia earlier this week. In the press release on the President’s website [ru], it is noted that there are ‘only’ around 40… Read more

  • Alexander is a researcher, not a spy!

    Tajik researcher Alexander Sodiqov, a PhD student at the University of Toronto (Canada) was arrested on Monday and his whereabouts are currently unknown. He was in Khorog, regional capital of the Autonomous Region of Gorno Badakshan in eastern Tajikistan, undertaking academic research as part of an Economic & Social Research Council (UK Research Council) funded project on… Read more

  • New university league for Eurasia

    The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) has set up a University League to ‘ensure comprehensive, systematic scientific and methodological support for the development of the international Eurasian community in the spheres of the economy, science and technology, legal fundamentals and the philosophy of human life.’ It’s not aiming to capture all universities in the member countries… Read more

  • 20% discount on Managing your career in higher education administration

    Pre-order our forthcoming book, Managing your career in higher education administration, and get a very decent 20% discount! Order from http://www.palgrave.com and enter code WMYC14 at checkout. See image and link below: Managing Your Career flyer_with 20% discount The book will be published on 18 July and the discount code should be valid until just before then.   Read more

  • Thanks to the European Association for International Education and the Association of University Administrators

    Many thanks to the European Association for International Education (EAIE) which has featured this blog in its Comprehensive list of online resources for international educators. How exciting! They tweeted this to me on a Twitter account I haven’t used for a year so I have now got my account back up and running. I can sense myself… Read more

  • From wandering scholars to strategic partnerships: the experience of British universities in Central Asia

    My new article ‘From wandering scholars to strategic partnerships: the experience of British universities in Central Asia‘ is out this week in new publication Perspectives on Central Asia. Published by Eurasian Dialogue, Perspectives is ‘a quarterly bulletin dealing with the many aspects of life in Central Asia. This innovative publication provides Central Asia specialists and enthusiasts with perspectives… Read more