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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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Building research capacity at universities in the former Soviet space (new book)
It’s been a very long time in the making but the new book Building research capacity at universities: Insights from post-Soviet countries is now out! The book offers a comprehensive analysis of developments in higher education systems across the former Soviet space with a focus on research capacity. I’m pleased to have a chapter in… Read more
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Digital future of academic mobility and higher education in Central Asia – public lecture, 4 October
Curious to know more about trends in higher education internationalization in Central Asia? What might lie ahead for academic mobility in the pandemic/post-pandemic era? How the pandemic has driven innovation in digitalization of academic mobility? Then you will likely want to tune in to my public lecture Digital future? Virtual academic mobility and the prospects… Read more
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Emma Harden-Wolfson 