Emma Harden-Wolfson

Higher Education in Central Asia Blog (est. 2011)

  • Study abroad survey results: part 2

    Following on from part 1, this post covers the pre-departure section of my Tajik study abroad paper. This part looks at WHY respondents wanted to study abroad Pre-departure motivations and perceptions Push-pull factors Respondents were asked to choose one or more reasons (from a pre-determined selection) to explain why they were motivated to study abroad,… Read more

  • Well-being in Central Asia conference

    Guten tag aus Berlin! I’m here for a conference hosted by the German Institute for Economic Research, joining 14 other researchers who are presenting on various subjects related to well-being in Central Asia. The first day of the conference was hosted yesterday at Humboldt University in central Berlin. As an aside, it’s hugely exciting for a… Read more

  • Study abroad survey results: part 1

    The long awaited publication on this blog of my recent study abroad survey starts now… Read my earlier post for background to the survey, but briefly: I undertook a survey between December 2011 and February 2012 of just over 100 Tajik nationals who are either studying abroad now, or who have studied abroad in the past. The… Read more

  • Former President calls for higher education reform in Kyrgyzstan

    Another re-posting, this time from Central Asia Online (http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/05/01/newsbrief-04). If anyone out there knows Kyrgyz and would be prepared to summarise the interview for me, please get in touch! (The Russian version is the same as the English one). Otunbayeva calls for higher education reform Staff Report 2012-05-01 BISHKEK – Former Kyrgyz president Roza Otunbayeva… Read more

  • Higher education in Afghanistan

    Another foray into the fringes of my blog’s remit, but this is the first time I have read anything about contemporary Afghan higher education (anything else to do with education focusses on school level) and I thought it was worth re-posting from the original on Deutsche Welle. My paper on Tajik nationals who have studied… Read more

  • Interesting times for Ukrainian higher education

    Whilst this blog has a key focus on higher education in Central Asia, it occasionally visits other post-Soviet countries to catch up with developments there. Today we’re in Ukraine, at the western edge of the former Union. Whilst Central Asian countries and Ukraine share a Soviet heritage, there are also some notable differences. For example,… Read more