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Next Generation: Reflections and perspectives on higher education in the former Soviet Union [free online conference, 14 & 15 Feb]
I warmly invite you to join a free online conference I am organizing at UNESCO together with HSE University (Russia) on 14 and 15 February. All welcome with registration required (links below). Please share the information widely. Date: Monday 14 February 2022 and Tuesday 15 February 2022 Time: 09:00 – 11:00 Caracas (UTC -4) /… Read more
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Kazakhstan: Higher education on hold at home, students stranded abroad
Protests in Kazakhstan have put higher education in the country on hold and the start of term postponed, while many students remain stranded abroad. My Kazakhstan-based colleague Dana Abdrasheva and I wrote about the latest situation and the implications for higher education for University World News. Here’s a reprint of the article that was published on… Read more
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Kazakhstan, Russia, and the international students caught in between
Kazakhstan is in the world’s headlines after a series of protests that started over energy price hikes rapidly escalated and continue to unfold at the time of writing this on 7 January 2022. The involvement of Russia into the situation in Kazakhstan just a couple of days into events has set off alarm bells and… Read more
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Starting from the top: Steps towards autonomy in Uzbekistan’s universities
One last reform to Uzbekistan’s higher education system rounds out another busy year of change in that country. New rules are coming in that will allow certain universities greater autonomy over who they choose to lead them and will also create a new supervisory board structure similar to a governing body. From plans to create… Read more
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Politics with pedigree: Tracing the long history of political science in Uzbekistan
With a lineage that goes back well over a thousand years, it might seem surprising that political science in Uzbekistan is considered a relatively new subject for teaching and research. As pointed in an excellent review of the development of political science recently published by Professor Ravshan Nazarov, the perestroika reform period of the late… Read more
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From Afghanistan to Kyrgyzstan: Supporting higher education across borders
From journalist Bermet Talant at EurasiaNet comes an uplifting story showcasing higher education as it could be: rising above the day-to-day to support students, setting aside financial concerns and overcoming national boundaries. Read the report below. Talant recounts how 180 students made their way out of the precarious conditions in Afghanistan following the country’s takeover… Read more
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Emma Harden-Wolfson 