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Vaccinated students rewarded with tuition discounts, free courses and more
Students in Kazakhstan are being incentivized to get their Covid vaccines. Vaccinated students will be able to get discounts on their tuition fees, priority for student housing, transport vouchers, and – the ultimate student incentive – free food. At some universities, students can also get free access to a range of sporting and cultural activities.… Read more
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Creating a Central Asian Higher Education Area
Big and exciting news in the world of higher education in Central Asia: a Central Asian Higher Education Area is finally on the cards. The plans have been formalized and signed by the five countries’ Ministers of Education in the Turkestan Declaration signed in June 2021. When it comes to higher education, the Central Asian… Read more
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National approaches to university rankings in Central Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America (new open access book chapter)
I’m happy to see the long-awaited publication of a book chapter on national approaches to university rankings in Central Asia, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), and Latin America in the volume Global University Rankings and the Politics of Knowledge, edited by Michelle Stack. Our chapter, co-authored with Creso Sá, Nadiia Kachynska and Magdalena Martinez, reviews… Read more
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Selling out? Kazakhstan’s KIMEP University goes fully private
Another blog post, another story about privatization in Kazakhstan’s higher education. No stranger to privatization, Kazakhstan’s universities and colleges have been on quite the rollercoaster ride in terms of ownership and funding. Most recently, I reported that the President had seemingly hit the pause button with an outright ban on privatization in nearly 40 of… Read more
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Russia partially re-opens its borders for international students
During March 2021, the Russian Ministry of Education and Science passed two orders permitting the return of international students from a total of 31 countries. This includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (Turkmenistan is not on either list), other ex-Soviet states and a slightly random collection of countries from Syria to the Seychelles. China is… Read more
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Emma Harden-Wolfson 