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 …
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Fighting fake news in Kazakhstan: The case of the university rankings
'One of Europe's leading universities'? Not so fast, says FactCheck.kz
Why are there no foreign universities in Tajikistan?
This is the excellent question posed by Khaidar Shodiev writing for Asia-Plus, the nearest thing Tajikistan has to an independent newspaper. Strictly speaking, the country's higher education system is not entirely devoid of international universities, with the regional University of Central Asia's campus in Khorog and three Russian branch campuses all in the capital Dushanbe. …
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New university ranking for Uzbekistan
It was only a matter of time. Uzbekistan has another university ranking...
Kyrgyz-Russian educational relations
Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's forthcoming state visit to Kyrgyzstan [en], a flurry of announcements and events are celebrating and seeking to extend Kyrgyz-Russian educational relations.
Resit required: Uzbekistan university rankings declared invalid
Just weeks after the release of Uzbekistan's first national university rankings, it has emerged that the country's Ministry of Justice has demanded the rankings be annulled. This is almost unheard of: one state department publicly admonishing another. The Ministry of Justice must have serious concerns to go public with its beef against the Ministry of …
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New publication: Emerging global players: Building institutional legitimacy in universities in Estonia and Kazakhstan
Summer 2018 is turning out to be a productive time for book publishing: in July, a chapter I wrote with Professor Creso Sá on scientific nationalism and scientific globalism was published; late August saw the publication of my new chapter with Dr Merli Tamtik called: Emerging global players: Building institutional legitimacy in universities in Estonia …
Uzbekistan releases first university ranking
Five years after the government resolved to introduce a national university ranking, Uzbekistan's first domestic higher education league table was announced in July 2018 [ru]. 23 indicators were used to assess state-funded universities and institutes. These covered students' learning outcomes, curriculum quality, faculty composition, research activity and classroom and ICT resources. All 57 public higher education …
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Ranking corruption in Kazakh universities
A recurring theme for higher education in Central Asia is corruption. A quick search of my blog turns up story after story that I've written on this topic and that would only be scratching the surface. I know this is not only a problem for Central Asia, or even the broader former Soviet space. Just this …
How to choose a university in Kazakhstan
With a plethora of institutional offerings, deciding what, where and how to study are perennial questions for prospective students around the world. Here’s what Yelena Pak of Kazakhstan’s Delovoi [Business] Kazakhstan news agency [ru] suggests you should look out for if you’re going to apply in Kazakhstan. Rankings University rankings are a hot topic in …
Emma Sabzalieva 