Kazakhstan

EU Supports Higher Education in Kazakhstan

This past November Kazakhstan’s Education Minister Byrganym Aitimova and European Union official Adraian Van Der Meer presented a joint project, “Supporting development and monitoring of quality assurance system in the sphere of Kazakhstan’s higher education.” The EU and Kazakhstan have signed a joint agreement under which the former will help Kazakhstan develop a mechanism for assuring quality programs throughout the country’s institutions of higher education.

— Kazinform
    Nov. 23, 2006

Russia

British Preparatory School Plans to Open Russian Branch

Brighton College, a well-known British preparatory school, plans to open a branch in Russia and admit its first class of Russian students in 2009. Although the British education system is well respected in Russia, parents have balked in recent years at sending their children abroad for fear that they will not return to Russia upon graduation. The new school will fuse curriculum used in both Russian and British education to prepare students for their post-secondary education. The best pupils in each class will be sent to Brighton’s original campus in Britain to prepare for their A levels in that country.

— RIAN Novosti
    Nov. 28, 2006

Russian Officials Discuss Consolidation of Universities in Two Regions

Russian officials have conferred with students and teachers at the universities of the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia about the prospect of uniting the area’s universities into one Siberian Federal University. The newly created federal university would combine Krasnoyarsk State University, the Krasnoyarsk State Architectural and Building Academy, the Krasnoyarsk Technological University and the University of Non-Ferrous Metals and Gold into one cooperative body. The project seeks to improve and integrate scientific research, business education, to attract and train researchers and increase the universities international prestige. Under the plan each institution would retain its name and specialty but function under the administrative umbrella of the Siberian Federal University. A similar plan to create Southern Federal University in Rostov-On-Don is also being considered.

— ITAR TASS
    Dec. 13, 2006

Ukraine

Ukraine and Estonia Sign Agreement to Boost Cooperation in Education

Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves have signed a cooperative agreement to reinforce cooperation between the two nations in the field of education and scientific research.

— Trend
   Dec. 13, 2006

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