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66% fail Complex Testing of Entrants in Kazakhstan
66% of entrants have failed the Complex Testing of Entrants (CTE) held in Kazakhstan on July 19-22, 2014.
24 July 2014
Kazakh students meet Chinese President
200 students and professors of the Nazarbayev University have met with Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping on June 24, 2014 in Beijing.
23 July 2014
Three Kazakhstanis enter US military academies
Three Kazakhstan students have been admitted into the leading military universities of America this year.
14 July 2014
Nazarbayev unveils new building of National Defense University
Nursultan Nazarbayev has unveiled a new block of the National Defense University in Astana, Kazakhstan.
06 July 2014
Millions on aparments for foreigners teaching at Gumilyov University in Astana
Expenditures per every apartment rented for foreign professors coming to lecture at the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University exceed the average salary of an Astana resident.
04 July 2014
Every 10th work is plagiarized in Kazakhstan: Downfall of Academia?
National Center of Science and Technical Information of Kazakhstan has drawn rather a dreary picture of the country’s academia: every 10th research work is plagiarized.
27 June 2014
Ousted New York Times chief to teach at Harvard
Former New York Times editor Jill Abramson, who was fired from the so-called Grey Lady of American journalism, will teach at Harvard University in the 2014-15 academic year.
14 June 2014
Harvard confirms antique book is bound in human skin
Harvard University scientists have confirmed that a 19th century French treatise in its libraries is bound in human skin, Harvard University said this week, after a bevvy of scientific testing.
09 June 2014
Japan police inspect body after Chinese academic disappears
Japanese police were Thursday probing the death of a man believed to be a Chinese academic who told his wife he was in danger shortly before he disappeared.
29 May 2014
California college mourns shooting victims
Thousands of students attended a memorial service Tuesday for the victims of a college shooting rampage, as the university declared a day of mourning.
28 May 2014
Bolashak wins lawsuits against students
One third of Bolashak scholarship holders who were charged for academic failure appeal against the decision.
19 May 2014
Harvard honors Venezuelan opposition leader with alumni award
Harvard University announced Friday that it had given an annual alumni achievement award to jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez for his "support of democracy and transparency."
17 May 2014
Academic take on baraholka issue in Almaty: American's first-hand experience
Dena Sholk, a graduate student in the School of Foreign Service from Georgetown University came to Almaty to research the role of baraholkas (markets) in Kazakhstan’s economy as a part of her dissertation fieldwork.
16 May 2014
Corruption in Kazakhstan Universities makes $100 million a year
Corruption in higher education institutions in Kazakhstan has grown to $100 million per year.
30 April 2014
Three students killed by wall collapse in Portugal
Three students, aged between 18 and 20, were killed and another four injured after a wall collapsed at the University of Minho in Braga, northern Portugal, emergency services announced.
24 April 2014
Iraq attacks kill 10 as bomber hits university
Attacks in Iraq, including a suicide bombing at a university in north Baghdad, killed at least 10 people on Sunday, security and medical officials said.
21 April 2014
Sophomore students creating satellite in Kazakhstan
A sophomore spacecraft inventor Nazifa Baktybayeva from Kazakhstan's Pavlodar is working on a real satellite.
14 April 2014
Bolashak scholarship to require higher language proficiency level
The Bolashak education scholarship issued in Kazakhstan has raised its bar for foreign languages.
15 March 2014
Black Harvard students target cliches via Tumblr blog
Black students at Harvard University, appropriating a line from a celebrated African-American poet, are harnessing social media to challenge racial stereotypes -- and inspiring similar blogs across the Atlantic.
14 March 2014
Kazakhstani student wins Undergraduate of the Year Award in UK
Torgyn Shaikhina from Kazakhstan won the IT and Computer Science Undergraduate of the Year Award at the University of Warwick, UK.
20 December 2013