As Times Higher Education has reported, Kazakhstan is undergoing dramatic reform of its higher education system, shaking off its Soviet inheritance to embrace the European degree system. There are moves to attract more international scholars and students to the country, there is investment in infrastructure, and research funding is to be allocated on a more competitive basis, offering more opportunities for emerging talent to shine.

These are all positive developments, and global university rankings are playing a central role in helping to shape Kazakhstan’s reform process, delegates heard at the meeting, hosted by Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, and supported by the Ministry of Science and Education and the British Council.

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Times Higher Education - Institutional strategy should never be driven by rankings
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