BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Higher Education Reform &\; Development: The case of Kazakhstan - Professor Matt Hartley (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs\, Executive Director\, Graduate School of Education\, University of Pennsylvania)\, A lan Ruby (Senior Fellow\, Graduate School of Education\, University of Pen nsylvania)\, Dr Aida Sagintayeva (Dean\, Gra DTSTART:20170424T150000Z DTEND:20170424T163000Z UID:TALK72113@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Kulyash Shamshidinova DESCRIPTION:This seminar introduces a forthcoming book edited by Matt Hart ley and Alan Ruby and published by Cambridge University Press. It draws to gether many years work by scholars\, researchers and practitioners that be gan with some consultancy work on a national human development strategy fo r Kazakhstan. This led to some advisory work on the basic legal and academ ic architecture to establish a new university in Astana\, which turned int o Nazarbayev University\, a highly selective research oriented English lan guage institution with a number of international partners. Those partners include Cambridge and the University of Pennsylvania and the relationships established in those first years of co-operative endeavor continue.\nThe work has evolved from an initial focus on supporting and developing one in stitution to address how to improve the governance and management of natio nal and provincial universities by increasing academic autonomy and establ ishing effective boards of trustees. It has also covered issues like bette r data to steer the public system of higher education and manage individua l institutions and the role and impact of national scholarships tenable at international colleges and universities. And it has dealt with such funda mental issues as the reform of teacher education and the professional grow th and development of the existing teacher workforce.\nFour of the contrib utors to this collection\, Sagintayeva\, Hartley\, McLaughlin and Ruby wil l talk about some of the major themes that have emerged from this work esp ecially the key leadership challenges for Kazakhstan’ system of higher e ducation and its institutions. They will also comment on issues that will be encountered in the next few years as the nation continues to develop an d engage with the global economy and a rapidly changing environment. LOCATION: Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road \, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, Room GS4 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR