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2021 was a very fruitful and successful year for our NU students, as they broke new ground, won awards, and had many remarkable accomplishments throughout this year. We would like to sincerely congratulate our students, and to acknowledge and share their successes with our community.

NU Students Achievements 2021

2021 was a very fruitful and successful year for our NU students, as they broke new ground, won awards, and had many remarkable accomplishments throughout this year. We would like to sincerely congratulate our students, and to acknowledge and share their successes with our community.

Students of NU were awarded Tauelsizdik Urpaqtary grants at the President’s residence Akorda. Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has congratulated and handed prizes to the winners at the ceremony.

NU students received grants from the President

Students of NU were awarded Tauelsizdik Urpaqtary grants at the President’s residence Akorda. Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has congratulated and handed prizes to the winners at the ceremony.

iGEM Kazakhstan team that consists of NU students became a winner of the gold medal in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition – an annual worldwide synthetic biology event for undergraduates, graduates, and high school students. iGEM competition is a truly international event with teams coming from all over the world.

NU team is a winner of the gold medal in the worldwide iGEM competition

iGEM Kazakhstan team that consists of NU students became a winner of the gold medal in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition – an annual worldwide synthetic biology event for undergraduates, graduates, and high school students. iGEM competition is a truly international event with teams coming from all over the world.

Our new guest of ‘Galym-Galam’ rubric is Ellina Mun, a PostDoctoral scholar at NU School of Science and Humanities (NU SSH). Ellina Mun has graduated from the world’s leading universities in the United Kingdom and the USA.

Galym-Galam: Ellina Mun, PostDoctoral scholar of NU SSH

Our new guest of ‘Galym-Galam’ rubric is Ellina Mun, a PostDoctoral scholar at NU School of Science and Humanities (NU SSH). Ellina Mun has graduated from the world’s leading universities in the United Kingdom and the USA.

Bolat Sultankulov, PhD graduate of NU, is a cell biologist, a graduate of the University of Nottingham has been creating technological bio-startups for 10 years, and is a co-founder of the Founder Institute business incubator. Since March 2020, he has been working on a test system to quickly and inexpensively diagnose coronavirus in 15 minutes.

Cell biologist Bolat Sultankulov

Bolat Sultankulov, PhD graduate of NU, is a cell biologist, a graduate of the University of Nottingham has been creating technological bio-startups for 10 years, and is a co-founder of the Founder Institute business incubator. Since March 2020, he has been working on a test system to quickly and inexpensively diagnose coronavirus in 15 minutes.

A book ‘Curriculum Design: Local Responses to Global Challenges of Higher Education’ is a joint project of the Institutional Effectiveness unit of the Office of the Provost and the Graduate School of Education, co-authored by Aida Sagintayeva, Aizhan Mussina, Aliya Suleimenova, Ruslan Karatabanov, Kairat Kurakbayev and Duncan Priestley. The authors initiated a discussion about the current role of higher education and provided practical guidance and recommendations for improving the key aspects of higher education, based on the experience of NU.

NU presents a book about global challenges of Higher Education

A book ‘Curriculum Design: Local Responses to Global Challenges of Higher Education’ is a joint project of the Institutional Effectiveness unit of the Office of the Provost and the Graduate School of Education, co-authored by Aida Sagintayeva, Aizhan Mussina, Aliya Suleimenova, Ruslan Karatabanov, Kairat Kurakbayev and Duncan Priestley. The authors initiated a discussion about the current role of higher education and provided practical guidance and recommendations for improving the key aspects of higher education, based on the experience of NU.

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