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The book “A Primer on Policy Communication in Kazakhstan” is written by three authors from the Graduate School of Public Policy with case studies based on Kazakhstan’s policy situations Book presentation of the “A Primer on Policy Communication in Kazakhstan” was held at NU on November 12, 2019. Basskaran Nair, a visiting professor from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, Saltanat Janenova, an assistant professor at the NU Graduate School of Public Policy and Balzhan Serikbayeva, a Ph.

Many countries today are concerned about environmental issues, and are especially worried about pollution caused by automobile emissions. Atmospheric pollution is a growing problem for humankind, because levels of carbon dioxide and other harmful emissions continue to increase annually.

On November 7, 2019, NU held a literary and theatrical evening entitled “Aqyn zhane onyg muzasy” (Poet and his Muse) dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the great poet Ilyas Zhansugurov. First and fourth-year students[1] from SSH, SEDS, and SMG presented a theatrical performance based on the famous poem “Kuishi” by Ilyas Zhansugurov and the tragedy “Khan Kene” by Mukhtar Auezov.

We are celebrating the annual Open Access Week aiming to increase the interest in making scientific works, research ideas and other intellectual products freely available for anyone to use, adapt, distribute, translate and share with no or very minimal restrictions. This is not only about cost savings but about the belief that the world’s knowledge is a public good and should be accessible to all.

Azel Murzabekova graduated from NU School of Science and Technology with a Bachelor’s degree in Physics in 2019. The same year she entered the Ph.

On October 25, 2019, NU holds the second stage of the IХ TOM Makeathon. At this stage, the seven teams of 35 participants meet a month after PreTOM with a completed idea and its implementation into a prototype.

On October 10 and 11, NU (NU), in collaboration with KIMEP University, organized the first Institutional Research Forum titled “Using Data to Support Academic Quality, Planning, and Decision-Making in Higher Education”. About 80 educational professionals involved in data collection and analysis and in the use of data and information for quality assurance and decision making in higher education attended the event.

How was YRA created?Young Researchers Alliance (YRA) was created on April 18th in 2018, by enthusiastic early career researchers working and studying at NU. A common goal that united young professionals from completely different fields was to create an effective platform for interaction between young researchers in Kazakhstan and abroad.

At the end of October, a team of NU students will participate in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition. The team is led by a professor from the School of Sciences and Humanities, Dr.