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Inflation is back. Interest rates are raising worldwide.

Times Higher Education, September 4, 2022, Pola Lem, Twitter: @PolaLemMany university presidents would be thrilled to be in Shigeo Katsu’s shoes. For a decade, his institution has been the envy of Kazakhstan’s higher education sector, enjoying a level of funding and autonomy unknown to most of its public institutions.

Matthew Courtney, assistant professor from NU GSE, and colleagues compared individual and collaborative note-taking and how the completeness of students’ notes is associated with performance on quizzes and academic writing tasks. They focused on 186 students on a course learning how to compose a manuscript for an academic journal.

Dr. Antonio Sarria-Santamera, Associate Professor, and Dr.

Zhanat talks about the app, and the equipment used with the app. Zhanat also talks about how developing the app came about, how improving technology has helped, battery life, memory, trying to live a normal life, future plans for the project, AI, and her internship with Microsoft in London.

“The euro-dollar parity, however symbolic, is not of substantial macroeconomic consequence, aside from continuing the trend of euro depreciation that has been ongoing since 2008. European goods and tourism again become cheaper for Americans” said David DeRemer.

Women face underrepresentation in STEM due to social stereotypes and discrimination from groups all around them, including family, university faculty, peers, and potential employers, according to new research from NU Graduate School of Education (NU GSE). Professor Kuzhabekova says: “Women’s participation in STEM is critically important for any country’s economic competitiveness and social equity agenda.

According to him, the situation opened new opportunities for Central Asian universities. Central Asia’s post-Soviet republics can build links with institutions that have lost access to Russia, he states and suggests what higher education institutions should do in the current situation in his SouthChinaMorningPost article.

AI, the cloud, and smartphones have ushered new innovations and apps that will help us deal with the current pandemic. One such app that uses AI and smartphones is being developed by NU.

She also explains what makes their programs stand out within the sector. More in Economist Education magazine.