AKU-ISMC is playing a central role in an important initiative in Central Asia. As part of a drive to improve the university system in the Republic of Kazakhstan, university leaders are looking at ways to ensure greater autonomy from the state. The move is part of a wider decentralisation process and AKU-ISMC is part of an international team managing the project. The university is a member of a consortium of European and Kazakhstani universities that made a successful bid in 2017 for an Erasmus + capacity building grant, entitled Transition to University Autonomy in Kazakhstan (TRUNAK). AKU-ISMC is one of seven EU-based partners, together with eight Kazakhstan universities working on the project, which is set to conclude in October 2020.
The overarching aim of the work is to develop a model of university autonomy that will enable Kazakhstan universities to transition from direct ministerial control to decentralised, autonomous governance and to align with the Bologna process. Using a methodology developed by the European Universities Association, the project aims to develop and trial a model of autonomy that is appropriate to the Kazakhstan context, and to support its implementation. AKU-ISMC will contribute its expertise and insights into university autonomy in the UK on the one hand and in Pakistan and East Africa on the other with the support of Erasmus and the European Union.
AKU-ISMC is playing a central role in an important initiative in Central Asia. As part of a drive to improve the university system in the Republic of Kazakhstan, university leaders are looking at ways to ensure greater autonomy from the state. The move is part of a wider decentralisation process and AKU-ISMC is part of an international team managing the project. The university is a member of a consortium of European and Kazakhstani universities that made a successful bid in 2017 for an Erasmus + capacity building grant, entitled Transition to University Autonomy in Kazakhstan (TRUNAK). AKU-ISMC is one of seven EU-based partners, together with eight Kazakhstan universities working on the project, which is set to conclude in October 2020.
The overarching aim of the work is to develop a model of university autonomy that will enable Kazakhstan universities to transition from direct ministerial control to decentralised, autonomous governance and to align with the Bologna process. Using a methodology developed by the European Universities Association, the project aims to develop and trial a model of autonomy that is appropriate to the Kazakhstan context, and to support its implementation. AKU-ISMC will contribute its expertise and insights into university autonomy in the UK on the one hand and in Pakistan and East Africa on the other with the support of Erasmus and the European Union.