BKS Webinar: Quality Assurance and Different Models of British / Kazakh University Collaboration
14 May 2025
This BKS webinar compared and contrasted the wide range of approaches to collaboration and engagement in Kazakhstan by UK universities. With contributions from universities themselves, we focused in particular on the work and insights of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education which ensures that students experience the highest possible quality of education.
Chairman and Moderator:
· David Hardy - Director, BKS
Panellists:
· Alua Kassymkhanova - Assistant, Education and Agriculture, British Embassy Astana
· Julie Till - Director of Global Business Development, QAA
· Madina Bigabatova - Dean of the International School of Economics, KBTU
· Miras Daulenov - President, University of Coventry, Kazakhstan
· Jared Philippi - Head of International Development at Heriot-Watt




