The purpose of the Forum is to discuss questions pertinent to educational development in Kazakhstan. The main participants of the Forum are 25 Kazakhstani scholars, who are currently doing their Master’s, PhD and post-doctoral research in the UK through the support of Kazakhstani government programme Bolashak (‘Future’). The forum will be structured around three sessions and one roundtable discussion, which will focus on the questions of education policy, reform and innovation, adaptation of international practices, policy implementation and future educational priorities. This is an intention of the organising committee to make this Forum a traditional annual event hosted in Cambridge.

Organising committee:Kazbek Kashkabayev, Bolashak scholar, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge;Klara Murdildina, Bolashak intern, Central Asian Forum, University of Cambridge;Seyfu lmalik Sultanov, Bolashak intern, Central Asian Forum, University of Cambridge.