IV Republican fair “Karaotkel-2010” opens today in Astana to show achievements of the agro-industrial complex. It was preceded by an international forum “Kazmeat&Milk 2010 yesterday.

In two years the Business school of “Nazarbayev University” starts training managers, financiers, policymakers rating high in Kazakhstan and other countries. According to the director of the academic development department at the “Nazarbayev university” Asylbek Zhanaizarov, from January next year the Business school will be holding short-term trainings in marketing strategy, financial analysis and management for middle and senior managers. And in September 2012 first would-be masters start their training course.

There are no complaints from refugees about the Committee for migration under the labor and social protection ministry, the ministry’s sources say.

A session of the OSCE Permanent Council hosted by the Austrian capital heard a presentation by Sagit Ibatullin, the chairman of the International Aral Sea Salvation Fund (IASSF), who called on his colleagues from the Aral region for more effective interstate interaction to prevent the ecological threats in the sea basin.

One of the ways of advancing quality in higher education is the ranking of higher education institutions (HEIs). In his state-of-the-nation Address the President tasked RK higher education establishments to join the ranks of the world’s best universities. National ratings are also relevant as they show school leavers and their parents, employers and state bodies, international and public organizations the quality of Kazakhstan HEIs and promote their emulation. The results of the ranking are posted on the web-site of the Independent Kazakhstan Quality Assurance Agency in Education (IQAA) www.iqaa.kz. In the article we set out the criteria by which the ranking of Kazakhstan’s best universities in 2010 was conducted.