IV Eurasian Higher Education Leaders Forum
The theme of this yearÕs Forum was ÒGraduate Employability in the 21st Century: key competencies and modern labor market.Ó ÒNazarbayev University took the initiative and created EHELF, a platform for discussing pressing issues in higher education in Kazakhstan as well as globally. Our Steering Committee researches and chooses the most relevant topics for the Forum each year. The topic of EHELF-2015, employability of graduates, employment and labor market, is relevant for us,Ó - says Shigeo Katsu, the President of Nazarbayev University. ÒNazarbayev University is a unique university established in partnerships with some of the worldÕs best universities. And this year, we are graduating our first cohort of 446 undergraduate and graduate students. And, as the majority of our students will hit the job market, it is very important for us to understand whether our students meet the demands of industry and business, and how we should reflect these demands in our programsÓ Ð concluded Katsu.
