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Higher education stakeholders from Kazakhstan visited the UK in a bid to strengthen connections between the two countries.

More than 1,000 Kazakh teachers have received training from BSC and Astana International University to boost English as a medium of instruction across Kazakhstan.

We are developing a range of scholarship and benefits packages to make it easy for international students to study here.

The British Council has extended its 'Creative Spark' program in eastern Europe to accept new applications from enterprise-focused institutions interested in improving internationalisation.

Kazakhstan is looking to attract 50,000 international students over the next four years, officials have announced. Partnerships will also be strengthened.

TVETUK has launched on-the-ground offices in both Kazakhstan and Algeria to meet the growing demand for skills development in the oil & gas industries. The organisation says this will secure more agreements for its members.

Quality English (QE) has welcomed a new school already for 2014 - UK school St Georges International. It has also unveiled details of its first mission of the year, which will be to Baku in Azerbaijan and Almaty in Kazakhstan with sister organisation Quality Education (QEd).