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    Academic mobility and the labor market
    (NUGSE Research in Education, 1(1), 2016-06) Jumabayeva, Zhanna
    The current study is aimed to better understand the concept of academic mobility and identify its labor market outcomes in the context of Kazakhstan. The paper considers whether mobility is an advantage for the domestic employment market and whether it enhances graduates’ employability. The researcher also investigates whether in Kazakhstan students’ participation in the international programs, particularly the Bolashak International Scholarship of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, affects their employment upon completion of their studies. This investigation indicates that increasingly large numbers of students continue to study abroad despite the lack of clear evidence supporting the gains graduates have in finding jobs. This suggests that students who return are not necessarily guaranteed with ideal jobs upon their graduation. Just because someone studied abroad, the competition for them does not disappear: work experience can have a higher priority. Hence, the results of this study showed that the Bolashak program is not always a ticket to a better future, at least in the short term.
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    The Key Drivers of the Unified National Test in Kazakhstan: A Critical Analysis of its Impact on School Leavers
    (NUGSE Research in Education, 1(2), 2016) Jumabayeva, Zhanna
    This study is aimed to identify the key drivers of the Unified National Test in Kazakhstan and to determine its impact on school leavers. The main key drivers of implementing the new assessment policy include the following: saving students’ time, receiving school certificate and combating corruption. The paper also considers whether the Unified National Test is a successful assessment policy. This investigation indicates that there are both advantages and disadvantages in implementing the Unified National Test. For example, with the introduction of new system of assessment, there have been many changes in students’ lives. However, some of these changes are considered as hopeless as they caused social problems like suicide. There were also different issues appeared since the introduction of the Unified National Test including private tutoring, the importance of core subjects, which led to a narrowing of a school curriculum, the hidden curriculum titled Course preparation for the Unified National Test and quality gap in education among various population groups. The results of this study show that the structure in the Unified National Test is overall good, but it can be improved for the better.
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    The Promise of Publication: Reflections from a PhD Student
    (NUGSE Research in Education, 2(1), 2017) Jumabayeva, Zhanna
    Publishing can be useful in a wide range of ways, including the professional growth, worldwide recognition, knowledge acquirement and self-learning that is involved in the process. I would like now to share my experience of having been published in the first and second issues of the journal, established by Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education (NUGSE) in 2016. The requirements for the journal are very rigorous, but the journal is certainly worthwhile for researchers, especially for junior ones like me. When I first heard about the release of the journal, I was so glad to have such an opportunity to get published. I certainly had a previous experience of getting published when I was an undergraduate student...