2010-12-23 18:09
Dear reader, Due to work overload, I haven’t had the opportunity to update this blog for a while. Regretfully, since my last post, several major developments have taken place tha… Read More
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2010-12-23 18:07
Dear reader, Due to work overload, I haven’t had the opportunity to update this blog for a while. Regretfully, since my last post, several major developments have taken place that… Read More
2010-07-03 09:35
The first Armenian state award for contribution to the development of information technology was given to Mr. Craig Barrett, the former Chairman and Chief Executive of Intel Corporation, the… Read More
2010-07-03 09:34
An interesting article by Kate Chkhikvadze in the Financial, a Georgian online magazine, discusses the educational background of Georgian ministers. This inspired me to do a similar study of… Read More
2010-07-03 09:28
An interesting article by Kate Chkhikvadze in the Financial, a Georgian online magazine, discusses the educational background of Georgian ministers. This inspired me to do a similar study of… Read More
2010-07-03 09:16
The debate on the need and the ways to restructure the science system is currently taking place not only in the post-Soviet countries of our region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia)… Read More
2010-07-03 09:12
According to a government decision dated 17 June 2010, the Alikhanian Yerevan Physics Institute, better known as YerPhl, was granted the status of national research laboratory.Following a re… Read More
2010-07-03 09:05
One of the main themes of the ongoing debate on the reorganization of the science system in post-Soviet transition countries is the role that the national academy of science should play in t… Read More
2010-07-03 08:58
The 3rd issue of ‘Education Monitoring Report’ concerning the state of the secondary education in Turkey was recently published. Based on data from the Ministry for National Educ… Read More
2010-06-20 15:51
The regular informal meeting of Armenia’s ICT leaders took place 12-13 June 2010 in Tsakhkadzor, a resort town near Yerevan. The forum brought together different actors in the ICT sect… Read More
2010-06-20 15:46
The anniversary of Iran’s 12 June 2009 disputed election went away in peace. University student protests, however, continue in different forms.Tara Nesvanderani writes in Politico that… Read More
2010-06-13 17:32
This appears to be the most significant archeological discovery in the region this year: An international team of researchers have found the world’s oldest leather shoe in Armenia. In… Read More
2010-06-13 17:23
One step forward and one step backward, then one step forward and … : This how we can characterize the Turkish policy as regards to the education of the country’s minority stude… Read More
2010-06-09 18:39
The continued absence of local and international education experts in the ongoing debate over the Armenian government’s recent initiative to reopen foreign medium schools is surprising… Read More
2010-06-05 15:28
UNESCO has published the 7th issue of its Science Policy series titled ‘Science and Education Policies in Central and Eastern Europe, Balkans, Caucasus and Baltic Countries’.The… Read More
2010-06-05 15:17
UNESCO has published the 7th issue of its Science Policy series titled ‘Science and Education Policies in Central and Eastern Europe, Balkans, Caucasus and Baltic Countries’.The… Read More
2010-06-05 15:11
According to Bia Turkish online daily, the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party MP Hasip Kaplan has recently revealed the existence of an ‘action plan’, devised by Turkey’… Read More
2010-05-30 13:52
The Armenian Association for Academic Partnership and Support (ARMACAD) has announced a discussion session on Wikipedia in Armenian language. The meeting will take place on 8 June 2010. The… Read More
2010-05-29 07:59
Following Armenian Minister of Education and Science Mr. Armen Ashotian’s 4 day visit to Iran (21-25 May), it has been announced that Iran is ready to reconsider its decision not to re… Read More
2010-05-29 07:55
An atheist family has won a case on compulsory religion classes in Turkey. According to the lawyer representing the atheist couple, the number of similar cases is increasing as more non-beli… Read More
2010-05-29 07:50
In a recent article in the University World News dated 16 May 2010, Mr. Eugene Vorotnikov writes that the level of corruption in Russian universities is steadily growing “despite the e… Read More
2010-05-22 16:02
In his recent speech at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the Armenian Prime Minister, Mr. Tigran Sargsian, outlined his and his government’s vision for the development of scienc… Read More
2010-05-20 17:08
Whoever was hoping that Mr. Armen Ashotian would finally be the Minister of Education that Armenia has lacked since independence - I was not one of them – should be very disappointed b… Read More
2010-05-18 18:51
The European Regional Academy is finally acting in line with its initial purpose; promoting and strengthening closer academic ties with Europe and a better understanding of European integrat… Read More
2010-05-18 18:47
Today.az Azerbaijani news agency is extremely critical of the recent visit of Iran’s Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Mahammadali Mohaggigi to Baku.“During our recent visit to Azerb… Read More
2010-05-18 18:47
Iranian opposition website RaheSabz, via Inside Iran, reports that the crackdown on Iranian universities has intensified as the anniversary of the disputed June 2009 elections approaches.On… Read More
2010-05-18 18:44
Iranian opposition website RaheSabz, via Inside Iran, reports that the crackdown on Iranian universities has intensified as the anniversary of the disputed June 2009 elections approaches.On… Read More
2010-05-16 19:38
The National Assembly is due to discuss a draft new ‘Law on Language’ which will allow the Ministry of Education and Science to open public schools that will use a medium of inst… Read More
2010-05-10 13:52
In the past three weeks there has been an eruption of news concerning education and science in Armenia. We will gradually cover all of them on this blog. To begin with, I am reproducing here… Read More
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