SUPERVISORY BOARD

Work experience:

• S.M. Kirov Kazakh State University - trainee researcher (1980-1982);
• M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University - postgraduate student (1982-1985);
• Assistant, Senior lecturer, Associate Professor, Deputy Dean of S.M. Kirov Kazakh State University (1985-1994);
• Republican Testing Center - Deputy Director (1994-1995);
• Republican Center for New Educational Technologies in Education - Head of the laboratory (1996-1997);
• Ministry of Education, Culture and Health, Head of the Sector (1998-1999);
• National Center for State Standards of Education and Testing - Chief Project Manager (2000-2001);
• Vice-Rector for Educational and Methodological Work of the Kazakh National Agrarian University (2001-2003);
• Director of the National Center for State Standards of Education and Testing (2003-02.2007);
• Chairman of the Committee on Supervision and Certification in the Field of education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (13.02.2007 - 09.2007);
• President of the Kazakh National Academy of Education named after Y.Altynsarin (09.2007 - 2011);
• Rector of the Kazakh University of Technology and Business (08.2011 - 01.2013);
• Rector of the International Academy of Business (14.01.2013 -11.2013);
• Vice-Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (13.11.2013 -08.2016);
• Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Head of the sector (07.2016 -06.2017);
• Rector of the Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abai (from 06.2017 - 2021);
• Director of LLP "Central Asian Regional Glaciological Center under the auspices of UNESCO" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (from 2021 to the present).

Awards and achievements:

• Honorary certificate of the Ministry of education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1993);
• Honorary diploma of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2006);
• Jubilee Medals of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• Honorary title of the Republic of Kazakhstan "for merits in the development of Science of Kazakhstan" (2007);
• Badge of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan "S. Altynsarin" (2009);
• Knight of the Order of Parasat (2018).

Publications: author of more than 140 scientific articles, 5 monographs, textbooks and manuals, more than 10 standards and 20 instructions on education and testing.

Education: Kazakh Chemical and Technological Institute (diploma with honors), chemical engineer-technologist (1966 - 1971). Postgraduate study at the Institute of Organic Catalysis and Electrochemistry of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences (1973-1976 г.).

International internships: Humboldt University (Berlin, 1978-1979), Indiana University in Bloomington (2001), KOICA Agency in South Korea (2002).

Academic degrees and titles: Candidate of Chemical Sciences (1977), Associate Professor (1982), Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences (Moscow State Pedagogical University, 1999). Professor of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2001).

Work experience:

• Vice-rector for Educational work: the Kyzylorda Institute of engineers of agricultural production, Zhambyl State University, Taraz State University named after M. H. Dulati (1992 - 2001);
• Deputy Director of the Department of state inspection and monitoring, Deputy Director of the Administrative Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2001 - 2006);
• Director of the National Accreditation Center MOES RK (2006 - 2008);
• President of the Independent Kazakhstan Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (2008 - 2009);
• Deputy Head of the Centre for Strategic Research and Analysis of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2009 - 2011);
• President of JSC "Information-analytic center" MES RK (2011 - 2013);
• President of the Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA) (2013 - present).

Scientific works, publications: author and co-author of 3 monographs, 4 textbooks, 6 standards and more than 170 scientific and methodological articles.

Awards: awarded the jubilee medal "10 years of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan", badges: "Excellent Student of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (1995), "Honorary Worker of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2004), "Ybyray Altynsarin" (2005); knight of the Order "Kurmet" (2021).

Work experience:

• Head of the Division for Higher Education in the Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia (1998 - 2001);
• Head of the Office of Academic Affairs at Tallinn University of Technology (2002 - 2009);
• Consultant for National Qualification Framework (NQF) in the Consulate of European countries (2008 – 2009);
• Expert in Bologna Process in Estonia (2009 - 2013);
• A short-term expert in a joint project of Finland and Estonia on Development of Quality Assurance Systems (2012 - 2014);
• Director of International Cooperation and Development at Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education (EKKA) (2009 – 2018);
• Director of the Board of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) (2015 - 2018);
• Quality Manager of the University of Tartu (2018 - 2021);
• Manager of the Department of Higher Education Policy and Regulation, Ministry of Education and Knowledge of Abu Dhabi (UAE)(2021 - 2023).
• Head of Higher Education, Education and Youth Board (2023 - present).

Research studies, publications: Dr Maiki Udam published more than 15 articles. She is a contributor and a coordinator of research projects and ENQA projects: "Transparency of European Higher Education through Public Quality Assurance Reports (EQArep)", "Internal Quality Assurance Assessing Impact: Using External Reviews and Evaluations in Internal Quality Assurance".

Certificates: She is a holder of professional development certificates issued by international organizations.