On the 27th of February – the 3rd of March the work package 2.4 held the 3rd Masterclass, “Creation and capacity building of Research Committees for the improvement of Master and PhD Nursing education”.

This Masterclass aimed to unify and finalize three following main directions for the improvement of Assessment of Master and PhD thesis in Nursing Science in Kazakhstan Universities, – namely:

a) the assessment criteria,

b) guidelines for the procedures of assessment and

c) guidelines for establishing Research Committees for the assessment of Master’s and PhD thesis in Nursing.

A total of 33 participants, academic staff, students and experts in the field of nursing science took part in the Masterclass from the partnering Kazakh and European Universities. Assessment criteria for Master’s and PhD thesis assessment, guidelines for the procedures of the assessment including Research Committees were established.

The partners discussed the future planning of implementation and dissemination of the outcomes of the Masterclass. The Kazakhstan participants made an agreement and shared their plans for implementation of the Masterclass outcomes in their respective Universities.