An Erasmus Mundus scholarship recipient, Artur completed his master’s degree in International Business Management at the University of Huddersfield, UK with honors in February 2015. In recognition of his academic excellence, Artur received a Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship to continue his study of Econometrics in the university’s PhD program. Artur attends seminars on current teaching methodologies in economics at the University of Westminster as well as seminars at the University College of London on nonparametric approaches in economics that he will use in his post-graduate research. In addition, Artur conducts training sessions and tutorials for students from Central Asia in the area of statistics and its applications in economics and finance.