Doctoral students of the Department of Religious and Cultural Studies Utebayeva Dinara and Kabidenova Zhuldyz are situated on scientific internship at the Middlesex University, London. As part of scientific internship, doctoral students attend scientific seminars, where get scientific advices with a discussion of the key issues of research works from their Foreign Advisor, Professor Louise Ryan, who is also the co-director of the Social Policy Research Centre, at Middlesex University.

Also, doctoral students have met with the specialists of the London Centre for Social Science, where Rosa Vercoe coordinator of the center offered a number of research programs for students and lecturers. During the meeting were discussed issues related to the establishment of relations and possibilities for further cooperation with the al-Farabi Kazakh National University.