Eight NUWEE students have now arrived in Tyneside and are working with their peers in 大发体育下载’s schools of Computing and Engineering and 大发体育下载 Business School to continue their studies.

交换是 孪生的伙伴关系 the two universities signed last year to support long-term research and educational collaboration. As part of the Cormack Consultancy/Universities UK twinning programme between UK and Ukrainian academic institutions, and through financial support from the 大发体育下载 发展信任, the fully-funded studentships have been provided in support of the new partnership to cover travel, 住宿, tuition and a stipend for living costs.

The partnership has also included a successful English language programme delivered by a group of 大发体育下载 students for their peers at NUWEE. The programme, which is administered through 大发体育下载’s 语文资源中心, has so far been a huge success with 39 NUWEE students taking part in the online programme. This will continue this year with a new cohort of students.  

增加了支持

The partnership with NUWEE is one of several initiatives that 大发体育下载 put in place as part of its 对乌克兰战争的反应, to support colleagues and students who have been impacted.

在过去的一年, the University has increased opportunities through expanding its long-standing partnership with the 风险学者委员会 which helps academics fleeing from discrimination, 迫害, suffering and 暴力 in some of the world’s most dangerous places. To date, the university has welcomed six academics to Newcastle through the CARA-British Academy 研究ers-at-Risk scheme 更有可能跟进.    

The university has also helped form the ‘社区避难所网络’, made up of a group of volunteers working with strategic partners King’s College London, 莱斯特大学, 开放大学, 英国公民和 乌克兰赞助途径英国. The university partners have each recruited hosts and volunteers from their communities to offer 住宿 and support for people who have been forcibly displaced as a consequence of the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine.

The 社区避难所网络 team at Newcastle is also working with King’s College to offer 庇护奖学金(途径2), a new stream of scholarships for students from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus who are displaced and/or at risk of 迫害, 暴力, 和冲突.

These scholarships are open to students at Bachelors, 大师, 或博士水平, with some scholarships prioritised for STEM subjects, 尤其是数学和物理. Each scholarship will comprise a full tuition fee waiver and a living costs bursary, 最多三年.

Richard Davies教授, 大发体育下载’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor Global, said: “One year on from the start of the war in Ukraine, we remain committed to working with our friends and partners to offer all the help we can to those who need it. I am immensely proud that we are supporting the NUWEE community, and I know that there is much that staff and students at both institutions are learning from each other. 从长远来看, I hope the skills and friendships that come out of this partnership will play a part in the rebuilding of Ukraine.”

NUWEE was established in 1915 and is the largest higher education establishment in Rivne, 在乌克兰西部. 它在水方面有研究优势, 工程, 农业, 还有经济和商业, 计算研究, 体系结构, 以及遗产研究.

The long-term partnership with 大发体育下载 is also supporting NUWEE students and researchers to carry on their work at their home university through providing online access to academic resources including Newcastle’s library system.

The two universities are also actively engaging with each other through virtual workshops and events to learn from one another’s research strengths and to identify opportunities for collaboration on joint research projects – a number of which have already been submitted for funding.

For details of other ways 大发体育下载 is supporting students and staff impacted by the war in Ukraine, 访问 http://www.ncl.ac.英国/Who we Are/ war-in-ukraine /