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2 April 2024 UUKi blog

2 April 2024 UUKi blog

IHEF 2024 forward look: Anisa Muzaffar, UK Collaborative on Development Research

Anisa Muzaffar, Senior Research and Policy Officer at the UK Collaborative on Development Research, previews International Higher Education Forum 2024 on 1-2 May.
28 March 2024 UUKi blog

28 March 2024 UUKi blog

Two years of twinning: UUKi Director Jamie Arrowsmith

As Director of Universities UK International, Jamie Arrowsmith has overseen the work undertaken as part of both the UK-Ukraine twinning scheme, and the wider grants scheme. In this blog, Jamie reflects on the past two years and his hopes for the future of these flourishing partnerships.
26 March 2024 UUKi blog

26 March 2024 UUKi blog

Two years of twinning: Durham University and Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU)

Here, we speak to those leading the innovative collaboration between Durham University and Zaporizhzhia National University; Professor Jane Macnaughton (Deputy Vice Provost for Research, Durham University), Professor Olena Tupakhina (Vice-Rector, ZNU) and Dr Markian Prokopovych (Associate Professor of Modern European Cultural History, Durham University).
21 March 2024 UUKi blog

21 March 2024 UUKi blog

Two years of twinning: University of Nottingham and the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU)

We speak with Jim Green, Senior Global Engagement Manager (Strategy and Insights) at the University of Nottingham, and Solomiia Rozlutska, Director of the Ukrainian Catholic University Academic Relations Office on a successful twinning partnership.
20 March 2024 International

20 March 2024 International

IHEF 2024 forward look: Dr Diana Beech, London Higher

Dr Diana Beech, CEO of London Higher, looks ahead to International Higher Education Forum 2024 on 1-2 May. Diana discusses the panel she will be joining on ‘regional approaches to international strategy’, London’s role as both a regional and global player, and the other sessions on offer at this year’s Forum.
15 March 2024 International

15 March 2024 International

IHEF 2024 forward look: Alex Bols, GuildHE

Alex Bols, Deputy CEO of GuildHE, looks ahead to his session on small and specialist institutions forming international strategies at International Higher Education Forum.
14 March 2024 UUKi blog

14 March 2024 UUKi blog

Two years of twinning: Cardiff University and Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University (ZPNU)

We speak to Cardiff University on their partnership with Ukrainian institution ZPNU to mark two years of twinning.
27 February 2024 UUKi blog

27 February 2024 UUKi blog

Two years of twinning: challenges in Ukrainian higher education

Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Education, University of Oxford. In this blog, Nadiya discusses the challenges Ukrainian higher education faces.
12 February 2024 International experience and mobility

12 February 2024 International experience and mobility

Strategies for inclusive and sustainable student mobility

Dimitra Boutsioukis, Head of Global Opportunities at Newcastle University, discusses how they built an award-winning approach to inclusive and sustainable student mobility.
1 February 2024 International experience and mobility

1 February 2024 International experience and mobility

How the University of Westminster is expanding global opportunities for students

The University of Westminster explain their institution's approach to expanding global opportunities to all students.
23 January 2024 International experience and mobility

23 January 2024 International experience and mobility

Student mobility: connections that spark understanding and trust

Alison Barrett MBE, Country Director for British Council India, discusses the lifelong connections an international student mobility can spark ahead of Global Mobility Conference 2024.
3 January 2024 UUKi blog

3 January 2024 UUKi blog

The UK has associated to Horizon Europe – what’s next?

Peter Mason, Head of Global Research and Innovation Policy at Universities UK International, explains there is still work to be done to capitalise on the mutual benefits to the UK and EU following Horizon Europe association.

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