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 Twinning

Following the attempted full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russians, and the continuing war, the Ukrainian HE sector is under very significant pressure. Universities in the towns and cities that have been attacked have suffered significant damage, and both students and staff have been displaced. Many of the Ukrainian male students and academics have stayed in Ukraine to fight, and many of the female and international students and female academics have either moved to the west of Ukraine or have left the country altogether, and are now in other European nations. Willing to help Ukrainian HE sector, CCG alongside Universities UK have come up with the model called Twinning which allows international partners to offer tailored support to each Ukrainian university.

The concept is simple: CCG match a Ukrainian university to an international partner of a similar size and profile and facilitates the discussion between the institutions. Partner universities will have a better understanding of the needs and challenges faced by a particular Ukrainian university and will be able to provide the necessary support, targeted and requested.

Such support may include, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Organisation of mobility programmes for students and academic staff;

  • Organisation of free access to databases and/or online credit-bearing courses, which will be further recognized by the UA university; 

  • Access to scientific libraries and repositories;

  • Scholarships for short-term postgraduate research;

  • Education quality assurance for the period of restoration of the education system;

  • Fundraising or creation of a fund for the restoration of the Ukrainian HEI and/or meeting certain targeted needs;

  • Cultural and informational, scientific events among students;

  • Creation of a partnership for research collaboration.

This list is not exhaustive. Ukrainian universities are able to communicate areas in which they feel they need support from the partner institution. We believe that this will help deepen the internationalisation of both International and Ukrainian higher education institutions and help mitigate the crisis.

More information on the scheme you can find on the Twinning website.

 
 

This is what universities and others are saying about Twinning:

  • “Let me congratulate you on this important initiative of twinning and thank all of you have already made efforts to help and strengthen the Ukrainian universities. We really appreciate that the guiding principles of twinning are to support Ukrainian universities and the integrity of the Ukrainian higher education system by supporting universities to continue to support ttheir academics and teach students. 

    What is important for us is to minimise brain drain and we also hope the minimum five year commitments will become key to the renewal of the Ukrainian higher education system after the war.

    We are very grateful that UK twins are currently supporting with immediate needs of their Ukrainian partner universities, academics and students and have already committed significant funding and efforts.

    But what is more important to us is to make such cooperation on a systematic basis which will help Ukrainian universities for the future – a future we are fighting for on all fronts, not just military, but education.

    Thank you for the leadership CCG and Universities UK who put a lot of effort into making our cooperation fruitful and deep. 

    We really appreciate the support from the UK government and believe our cooperation will bring historical results.”

    "We are highly appreciate all Universities who held out the ‘twinning hand’ to Ukrainian universities to show their support in the struggle for the values of freedom, democracy and self-determination. We strive for deeper integration into the global educational space! The Twinning Initiative is one of the best tools for realizing this aspiration!"

  • “We find Charles Cormack’s "Twinning Initiative" very promising. The idea of launching a programme of support when our University is twinned with an institution of higher education of a similar profile from the UK as a reliable partner will definitely contribute to enhance the quality of higher education in both universities, exchange best practice as well as recognize opportunities for future development and creating positive space for research and new ideas. Especially for Mariupol State University that is now temporary displaced to Kyiv”

  • “Cooperation with Charles and his association is a great opportunity and the first experience in this field for our University. It's an honor for us to have such partner.  We hope this collaboration will be very useful for both sides and due to the situation in Ukraine we believe it will let us to take a step to our win. Everyone should work in their own place and do their best. So this cooperation will let us realize plans and projects we had before war.  We really appreciate  friendship of UK and hope for further cooperation!”

  • “Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University expresses its respect to you and informs you that we appreciate your interest in our cooperation and partnership. We sincerely hope that our cooperation with Charles and his associates in project “ Twinning” will be very best experience we have had.”

  • “My deep gratitude to the Cormack Consultancy Group for supporting the Ukrainian HEIs  in difficult times for our country. We would especially like to note the high professionalism of the organization's employees, their desire to look for appropriate options for cooperation and help Ukrainian lecturers to develop and improve their competence”

  • “I want to thank Charles Cormack from the Cormack Consultancy Group for their solidarity with Ukrainian Universities and for starting an important Twinning Initiative. The professionalism and experience of their team allowed our university to find a twinning partner from the UK. We have begun the first contacts, and I hope we’ll soon identify common interests for mutually beneficial collaboration.”

  • “We’ve started to work with Cormack Consultancy Group in August 2021 to develop NUWEE global profile by improving the strategy of internationalization and development of strategic international partnerships. Cooperation with CCG was one of the best decisions as with their professional assistance we have shaped new and innovative models for international activity.

    Moreover, joining the “Twinning initiative” coordinated by Cormack Consultancy Group with the support of the UK Universities is a really exciting experience and opportunity to establish a fruitful long-standing partnership. We also really appreciate the numerous support CCG is rendering to us promoting our applied research and education projects and contributing to the NUWEE international portfolio.

    Once more we’d like to express our deep and sincere gratitude to Charles and the whole team of Cormack Consultancy Group for their expertise and competency, continuous and unwavering support cordial relationship we continue to enjoy.”

  • “Cormack Consultancy Group provides an opportunity to develop international cooperation between higher education institutions, which is based on a comprehensive discussion of ideas and should be central to the experience of scientists of Dnipro Humanitarian University in conducting research in multicultural programs.

    Constructive discussion of areas of cooperation in education and science allows to form the basis for the exchange of academic knowledge and ideas between teachers and students of the Dnipro Humanitarian University and St. Mary's University (UK)

    International cooperation with the University of St. Mary in the field of research is the impetus for the qualitative development of the Dnipro Humanitarian University in educational and scientific activities.

For more information and if you want to join, please contact us at ukraine@consultcormack.com.

Visit Twinning website for more

Visit Twinning website for more