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SUPPORTING REFUGEE RESEARCHERS AS A EURAXESS SERVICE CENTRE

Eleni Andrianopulu January 18, 2018 EURAXESS Switzerland Network Meeting

Geistes-, Natur-, Sozial- und Technikwissenschaften – Transcending Boundaries

Germany´s universities and refugees at a glance

• 418 universities; 2,85 millions students; 358.895 international students from China, India, Russia, Austria, Italy, 24206 international doctoral students; international researchers from USA, UK, Switzerland, France, Austria. Germany is in the TOP 3-5 in all host country parameters of internationals

35% of the refugees entered Germany 2013-2016 have a secondary school certificate (Germany average 51%); 13% have a degree in the tertiary education (17% average Germany)

Sources: destatis 2017/18, 2016/17, Wissenschaft weltoffen 2017, IAB-BAMF-SOEP 2017

Already more than 12,500 students

1982

1990s Broadening the range of studies from basic to applied disciplines

5,000 students | 10 faculties | Mission of interdisciplinarity combined with a culture of open communication

Foundation and early years 1969 to 1976

History

1 | Profile

History

Success in the Excellence Initiative

2007 Over 24,000 students | 13 departments | more than 110 degree programmes| 4,600 staff | 238 PhDs and 12 habilitations completed in 2015

Today

Work starts on Campus Bielefeld

2010 Further success in the Excellence Initiative

2012

1 | Profile

2009

40 years of Bielefeld University

Research Profile – Transcending Boundaries

2 | Excellence in research


Excellent contacts

More than 100 international cooperations between faculties worldwide

More than 1,800 international students • 22,9% Linguistics and Literary Studies, 15,2% Law, 10,6% in

Sociology • 19,8% Turkey, 6,4% China, 5,3% Poland

More than 400 international researchers from 1. China, 2. USA, 3. Russia, 4. India, 5. Italy


Bielefeld University rankings

• DFG-Funding Ranking (2015) absolute rank 33; relative/adjusted rank 8, in North-Rhine Westphalia rank 1

• Humboldt Ranking (2017) absolute Rank 22; relative/adjusted Rank 12; Sciences absolute rank 19, relative 6

• THE Ranking 100 under 50 rank 22; Germany rank 4


Service for international professors, PostDocs, doctoral students and their families; International Student Barometer 2016 Welcome Centre Rank 3 in Europe, Prize Integration Concept Humboldt Foundation 2011

Support for 2000 researchers from 100 countries since 2010

Welcome Centre/EURAXESS Service Centre


• 4 fields of action for the internationalisation measures

• Visibility and reputation of the institution

• Research

• Studies and Teaching

• Culture Proactive provision of space and frame for critical thinking

• Magna Charta signatory August 2017

• Internationalisation Strategy 2016-2019


• Field of action: Refugees

• Refugee students and applicants

• Refugee scholars and scholars at risk fully implemented

• Concept in 2016 adopted

• Scholars at Risk Network member since July 2016

• Founding member Germany Section

• Diversity Concept towards a Diversity Policy 2016-2010


Integration of Refugee students and Applicants

Summer term 2015 – ongoing


• Campus OWL International Regional cooperation in Eastern Westphalia (5 public universities) -- Agreement(s) in vigor • Homepage refugees • Clearing Office for refugees Mercator Foundation 160.000 euros

•Immatriculation regulations changed •Guidance

• Language courses and integration preparation programme German Test to Admission – DSH: DAAD Integra, DAAD NRWege ins Studium, DAAD Welcome, Bertelsmann Foundation, Mercator Foundation 1.500.000 euros New regulation adopted for certified DSH-courses and tests 300 applicants/100 seats per semester; 45% test sucess rate

• Support and supervision during studies •Guidance •Academic and scientic writing tutoring

• Orientation course for Sciences Qualitätspakt Lehre, DAAD Welcome, DAAD Integra • Kiron-Open Higher Education

•Cooperation Agreement in vigor •BA Business Administration and Economics •BA Computer Science

Projects at Bielefeld University


Integration of Refugee Academics in the labour market

August 2017 – ongoing


• Qualification programme for teachers • 270 applicants/25 seats • Afghanistan, Armenia, Guinea, Iraq, Pakistan

and Syria • Cooperation Ministry for Education North

Rhine-Westphalia, Municipal Integration Centres

• Funded by the Bertelsmann Foundation

Lehrkräfte Plus – Teachers´ Career Restart Programme


Integration of Scholars at Risk and Refugee Researchers

October 2015 – ongoing


• Guiding

• Matching

• Mentoring

• Access to all services of Uni Bielefeld on the spot, such as

• Welcome and Career Advisory Services

• German classes, seminars, library access etc.

• Travel reimbursement

Full Services for circa 50 Refugee Researchers & SAR


Countries of Origin

1. Turkey 2. Syria 3. Iran 4. Iraq 5. Azerbaijan 6. others


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Current Career Stage


20 Refugee Researchers relocated at Bielefeld University


• Start with matching them with an academic mentor of your university

• Ca. 15 scholars searching for a mentor or a supervisor from Bielefeld University

• Educational Sciences, Production Management, Sociology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Political Sciences, Agricultural Science, Philosophy

• You want to support a scholar in danger?


• Mailing-List for ca. 80 colleagues, mentors and refugee researchers and scholars at risk: Conference Calls, Vacancies, Scholarships, Trainings, Information (ca. 6-10 e-mails per month) [email protected] Sign up: [email protected] • 2nd Bielefeld Network Meeting in Spring 2018

• Do a Study Visit to a EURAXESS Centre with more experience

•Scholars at Risk Global Congress in Berlin 23-27 April 2018

• Enhance your network

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


BRiDGE – Bridge for Researchers in Danger Going to Europe

Starting in Spring 2018


BRiDGE Frame

• Horizon 2020: SwafS -26-2017: Science4Refugees-Support to highly skilled refugee scientists

• Grant: ca. 370.000 euros

• Consortium: Bielefeld University (Coordinator), ETH Zürich (Switzerland), Sofia University (Bulgaria/EURAXESS BHO), CERTH (EURAXESS BHO), ELIAMEP, EKKE (Greece), TÜBITAK (Turkey/EURAXESS BHO)

• Broad pool of relevant experts with advisory role: Scholars at Risk Network (New York University), Adopt an Academic (Freie Universität Berlin), German-Syrian Research Association


The “Balkan Route”


BRiDGE for the EURAXESS Network

• Support of refugee researchers (RRs), with special attention paid to early and late stage post doc researchers and professors of all ages, especially those displaced in Germany, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey. • The case-to-case support focuses on career development advisory services, training, and academic and non-academic mentoring for the RRs. Identify and utilise the potential of RRs across Europe. • Instructive and motivating materials to academic and non-academic mentors • Trainings for academic and non-academic mentors and refugee researchers • Promotion of best practices in the EURAXESS network through trainings and activities, and forms a network and pool of experts visible on the EURAXESS Science4Refugees site.


Thank you!

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