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SYRIA PROGRAMME


INVESTING IN SYRIA’S INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL

Pathway to the Future

Free Syrian Army fighter runs along one of Aleppo’s front lines. October 21,
2012. (Photo by Sebastiano Tomada/Getty Images Reportage)


SYRIA PROGRAMME:


PATHWAYS TO THE FUTURE

Investing in Syria’s Intellectual Capital Launched in 2016, in Turkiye, where
the greatest number of Syrian academics had sought safety. The aim of the Syria
Programme is to strengthen and connect Syrian academics, by facilitating
continued academic development and engagement, and contributing new
opportunities to ensure that this major part of Syria’s intellectual and
cultural capital plays its vital role in the future of Syria and its higher
education.

Partnership for the Goal of Quality Higher Education (HE): Developmental
Partnership (UN Sustainable Development Goals: 4 ‘Quality Education’ and 17
‘Partnerships for the Goal’). The partnership model has been central to the
effectiveness of the Syria Programme, which currently benefits from the support
of more than 500 university-based volunteers, as well as the generous support of
Cara Network institutions. This latest phase aims to grow levels of support at
the institutional level, in particular, through a capacity-building
developmental partnership, exploring potential and supporting new and existing
Syrian HE ‘spaces’, including the emerging HE sector in the non-regime northwest
of Syria.

Unique & Innovative The Syria Programme remains the only programme that is
solely and systematically supporting Syrian academics directly affected by the
crisis in the region, including those dedicated to sustaining access to HE.

> “Believe me, I wouldn’t have been able to get back to the academic track
> without Cara; I will never forget that.”
> 
> Sultan Jalabi, Social Scientist

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500+

REGISTERED




200+

ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ONE OR MORE PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES

SP Eligibility Criteria Syrian academics in the Middle East region (including
Turkiye) who have been directly affected by the Syria crisis, whose disciplines
sit within the arts and humanities or humanistic social sciences OR female
academics from all disciplines OR who join as a member of a research team, AND
who meet the Cara definition of an academic, are eligible to apply for the
programme.

Profiles & Numbers More than 500 Syrians from across the discipline spectrum are
registered on the Programme database, of which over 200 are actively involved in
one or more of the Programme’s activities. Disciplines include agriculture,
anthropology, archaeology, architecture, business studies, chemistry,
engineering, linguistics and languages, literature and physics amongst others.
The gender balance remains stubbornly at 1F:5M, down from 1F:8M in 2018, despite
proactive support for female academics, including covering the cost of their
young children accompanying them to Syria Programme workshops and events to
facilitate their participation.

Syrians fleeing war wait at the border to cross into Turkey in September 2014.
(Halil Fidan—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)



SYRIA PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES

respond individually and collectively to the Programme’s overall aim.


ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

English, as the lingua franca of the international academic/scientific
communities, remains critical to supporting engagement within the wider
international academic arena, including access to extant literature and
publication in peer-reviewed journals.

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ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

Academic Skills Development encompasses a number of complementary initiatives to
support the challenging transition between very different HE cultures,
introducing new methodologies and methods and what are broadly accepted as
international standards and good practice in teaching and research. 

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RESEARCH INCUBATION VISITS

Research Incubation Visits (RIVs) four- to eight-week UK university visits to
facilitate professional connection, networking, training, shadowing and
observation, and the development of longer-term collaborative research projects.
Resulting host institution affiliation allows continued access to its online
resources for a minimum of two years. 

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RESEARCH & GRANTS

The two Syria Programme research strands are run in parallel. The first
‘Cara-commissioned Research’ focuses on Syrian HE-related topics. The second, is
a competitive grant stream open to all disciplines, albeit with a particular
interest in the arts, humanities and humanistic sciences. Both provide
action-learning, professional connection and collaboration opportunities through
the Cara partnering model.

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SUPPORTING SYRIAN ACADEMICS


SYRIA PROGRAMME PARTNERS

In addition to the support of the Syria Programme’s core funders, the Open
Society Foundation and Mellon Foundation, and the extensive support and
resources provided by the 135 Cara Network institutions, both in-kind and
financial, and individual volunteers, the Syria Programme also benefits from the
generosity of external partners including Advance HE, The British Council,
Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Newsademic, and Oxford University Press,
in addition to numerous conference and publication fee waivers.

Our Partners


SYRIA PROGRAMME STORIES


MICHAEL JENKINS

‘ONE-ON-ONE’


DR SAAD VAFAI BAAJ

‘THE GREAT FIGHTERS’


DR ANASTASIA CHRISTOU

‘PSYCHE’


DR AHMED HALIL

‘SUNRISE ON THE HORIZON’


DR MAGGIE GRANT

‘THE CALL’


VOLUNTEER

The Syria Programme relies extensively on volunteers, with over 65 EAP tutors
providing weekly online one-to-one sessions, as well as online group ‘English’
and ‘Speaking Practice’ sessions, and over 400 university discipline experts –
the Syria Programme ‘Peer Review College’ – committed to supporting one or more
of the following roles: independent reviewer, editor, research mentor,
‘E-soiree’ presenter, and as developer/facilitator for short training courses
and three- to four-day in-person academic writing workshops in Turkiye. The
‘Peer Review College’ framework allows formal recognition from their
institutions for their Syria Programme-related work. We owe a massive debt of
gratitude to all who give so freely of their time, expertise and energy in an
act of solidarity with their Syrian colleagues.

For more information

> “Working with Cara is one of the best decisions I have ever made.”
> 
> Dr Maria Kyriakidou, SP Mentor

Cara, LSBU Technopark, 90 London Road, London SE1 6LN UK



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