{"id":24689,"date":"2021-09-16T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tnu.tj\/?page_id=24689"},"modified":"2021-09-16T16:56:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T11:56:20","slug":"the-global-challenges-research-fund-gcrf-compass-project-has-been-shortlisted-for-the-international-collaboration-of-the-year-at-the-times-higher-education-the-awards-2021-widely-known-as-the-oscars-o","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tnu.tj\/index.php\/en\/the-global-challenges-research-fund-gcrf-compass-project-has-been-shortlisted-for-the-international-collaboration-of-the-year-at-the-times-higher-education-the-awards-2021-widely-known-as-the-oscars-o\/","title":{"rendered":"The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) COMPASS project has been shortlisted for the International Collaboration of the Year at the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2021, widely known as \u2018the Oscars of Higher Education\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Global Challenges Research\nFund (GCRF) COMPASS<\/a> project, hosted by the University of Kent in\npartnership with the University of Cambridge (UK), ADA University (Azerbaijan),\nBelarusian State University (Belarus), TNU (Tajikistan) and the University of\nWorld Economy and Diplomacy (Uzbekistan), has been shortlisted for the\nInternational Collaboration of the Year at the Times Higher\nEducation (THE) Awards 2021<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GCRF COMPASS project works\nwith higher education institutions (HEIs) from former Soviet Republics to develop\nglobal partnerships and more sustainable learning capacities through resilience<\/strong>\nin the face of adversity and crisis. Led by Professor\nElena Korosteleva<\/a>, in partnership with Dr\nSiddharth Saxena (COI, Cambridge)<\/a>, Rosalind\nBeeching (Project Manager, Kent)<\/a> and Prajakti Kalra (Research\n& Communication Officer, Cambridge)<\/a>, the GCRF COMPASS<\/strong> consortium\ninvolves six Research Institutions, 24 members of staff and 100 affiliates. For\nits success it owes especially to the younger generation of scholars including but\nnot limited to Dr\nIrina Petrova<\/a>, Dr\nMuzaffer Kutlay<\/a>, Dr\nDiana Kudaibergenova<\/a> and Dr\nAnastasiya Kudle<\/a>nko<\/a> for\ntheir incredible enthusiasm, dedication and scholarship!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project has been recognised\nby the judge\u2019s panel of THE Awards 2021 for its creative collaborations,\nimaginative communication of research results, and tremendous achievements in\ndifficult circumstances of war, conflict, uprisings, Brexit and the COVID-19\npandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supported by its International\nAdvisory Board of policymakers, practitioners and academics across the globe,\nGCRF COMPASS fosters excellence through successful research integration, policy\nimpact and community engagement. Despite the complex challenges both in the UK\nand the region, the project team, represented in the region by national team\nleads – Nargiz\nIsmayilova<\/a>; Artsiom\nNazaranka<\/a>; Munira\nShahidi<\/a> and Ulugbeck\nHasanov<\/a> – has built close relationships, resulting in new\nresearch projects<\/a>, international\ntraining schools for Early Career Scholars<\/a>,\nFuture\nLeaders Policy Forums<\/a>, academic workshops<\/a>\nand seminars<\/a>\nand signature\nconferences<\/a>. The result has been educational\npartnerships<\/a> and the project outputs have informed peace and\nreconciliation between former adversaries and investing in a more sustainable\nfuture for the region and beyond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project team helped its\npartners, both in the UK and the region, to nurture signature specialisms to\nbecome global hubs in resilience<\/strong> (Kent and Cambridge), migration <\/strong>(Belarus),\nconnectivity<\/strong> (Azerbaijan), regional security<\/strong> (Uzbekistan) and cultural\ndiplomacy<\/strong> (Tajikistan). The project has produced<\/a>\n9 monographs and edited volumes; 6 Special Issues; over 100 journal articles\nand policy briefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Korosteleva<\/strong> said: \u2018We are\ndelighted that the GCRF COMPASS project has been shortlisted for International\nCollaboration of the Year<\/strong>. GCRF COMPASS has succeeded to deliver, in spite\nof the Covid-19 pandemic, civil unrest, border conflicts, war and other complex\nchallenges. Exceeding ambitions, the project has produced nearly 300\npublications, 7 follow-up projects, with over 40 virtual conferences and\nworkshops in the last year alone. We are proud to have created sustainable\nlinks within the region, which were impossible a few years ago and proved that\nreal partnerships build true resilience. We look forward to expanding our\nresearch network in the future, to foster excellence in the UK, and globally<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Saxena<\/strong> ( Cambridge), Project CO-I said that \u2018the opportunity offered by this collaborative endeavor\nhas allowed us to draw together multiple threads of research directions,\nrelationships and capacity from across Central Eurasia, UK and Europe into long-lasting\nstrategies for development and progress. Through our project we have been able\nto weave this robust and colourful narrative of collaboration, like a carpet,\nwhich will continue be useful for us and others for the times to come<\/em>.\u2019\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The THE Awards 2021 ceremony\ntakes place on 25 November 2021. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) COMPASS project, hosted by the University of Kent in partnership with the University of Cambridge (UK), ADA University (Azerbaijan), Belarusian State University (Belarus), TNU (Tajikistan) and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (Uzbekistan), has been shortlisted for the International Collaboration of the Year at the Times Higher Education<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24690,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnu.tj\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnu.tj\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnu.tj\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tnu.tj\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tnu.tj\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tnu.tj\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24691,"href":"https:\/\/tnu.tj\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24689\/revisions\/24691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tnu.tj\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tnu.tj\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}