A call for applications for the INTERLINKS small Grants program has been opened to develop a strategy for the development of transnational education between the UK and Kazakhstan

The competition is open from December 15, 2021 to January 31, 2022.

The British Council in Kazakhstan offers a small grants program for the development of cooperation in higher education between universities in the UK and Kazakhstan.

This application competition is part of the Going Global Partnerships (GGP), the British Council's global higher education program. The overall goal of GGP is to create stronger, more inclusive and globally connected higher education systems that support economic and social growth, with the UK seen as a reliable partner and supplier.

About the Small Grants Program

A grant of £10,000 will be provided to each of 5 British universities to establish partnerships with 5 universities from Kazakhstan in order to start a dialogue and plan the development of a strategy for transnational education.

Expected results:

The application should include an action plan to analyze the needs and opportunities, resources of all participating partner universities, market research and other activities to find matching areas of interest and gather information for strategy development.

The result should be in the form of a developed strategy for the creation of specific tools, products and/or structures of transnational education. This may be a joint program (academic course, double degree, academic mobility of teachers and/or students, research project, etc.), the creation of a campus (the use of a franchise) or implementation through a partner organization.

The strategy development process should take up to four months, from March 1 to June 30, 2022.

Any requests for this program should be sent to e-mail: Nadia.Trubova@britishcouncil.org