Universities - Help for refugee researchers and students extended
Two Hamburg aid programs for refugee researchers and students will be extended until 2025. In order to continue the "UHHhilft" and "Hamburg Programme for Scholars at Risk" programs over the next two years, the Ministry of Science has secured funding, it announced on Wednesday. The programs at Universität Hamburg (UHH) offer quick and unbureaucratic help for researchers and students who are prevented from continuing their studies or academic careers due to flight or displacement, it said.
Science Senator Katharina Fegebank emphasized that it is important for people with a history of flight to find a connection as quickly as possible. "The two aid programs make this possible in an exemplary way," said the Green politician. "I am therefore delighted that we have been able to secure funding for 2024 and 2025 so that the success story can continue and this important work can be continued at Universität Hamburg."
UHH President Hauke Heekeren emphasized that both programs are successful and have had a lasting impact. "With "UHHhilft" in particular, we are seeing above-average positive effects in the admission of international students."
The program, which has been running since 2015, aims to make it easier for refugee students to access higher education - for example through preparatory classes and language courses. The main funding of the project by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) will expire at the end of this year - the science authority is therefore providing 100,000 euros for the aid program for each of the next two years.
"Since the winter semester 2022/2023, around 250 people per semester have been actively participating," the authority announced. "The demand among refugee students and researchers for support remains very high," she explained with regard to both programs.
The second program, "Hamburg Programme for Scholars at Risk", has been providing researchers on the run with scholarship funds of 2,000 euros per month for a stay in Germany for one to twelve months since 2019. The science authority had already previously supported the project and will now fund it with a further 125,000 euros until 2025. "A total of 30 scholarship holders (18 from Ukraine alone) have already been supported, who were and are accommodated at the University of Hamburg, the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW) and the Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HFBK)."
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- The extension of the 'UHHhilft' and 'Hamburg Programme for Scholars at Risk' aid programs until 2025 will also benefit migrant students studying at Universität Hamburg.
- Katharina Fegebank, the Hamburg Science Senator, commended the 'aid program' for its significant impact on refugee students, expressing her delight in securing funding for its continued operation at Universität Hamburg.
- The 'Hamburg Programme for Scholars at Risk' provides financial aid to researchers in distress, having already supported 30 scholars, including 18 from Ukraine, at various Hamburg universities since 2019.
Source: www.stern.de
