START project, led by Dr. Ivana Radonova by the Ministry of Education and Science, was presented in the latest issue of the Academic Bulletin “Refugees: Today and Tomorrow”.
In the article “The Social Dimension of Higher Education with a Focus on Migrants and Refugees” Dr. Ivana Radonova outlines the challenges and commitments of European universities and national policies to create an accessible, inclusive and equal academic environment. Special attention is paid to the participation of refugees and migrants in higher education and to the specific mechanisms that can facilitate their integration and academic progress.
The academic portal and the academic newsletter are dedicated to forced migration and have the mission to unite “under one roof” all achievements on the topic of refugees of the scientific community in Bulgaria. The academic portal is also the Bulgarian response to the aimed at Art. 43 of the Global Refugee Treaty of 2018: “A global academic network for refugees, another forced migration and stateless persons will be created, which will include universities, academic communities, research institutes, together with UNHCR and other interested parties, with the purpose Support the goals of the global contract. “