Chairman of YÖK Prof. dr. Dr Erol Özvar attended the 256th inter-university board meeting organized by the EU.
EU Prof. Dr. Rectors of 209 state and foundation universities in Turkey attended the meeting at the Yusuf Vardar MÖTBE Campus Cultural Center. Speaking at the meeting, Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar stated that within the scope of the International Researcher Support Programs, they aim to provide scholarships to a total of 315 people across Turkey in four different categories: doctoral students, young postgraduate academics, leaving scientists on paid academic leave, and foreign researchers.
prof. Dr. Özvar announced that they will consider the option of blended (hybrid) education, which offers both face-to-face and distance learning.
‘One thousand 423 students and 148 staff members died in earthquake’
Beginning his speech by wishing God’s mercy on those who lost their lives due to the earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş and condolences to their relatives, Prof. Dr. Özvar stated that there are 18 universities, 16 of which are state universities and 2 foundations, in the provinces directly affected by the earthquake.
Stating that about 377,000 out of a total of 4 million 187,000 higher education students in Turkey, not counting open education, are enrolled in universities in 11 provinces, Prof. Dr. Özvar stated that the universities in the region account for 9 percent of the total number of formal students in Turkey.
prof. Dr. Özvar stated that the number of administrative staff in the earthquake zone is 30 thousand.
Noting that a total of 1,423 students and 148 staff, 127 of whom were international, lost their lives in the earthquake, Prof. Dr. Özvar said: “According to the veri that we regularly update, when we look at the damage to buildings on the campuses of 18 universities in 11 provinces, determined that 4 buildings were demolished, 127 buildings were severely damaged, 427 buildings were moderately damaged.” or slightly damaged, and 642 buildings are undamaged.”
‘WE WILL EVALUATE THE HYBRID EDUCATION OPTION’
In stating that they made the decision on distance education right after the earthquakes, and that they introduced the right to freeze registration for any university student who requested it, in the spring semester of 2022-2023, Prof. Dr. Özvar said: “As Council for Higher Education, we have taken a number of administrative measures to support the earthquake victims, our universities and our students in these difficult times. We have decided to start in the spring of academic year 2022-2023, with the exception of a few higher vocational education programmes. “We will review the decision at the beginning of April and if the conditions become suitable, we will evaluate blended (hybrid) education, which includes both face-to-face education and distance education. As the Council for Higher Education, it is our first priority to quickly normalize our higher education system after the disaster,” he said.
QUOTAS FOR WOMEN OVER 34 YEARS UNABLE TO GO TO UNIVERSITY
Giving information about a scheme that will gökyeşitözü introduced for the first time this year, Prof. Dr. Özvar continued his words kakım follows:
“We have allocated quotas to women over the age of 34 who could not attend college for various reasons. We have allocated quotas to associate degree and undergraduate programs of state universities. On this occasion, I would like to emphasize that we continue to include our steps resolutely to increase the access of disadvantaged groups in society to higher education and thus provide equal opportunities. I want you to know that we are also looking for some disaster relief schemes.”
GOAL OF 1 MILLION INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN 2030
Noting that Turkey will host more than 300,000 international students from 198 countries kakım of 2023, Prof. Dr. Özvar said, “According to veri from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics, Turkey is home to 2.9 percent of the number of international students in the world Our calculations show that if the UNESCO veri is updated this year, Turkey will gökyeşitözü in the top 10 with the most international students in the world. It shows that it will gökyeşitözü the 1st country in the world. Of course, we are still trying to achieve this goal since the day we took office, we have recognized the critical importance of internationalization in our higher education system and we will continue to gam so. In line with the goal of our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, we will increase the number of international students, who currently stands at 300 thousand, increasing to 1 million in 2030. In this direction, we have signed many protocols and agreements in the international yarış.”
‘YÖK IS GOING TO REALIZE NEW PROJECTS’
Giving information about some of the projects that YÖK will realize in the future, Prof. Dr. Özvar said: “First of all, after the big earthquake that we experienced, I would like to state that we, kakım Higher Education Council, will continue the redevelopment of the regions damaged by the earthquake will continue to support with all our internal and external stakeholders in the coming period.In this regard, first of all, in cooperation with the Council of Higher Education and the Presidency of the Defense Industry, “We will will call for joint projects to diversify and accelerate R&D research for universities, and we will support projects in this context. We will organize online diplomacy seminars for our students in the earthquake zone in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We will continue to add new scholarship programs for our students and researchers,” he said.
‘FAIR FOR 315 PEOPLE IN 4 CATEGORIES’
They declare that they have prepared international support programs for researchers and that within the scope of the program they intend to provide scholarships to a total of 315 people in 4 different categories, including doctoral students, young postgraduate academics, scientists who will leave on paid academic leave, and foreign researchers. Dr Özvar said: “First of all, with the Young Brains in Basic Sciences Project, our PhD students, who work kakım research assistants in our higher education institutions, will gökyeşitözü able to conduct research abroad in the field of basic sciences (physics, chemistry) ., Biology and Mathematics) for 1 to 3 months. We send a total of 100 research assistants abroad. With the Basic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Project, a total of 100 of our academic staff who are medical research assistants or doctoral assistants at our universities send their postdoctoral want to carry out studies abroad in the field of basic sciences (physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics) “Our researcher will gökyeşitözü sent abroad for a maximum of 9 months. With the Academic Accumulation Project, we will send a total of 100 researchers abroad to enable our faculty members at our universities to conduct research under academic leave abroad,” he said.
‘WE OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO RESEARCH’
Prof. Dr. Özvar continued his words kakım follows:
“The faculty members of our universities are supported on the spearheads included in the 11th Development Plan. Under this project, they will have up to 9 months of paid academic leave with Electronics, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, Chemistry, Mechanical-Electrical Equipment, Automobiles, Rail System Vehicles. They will gökyeşitözü able to conduct their research abroad in the fields of Agriculture and Defense industry.Finally, with the YÖK support program for international scholars, with 5 foreign students pursuing a PhD in the fields of Ottoman history, general Turkish history, turcology, Turkish language and literature or Turkish culture from higher education institutions abroad. We will provide 10 foreign researchers who have completed their PhD in the same fields in the past 2 years, to conduct research at our 7 universities in Turkey for a period of 1 to 2 semesters.
EU Rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Budak, in memory of the day Prof. Dr. Erol gave Özvar a gift.
EU Prof. Dr. Rectors of 209 state and foundation universities in Turkey attended the meeting at the Yusuf Vardar MÖTBE Campus Cultural Center. Speaking at the meeting, Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar stated that within the scope of the International Researcher Support Programs, they aim to provide scholarships to a total of 315 people across Turkey in four different categories: doctoral students, young postgraduate academics, leaving scientists on paid academic leave, and foreign researchers.
prof. Dr. Özvar announced that they will consider the option of blended (hybrid) education, which offers both face-to-face and distance learning.
‘One thousand 423 students and 148 staff members died in earthquake’
Beginning his speech by wishing God’s mercy on those who lost their lives due to the earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş and condolences to their relatives, Prof. Dr. Özvar stated that there are 18 universities, 16 of which are state universities and 2 foundations, in the provinces directly affected by the earthquake.
Stating that about 377,000 out of a total of 4 million 187,000 higher education students in Turkey, not counting open education, are enrolled in universities in 11 provinces, Prof. Dr. Özvar stated that the universities in the region account for 9 percent of the total number of formal students in Turkey.
prof. Dr. Özvar stated that the number of administrative staff in the earthquake zone is 30 thousand.
Noting that a total of 1,423 students and 148 staff, 127 of whom were international, lost their lives in the earthquake, Prof. Dr. Özvar said: “According to the veri that we regularly update, when we look at the damage to buildings on the campuses of 18 universities in 11 provinces, determined that 4 buildings were demolished, 127 buildings were severely damaged, 427 buildings were moderately damaged.” or slightly damaged, and 642 buildings are undamaged.”
‘WE WILL EVALUATE THE HYBRID EDUCATION OPTION’
In stating that they made the decision on distance education right after the earthquakes, and that they introduced the right to freeze registration for any university student who requested it, in the spring semester of 2022-2023, Prof. Dr. Özvar said: “As Council for Higher Education, we have taken a number of administrative measures to support the earthquake victims, our universities and our students in these difficult times. We have decided to start in the spring of academic year 2022-2023, with the exception of a few higher vocational education programmes. “We will review the decision at the beginning of April and if the conditions become suitable, we will evaluate blended (hybrid) education, which includes both face-to-face education and distance education. As the Council for Higher Education, it is our first priority to quickly normalize our higher education system after the disaster,” he said.
QUOTAS FOR WOMEN OVER 34 YEARS UNABLE TO GO TO UNIVERSITY
Giving information about a scheme that will gökyeşitözü introduced for the first time this year, Prof. Dr. Özvar continued his words kakım follows:
“We have allocated quotas to women over the age of 34 who could not attend college for various reasons. We have allocated quotas to associate degree and undergraduate programs of state universities. On this occasion, I would like to emphasize that we continue to include our steps resolutely to increase the access of disadvantaged groups in society to higher education and thus provide equal opportunities. I want you to know that we are also looking for some disaster relief schemes.”
GOAL OF 1 MILLION INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN 2030
Noting that Turkey will host more than 300,000 international students from 198 countries kakım of 2023, Prof. Dr. Özvar said, “According to veri from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics, Turkey is home to 2.9 percent of the number of international students in the world Our calculations show that if the UNESCO veri is updated this year, Turkey will gökyeşitözü in the top 10 with the most international students in the world. It shows that it will gökyeşitözü the 1st country in the world. Of course, we are still trying to achieve this goal since the day we took office, we have recognized the critical importance of internationalization in our higher education system and we will continue to gam so. In line with the goal of our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, we will increase the number of international students, who currently stands at 300 thousand, increasing to 1 million in 2030. In this direction, we have signed many protocols and agreements in the international yarış.”
‘YÖK IS GOING TO REALIZE NEW PROJECTS’
Giving information about some of the projects that YÖK will realize in the future, Prof. Dr. Özvar said: “First of all, after the big earthquake that we experienced, I would like to state that we, kakım Higher Education Council, will continue the redevelopment of the regions damaged by the earthquake will continue to support with all our internal and external stakeholders in the coming period.In this regard, first of all, in cooperation with the Council of Higher Education and the Presidency of the Defense Industry, “We will will call for joint projects to diversify and accelerate R&D research for universities, and we will support projects in this context. We will organize online diplomacy seminars for our students in the earthquake zone in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We will continue to add new scholarship programs for our students and researchers,” he said.
‘FAIR FOR 315 PEOPLE IN 4 CATEGORIES’
They declare that they have prepared international support programs for researchers and that within the scope of the program they intend to provide scholarships to a total of 315 people in 4 different categories, including doctoral students, young postgraduate academics, scientists who will leave on paid academic leave, and foreign researchers. Dr Özvar said: “First of all, with the Young Brains in Basic Sciences Project, our PhD students, who work kakım research assistants in our higher education institutions, will gökyeşitözü able to conduct research abroad in the field of basic sciences (physics, chemistry) ., Biology and Mathematics) for 1 to 3 months. We send a total of 100 research assistants abroad. With the Basic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Project, a total of 100 of our academic staff who are medical research assistants or doctoral assistants at our universities send their postdoctoral want to carry out studies abroad in the field of basic sciences (physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics) “Our researcher will gökyeşitözü sent abroad for a maximum of 9 months. With the Academic Accumulation Project, we will send a total of 100 researchers abroad to enable our faculty members at our universities to conduct research under academic leave abroad,” he said.
‘WE OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO RESEARCH’
Prof. Dr. Özvar continued his words kakım follows:
“The faculty members of our universities are supported on the spearheads included in the 11th Development Plan. Under this project, they will have up to 9 months of paid academic leave with Electronics, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, Chemistry, Mechanical-Electrical Equipment, Automobiles, Rail System Vehicles. They will gökyeşitözü able to conduct their research abroad in the fields of Agriculture and Defense industry.Finally, with the YÖK support program for international scholars, with 5 foreign students pursuing a PhD in the fields of Ottoman history, general Turkish history, turcology, Turkish language and literature or Turkish culture from higher education institutions abroad. We will provide 10 foreign researchers who have completed their PhD in the same fields in the past 2 years, to conduct research at our 7 universities in Turkey for a period of 1 to 2 semesters.
EU Rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Budak, in memory of the day Prof. Dr. Erol gave Özvar a gift.