INSPIRE new funding opportunities for Pakistan-UK Transnational Education Partnerships |
As part of our INSPIRE programme, British Council and Higher Education Commission of Pakistan are announcing a new call for proposals to develop Transnational Education Programmes to be delivered in Pakistan. INSPIRE aims to build sustainable strategic relationships between UK and Pakistan Higher Education Institutions. Deadline to submit the Application form is 31st July 2012. For any queries please send an email to inspire@britishcouncil.org.pk |
List of the 26 Partnerships between UK and Pakistani Universities under the British Council’s INSPIRE Programme
The INSPIRE Institution to Institution Strategic Partnerships are networked at an institution to institution level. They are aimed at internationalization of the institutions, capacity building, research and building effective and sustainable impact. Currently, 26 partnerships are running successfully across Pakistan, under two rounds of Strategic Partnerships, operating across the macro level and including sector bodies, government policy makers and institution levels. HE sectors in Pakistan and UK have shown great interest.
In 2010, British Council Pakistan and Higher Education Commission of Pakistan entered into a new agreement for a joint programme of New Strategic Partnerships to be launched for three years. Under this agreement, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan is providing funding to Pakistani partner and British Council is providing funding to the UK partner. This round resulted in 17 partnerships covering a wide variety of subject areas.
| SP No. |
UK Partner |
Pakistan Partner |
Project |
| SP 15 |
Newcastle University |
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore |
Development of water scarcity management strategies in the Upper Indus Basin |
| SP 19 |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad |
Tracking diarrhoea-causing bacteria in Pakistan |
| SP 39 |
University of Liverpool |
Rawalpindi Medical College |
Promotion of early childhood development and the psychosocial well-being of Pakistani children |
| SP 41 |
University of Belfast |
University of Karachi |
Restoration of the native oyster of Pakistan |
| SP 53 |
University of London |
National Health Research Complex, Lahore |
Developing local screening systems to detect congenital hypothyroidism in newborn |
| SP 54 |
University of Bradford |
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi |
Training and educating women parliamentarians |
| SP 55 |
University of Manchester |
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad |
Analysing the cause of hydrocephalus in newborns |
| SP 69 |
University of Southampton |
NUST, Islamabad |
Developing water turbines for electric power generation |
| SP 75 |
University of Birmingham |
Aga Khan University, Karachi |
Studying the biological and clinical importance of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection |
| SP 77 |
University of Leicester |
Hazara University, Mansehra |
Archaeological investigations and their link to heritage in Chitral |
| SP 160 |
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
University of Peshawar |
Assessment of cutaneous leishmaniasis, a skin disease, in KPK |
| SP 166 |
University of Bolton |
Textile Institute of Pakistan, Karachi |
Use of geosynthetic materials technology for provision of clean well water |
| SP 174 |
Newcastle University |
Govt. College University, Faisalabad |
Monitoring Indus River pollution using fish as a bio-indicator |
| SP 178 |
University of Aberdeen |
University of Vet and Animal Sciences, Lahore |
Impact of environmental pollutants on fish and fisheries in Punjab |
| SP 190 |
University of Liverpool |
University of Health Sciences, Lahore |
Developing best practice in learning and teaching of Medical Education |
| SP 192 |
Oxford University |
NUST, Islamabad |
Wastewater reclamation at bench scale using advanced biological treatment technologies |
| SP 195 |
University of Central Lancashire |
Beaconhouse National University, Lahore |
Lancashire to Lahore: Exchanges to develop cultural understanding |
| SP 196 |
University of Essex |
University of Sindh, Jamshoro |
Development of bioinformatics research, teaching and infrastructure |
| SP 216 |
Roehampton University |
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi |
Treating and preventing anxiety among adolescents in Pakistan |
| SP 221 |
University of London |
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan |
Women empowerment and the crisis of good governance in Pakistan |
| SP 225 |
Cambridge University |
Air University, Islamabad |
Increasing the efficiency of wind energy systems |
| SP 227 |
University of Southampton |
Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar |
Supporting SMEs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| SP 247 |
University of Nottingham |
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro |
Building indigenous capabilities for Thar coal development |
| SP 254 |
University of Leeds |
Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences Mehran University, Jamshoro, University of Punjab, Lahore Islamic International University, Islamabad |
Co-combustion of Pakistani coal and biomass in pilot scale combustors |
| SP 266 |
University of Bradford |
Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) and University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir |
The Bradford/Mirpur connection and the global citizenship of its young people |
| SP 271 |
University of Sussex |
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad |
Migration, education and development |
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