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Refugee access to higher education online: iversity partners with Kiron University
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iversity and Kiron University have closed a partnership to provide refugees with immediate access to higher education without bureaucratic hurdles. Both parties think that access to higher education is the key to integration.
Berlin: iversity and Kiron University have closed a partnership to provide refugees with immediate access to higher education without bureaucratic hurdles. Both parties think that access to higher education is the key to integration.
Many of the refugees coming to Europe at the moment cannot continue their academic education. The lack of legal documents, insufficient language proficiency or simply the limited places available for foreign students in German universities, are among major factors that cost time and hinder refugees from resuming their studies. Because of these barriers in Germany alone, over 100,000 people are unable to tap into their academic potential.
To tackle this problem, Kiron University will enable refugees to complete their first two years of university studies online. Afterwards they can continue their academic education at a partner university, i.e. RWTH Aachen or Hochschule Heilbronn, and receive an accredited degree.
iversity has partnered up with Kiron University to make this possible. Since 2013, iversity has been offering online courses in cooperation with renowned universities throughout Europe, including RWTH Aachen. iversity has developed a considerable course pool, which can be used to offer a decentralised, inexpensive access to higher education. “We are happy that the digital infrastructure we have built can contribute to helping refugees in a fast and unbureaucratic way,” explains Hannes Klöpper, co-founder and CEO of iversity, on the motivation behind this new cooperation.
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