Levant Education organised a workshop last week (March 5th) bringing Azeri government officials and 35 UK universities together to learn more about the Ministry of Education scholarship programme, and how to improve cooperation between universities and the government.
As we revealed in November last year, the number of Azeri scholarships is on the rise, with a 70% increase in funding from oil & gas revenues meaning the number of scholarships from Azerbaijan will increase to cover around 600 students from September.
During the workshop Sirus Rustamov and Muzhdat Hasanov, from the Azerbaijan Ministry of Education Department of Foreign Relations, outlined how the programme was progressing, how students were fairing and how university international & admissions offices could improve communication and cooperation.
