🇺🇦🇬🇧 Vice-Rector for Scientific Work Serhii Stirenko and Director of the Institute of IEE Oksana Vovk, as part of a delegation from Ukraine, visited universities in the United Kingdom to develop further cooperation in the field of higher education and science (within the UK-Ukraine Twinning Initiative, joint projects in Horizon Europe, joint projects, etc.). The delegation visited Cardiff University, Birkbeck University of London, and University College London (UCL).
During the visit to Cardiff University, scientific projects of Igor Sikorsky KPI in the field of cybersecurity, miltech, humanitarian demining, etc. were presented.
As part of Ukrainian Week in the UK, six leading British universities joined the Coalition of Ukrainian Studies, a Ukrainian government initiative to promote the study of Ukraine in higher education institutions around the world. Over the course of a year, 24 universities from around the world, from Canada and the US to Norway, Austria, and Japan, joined the coalition.
Ukrainian Week in the United Kingdom 2025 "Discover Ukraine: A Week of Knowledge and Culture" is organized and implemented by the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies (GCUS) under the patronage of First Lady Olena Zelenska, in close coordination with the President of Ukraine's Foundation for the Support of Education, Science, and Sports, the Ukrainian Institute, and the Office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Support was provided by the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the British Council in Ukraine, the International Renaissance Foundation, and ISAR Unity. British partners UK–Ukraine Twinning Initiative and Cormack Consultancy Group, as well as leading universities in the United Kingdom, also participated in the implementation.