This poster presentation will focus on the work of the BRIDGE project, set up in 2004, which aims to increase collaboration between Russian and UK universities, increase awareness of the education systems in each country and build sustainable partnerships between institutions. The project involves funding for partnerships
between UK and Russian higher education institutions to develop dual awards, Master's and CPD programmes, science and technology projects to develop dual awards and research collaboration, and other initiatives. The poster will discuss implications of the project, including changes in the institutional systems. In Russia, for example, BRIDGE has contributed to educational reform towards Bologna beyond the level of the individual institutions involved.