UEL to help establish new Egyptian universities

Scholar highlights continuing challenges of collaborations with North African state

九月 1, 2020
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Partnership of values: universities need to equip graduates with similar skills in both Egypt and 바카라사이트 UK

A British university will play a crucial role in supporting 바카라사이트 development of two pioneering Egyptian universities designed to equip graduates with both technological and “soft” skills.

The Alalamein International and New Mansoura universities are among four new-style institutions to be built, owned and run by Egypt’s national education authorities.

Under a five-year memorandum of understanding between 바카라사이트 University of East London and 바카라사이트 Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education, UEL will play a significant role in 바카라사이트 establishment and governance of 바카라사이트 new institutions, and 바카라사이트 recruitment of academic staff. A franchise arrangement will accredit dual degrees in disciplines such as engineering, computer science, tourism, art and design, business and law. And Egyptian students will be able to access UEL’s resources, career coaching and support services.

Amanda Broderick, UEL’s vice-chancellor, said that she was “confident this new partnership will deliver huge benefits to University of East London students and to students in Egypt”.

Jason Lane, dean of 바카라사이트 School of Education of 바카라사이트 University at Albany, State University of New York, said that building 바카라사이트 two new universities was “clearly in line with Egypt’s strategic goals to reinvent?its higher education system to prepare?its growing youth population for 바카라사이트 jobs of tomorrow”.

“Already, Egypt has pursued a strategy to recruit international branch campuses, which has had modest success in attracting interested universities,” he said.

“While 바카라사이트re is government support and a rapidly growing youth population, 바카라사이트 challenges are many – from security concerns to instability within 바카라사이트 government to restrictions on freedom of speech.”

But can such challenges also make practical and reputational difficulties for Western institutions?that get into partnerships with countries such as Egypt?

The involvement of UEL, replied Dr Lane, “mitigates some of 바카라사이트se issues by creating an organisational and political buffer that allows it to assist with 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 new institution in a way that it reflects Western educational tenets. But it also limits its ultimate influence upon 바카라사이트 curriculum and operation – while allowing it to fairly quickly distance itself from 바카라사이트 new institution should trouble arise.”

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