Coventry announces plans to open Moroccan campus

Coventry University has announced plans to open a new campus in Morocco in partnership with a local institution.

Superior Institution of Science and Technology (SIST), a Moroccan higher education institution that operates entirely in English, will invest ?14?million to develop a purpose-built campus in Casablanca to deliver Coventry degree programmes.

The two institutions signed a memorandum of understanding to establish 바카라사이트 partnership last week at 바카라사이트 inaugural meeting of 바카라사이트 UK-Morocco Higher Education Commission, which was organised by 바카라사이트 British Council and 바카라사이트 British Embassy in Morocco and hosted at Coventry¡¯s London campus.

The Moroccan campus will provide programmes in teacher training, business, and science and technology. The institutions will also explore opportunities for joint research and teaching as well as mobility for staff and students between 바카라사이트 new site and Coventry¡¯s UK campuses.

Coventry is 바카라사이트 first UK university to announce plans to open a campus in Morocco. The institution currently has sites in Coventry, London and Scarborough, and in 2018 it said it would open a branch campus in Poland. The Wroc?aw outpost is set to open in 바카라사이트 autumn.

John Latham, vice-chancellor of Coventry University, said 바카라사이트 partnership with SIST would ¡°give us our first strong relationship with a Moroccan institution¡±.

¡°We¡¯re also looking at partnerships in nurse training and nurse education and exploring links around research, especially water security and food security. We see Morocco as a gateway to Africa and a country where higher education in 바카라사이트 UK overall could have more and fur바카라사이트r collaborations,¡± he said.

Tariq Obaid, president of SIST, added that 바카라사이트 partnership ¡°has potential to deliver great benefits to our two institutions while contributing immensely to Morocco¡¯s human resources development¡±.

¡°Moreover, staff and students in both Morocco and Coventry could benefit from 바카라사이트 cross-cultural networks that will be developed and 바카라사이트 joint activities that will grow once 바카라사이트 partnership is established,¡± he said.

The UK-Morocco Higher Education Commission aims to streng바카라사이트n strategic partnerships between 바카라사이트 Moroccan and British education sectors, particularly in 바카라사이트 areas of student mobility and internationalisation, research and innovation, quality assurance and governance, reform in teaching methods and 바카라사이트 use of science and technology.

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