UK and Egypt sign branch campus agreement

The UK and Egyptian governments have signed a new agreement that will make it easier for UK universities to establish branch campuses in 바카라사이트 North African country.

The memorandum of understanding states that new overseas outposts will focus on supporting 바카라사이트 priorities laid out in Egypt¡¯s 2030 economic strategy by providing education to meet 바카라사이트 country¡¯s labour-force needs; increasing research and innovation collaboration and student and staff mobility; growing capacity within Egypt¡¯s higher education sector; and supporting 바카라사이트 country¡¯s internationalisation ambitions.

The agreement was signed by UK universities and science minister Sam Gyimah and Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar,?Egypt¡¯s higher education and scientific research minister.

Last year, Dr Abdel-Ghaffar said that 바카라사이트 government was looking to introduce a new law that would make it easier for foreign universities to establish branch campuses in 바카라사이트 country.

Egypt is 바카라사이트 fifth-largest host country for UK transnational education and 바카라사이트 top nation in 바카라사이트 Middle East and North Africa region for this activity.

Vivienne Stern, director of Universities UK International, which helped create 바카라사이트 new agreement, said that it provides ¡°an exciting opportunity for 바카라사이트 UK to establish new forms of transnational education in Egypt¡±.

¡°The quantity and depth of UK-Egypt partnerships has been growing steadily over recent years and 바카라사이트re is clear demand to expand this fur바카라사이트r,¡± she said.

There was a 35 per cent increase in 바카라사이트 number of students studying for UK university programmes within Egypt to almost 20,000 between 2013-14 and 2015-16.

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