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Monday, May 16, 2005

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U.K. varsity teams to interact with students

Staff Reporter

Visit is to attract potential overseas candidates

CHENNAI: : Several United Kingdom universities will send their representatives to Chennai over this month to raise their profile among students bent on overseas education.

Officers from various universities will be here to interact with prospective students between May 17 and 28, said Reena Verma, Edwise International, which is organising interview sessions.

Amanda Kerns, a representative of London South Bank University, will be here at 4 p.m. on May 17. The university is one of the largest in London. It sees itself as a progressive, dynamic institution combining traditions of excellence in vocational and applied subjects with specialist industrial and professional links. It aims to provide courses, which equip students for future employment, and is committed to maintaining close links with industry and the local community

South Bank offers a wide range of courses in arts and human sciences, business, computing and information management, engineering and science.

The University of Nottingham's international officer, Alexandra Broekma, is here on May 20, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The University of Nottingham remains one of the U.K.'s 10 most targeted universities by recruiters. Some 2,000 employers approach the university each year for recruitment.

The University of Manchester's international officer David Budd is here on May 24, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

The University of Manchester has been created by bringing together The Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST, two of Britain's most distinguished universities, to set up what is expected to be the largest single-site university in the U.K., offering students a greater choice of degree programmes and options and much better facilities and support services.

The University of Newcastle officer is here on May 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

From its origin in 19th-century medicine and physical sciences, the university has developed a strong and vibrant inter-disciplinary research base. More than 2, 000 overseas students choose to study here. The University of Essex will depute its international officer Jane Longford Horder on May 26 to interact with students between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

It is one of the U.K.'s leading academic institutions and has an international reputation for the quality of its research and teaching. The University of Glamorgan's representatives Claire Hobbs and Lee Jones are here on May 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It has 18,876 students, of whom 1,533 are from foreign countries.

The university provides good employment prospects with more than 200 courses are available.

The representative from University of Ulster will be for the whole day on May 27. The university's course menu is the largest in Ireland, covering arts, business and management, engineering, information technology, life and health sciences and social sciences. Courses have a strong vocational element, and the majority includes a period of industrial or professional placement.

Susan Mcgiffen will represent the University of Stirling from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on May 28.

Stirling prides on its diverse international community, represented by 80 nationalities and accounting for 13 per cent of the student strength.

Edwise can be contacted at 520689 85/86/ 87.

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