Summary
Seven universities from the UK visit Amity University, Noida to discuss potential academic and research collaborations
The education scenario has changed post-pandemic and there are opportunities to tie-up in fields such as psychology, life sciences, communications and media as well as research
A delegation from seven UK universities, including University of Leeds, Lancaster University, Cardiff University, University of Kent, University of Portsmouth, De Montfort University and University of London, comprising 12 members, visited Amity University at Noida, Uttar Pradesh, to discuss the potential areas of academic and research collaborations. Hosted by the British Council, the delegation’s visit to Amity University was a part of the top four university visits in Delhi NCR and the only one in Noida/Greater Noida.
Addressing the gathering, Colin Bryan Riordan, president and vice-chancellor, Cardiff University, stated, “Cooperation and collaboration are highly significant for the growth of an institution. The pandemic has changed the education scenario and has provided a huge number of opportunities for research in various fields. Today, we have a lot of education programmes and there are several opportunities to collaborate in diverse fields including psychology, life sciences, communications and media, amongst others.”
Speaking on the occasion, Simon Charles Guy, pro vice-chancellor Global (Digital, International, Sustainability), Lancaster University, said, "UK's structure of funding in research has changed after the pandemic and UK has created several options, such as Global Challenges Research Fund, Blended Fund and other funds which will no longer be a constraint for the students who are looking for research projects."
Simon Christopher Bradbury, pro vice-chancellor International and dean for the Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities, De Montfort University, averred, “We plan to explore various potential areas of partnership with Amity in multiple domains such as sustainability, climate change, fashion design, cyber security and health and aim to transform the education system by providing a lot of new opportunities to the students.”
Vivienne Stern, director, Universities UK International, talked about international research collaborations, where she highlighted the importance of the quality of research."Joint Degrees are the future of education and this is a great opportunity to bring together the strengths and opportunities of two renowned Universities through a mutually beneficial collaboration," she said.
Highlighting the collaboration between Amity and the UK, Atul Chauhan, chancellor, Amity University, said, "“Amity has shared a great long-standing relationship with the UK as we opened our first international University in London in 2009. The trust which the British Government has shown in Amity is really remarkable and my recent meeting with Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of UK, has been very fruitful and result-oriented."
Emphasizing upon the significance of the visit, Balvinder Shukla, vice-chancellor, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, said, "Amity is poised to become a truly Global Education Group and this visit from the UK universities will further provide impetus through strengthening of international collaborations for unique and advanced degree programmes, especially under the NEP 2020. Amity shares the same synergies with UK Universities and the interest areas of the UK universities are similar to those of Amity.”
Explaining about the various areas of collaboration, Gurinder Singh, group VC, Amity Universities, said, ”Amity has been sending approximately 4000 students to the UK every year. Amity also received the highest number of students from the UK as part of our India Immersion programme. Through the NEP, a lot of opportunities for the UK and Indian Universities have emerged.”
The visit concluded with felicitations of the visiting members and their tour of the Amity University Noida Campus.
Last updated on 09 Jun 2022
