Rector Pham Quang Minh visits the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom)

On the first day of the working visit, the delegation from the University was welcomed by Professor Nick Miles, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham. During the meeting, the leaders of both universities highly appreciated the importance of promoting and further developing the image of both universities to students in both countries and affirmed that this project is a good start for the cooperative relationship between the two sides.

From left to right: Professor Pham Quang Minh, Dr. Catherine Gegout - Project Coordinator, Professor Wyn Rees - Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham.

On the second day of his working visit, Professor Pham Quang Minh met with Professor Neville Wylie - Vice-Chancellor for Cooperation with the Americas, Professor Katharine Adeney - Director of the Asia Pacific Institute, Dr. Catherine Gegout - Project Coordinator, Professor Helen Foster - Deputy Head of International Cooperation, and Mr. Steve Vaccarini - Senior Manager of the Employment, Partnership and Student Exchange Program, University of Nottingham. Representatives from both universities shared their views and desires to create the most favorable conditions for their staff and lecturers to conduct research at the partner university for a maximum of 6 months, encouraging the implementation of comparative and interregional research between the UK and Vietnam. Leaders from both sides also discussed the content of the dual degree program to be implemented in cooperation and future research directions. The partner also proposed the possibility of collaboration between the University of Nottingham's branches in China and Malaysia and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities. Facilitating opportunities for students participating in the dual degree program between the University of Nottingham and USSH to undertake internships in the UK and discussing the content of the formal cooperation agreement between the two universities.

From left to right: Prof. Katharine Adeney - Director of the Asia Pacific Institute, Prof. Neville Wylie - Vice-Chancellor for the Americas, Prof. Pham Quang Minh, Dr. Catherine Gegout - Project Coordinator, and Prof. Helen Foster - Deputy Head of International Cooperation, University of Nottingham

During this visit, the delegation led by the Rector was also welcomed by Professor Michele Clarke, Vice-Rector for Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation, and Professor Wyn Rees, Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations. Both sides introduced their respective programs in Political Science and International Relations and discussed in detail the tuition fees that could be applied to Vietnamese students participating in the dual degree program at the University of Nottingham.

According to the project program, at the end of May 2017, a delegation from the University of Nottingham will visit the University of Social Sciences and Humanities to further discuss the details of the proposed cooperation program and sign a formal cooperation agreement between the two universities.