UAE- Ajman University signs MoU with the British Council

1/21/2016 7:38:52 AM

(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))

AJMAN 21st January 2016 (WAM) -- Ajman University and the British Council have signed a MoU that aims to offer IELTS exams on the Ajman and Fujairah University Campus.

Professor Ahmed Ankit Assistant to President for External Relations Dr. Basheer Shehadah Assistant to President for Follow-up and Development and Dr. Khaled AlKhaja Dean College of Information Mass Communication and Humanities welcomed the British Council delegation which included Nick Godfrey Regional Exams Manager Marc Jessel British Council Director and Md Nayeemur Rahman Country IELTS Manager.

Prof. Ankit thanked the British Council's representatives for establishing the partnership which marks the culmination of a relationship that goes back eight years when Ajman University first met with British Council officials. The British Council brand name Professor Ankit added is associated with high professionalism accuracy transparency and these are the values that Ajman University sought when it decided to introduce IELTS exam on its campus.

Dr. Shehadah and Dr. Al Khaja reiterated the aspiration to extend this cooperation to areas of educational development arts and intercultural dialogue through programmes such as TEFL faculty training programmes CELTA and DELTA student exchange programmes faculty exchange programmes and mutual participation in events.

Mr. Godfrey and Mr. Jessel thanked Ajman University for their warm welcome and endorsed the ideas presented by the representatives. They hoped that Ajman University and the British Council can built on this straightforward agreement which aims to making IELTS accessible to more students to strengthen the ties between the two partners and cooperate in programmes related to pedagogy development and the Research Connect programme.

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