240 Nigerians to begin university education in UK soon

 Vice chancellor, University of Hertfordshire (UH) in the UK,
Professor Quintin McKellar, has said that 240 Nigerian students would
commenced their university education in three months at the
university.

McKellar, who revealed this Tuesday in Lagos at a news conference,
said that the university was one of UK’s largest and located just 20
minutes North of London, with a capacity of about 25,000 students.

He said that the school’s international status was also evident in the
fact that some 6,000 students around the world were taking its courses
outside the United Kingdom.

The vice chancellor said that he was proud of the achievement of
Nigerian students and would like to report that a great number of them
were wonderful ambassadors of Nigeria, contributing both to research
and scholarship.

He said that Nigerian students had consistently shown the spirit of
excellence and positive can-do-demeanour, adding that UH accepted
students from Nigeria from all levels of education at the university.

McKeller said that early entry to the Nigerian market recognised the
potential of MOD Education and when they set up Westerfield College,
there was an agreement to recognise the foundation programmes.

He said that Westerfield College had since built it’s reputation as
good feeder institution from its broad range of foundation pathways
and Cambridge A’ level.

He noted that UH was currently exploring the development of its
Supported Distance Learning (SDL), a project which was in fact at
discussion stages with MOD Education and Westerfield College.

He said that UH had continued to believe in the potential of Nigeria
and the willingness to be a partner in acceleration of Nigeria’s
development as shown in our seeking of ways to be a partner in our
nationhood.

The vice chancellor said that SDL was an innovative way of teaching of
our academically intensive, world-class curricula in a fashion that
helps the students get the most of their studies.

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