We form new strategic partnership with Fujitsu The University of Northampton’s Business School is pleased to announce that it has formed a strategic partnership with Fujitsu, the world renowned IT company.
The partnership will offer both undergraduate and postgraduate students the opportunity to work closely with Fujitsu, with mentoring, site visits and guest lectures planned for the future. The two organisations will also work collaboratively on both academic and commercial research.
We expand our engineering partnership in China The University of Northampton’s partnership with China’s Nanyang Institute of Technology (NIT) recently expanded with its first intake of students on to the BEng Electromechanical Engineering programme.
During a visit in late April 2015 (arranged and supported by Senior Lecturer and Partnership Manager, Dr Huijuan Su), the inaugural intake of 120 students were taught by staff from the University’s department of Engineering and Technology.
The partnership involves regular visits to develop and support the students’ transition to studying at the University of Northampton.
University researcher volunteers with refugees Dr Saneeya Qureshi, PhD, a Researcher in the Institute for Social Innovation and Impact, says she has been profoundly affected by the plight of refugees after volunteering in Budapest in September 2015. Whilst attending a conference in the Hungarian capital, Saneeya found some spare time to help refugees who were camped at Keleti Palyaudvar in the city.
She said: “These refugees have so much dignity. They’re so brave and positive. I’ll never forget them as long as I live. I think something inside me has changed forever.”
You can read Saneeya’s full account of her experience by visiting her blog:
www.saneeya.wordpress.com
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Giving our time to refugees Students and staff from the University of Northampton are continuing with their efforts to support refugees in Calais and across Europe. Over 2,600 essential items have been donated, sorted and boxed up by our staff and students, ready to be distributed across the Channel.
Father Timothy Curtis, Senior Lecturer in the School of Health, leads the project, with assistance from Executive Officer, Nick Allen. Tim comments; “Our work will continue, with plans to take our students to Calais, and in the longer term, as a community we will be helping refugees if they arrive in Northampton, helping them to settle.”
A Facebook group has been set up to allow people to follow the initiative and get involved:
www.facebook.com/groups/ refugeeswelcomenorthampton
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