- Over 50 UK universities and colleges prepare to attend this year’s Education UK Exhibition in Nigeria
The Project Manager, British Council, Sephora Imomoh, has
explained why the UK is a popular and preferred destination for many
international students. She attributes it to the United Kingdom’s (UK)
educational system that is strongly reputed for research, innovation and
creativity. Speaking at a recent media briefing to announce the
12th annual Education UK Exhibition coming up in Lagos and Abuja, she
further stated that education in the United Kingdom is built on the
tradition of innovation, a constant process of evolution that challenges
convention and encourages independently-minded people, a system which
encourages self expression and initiative.
She pointed out that this accounts for why its universities and
colleges attract some of the world’s leading academics and industry
professionals, noting that the system has evolved to meet the challenges
of this age. This dynamism, she said, underscores the fact why
international students from 200 nations and scores of Nigerian students
each year, join close to 2,000 local Scottish and Wales, Northern
Ireland and English students to study in the UK.
The Lagos and Abuja education fair slated for November 8 and 11, 2014 respectively, is expected to have in attendance, over 50 universities, colleges and schools coming from the UK to Nigeria. The exhibitions are targeted at students who desire to study in the United Kingdom and would avail participant the opportunity to meet one-on-one with representatives of the visiting institutions.
It is also designed to showcase and help intending students receive direct advice on opportunities and possibilities available to them for study within the UK education system and to provide first-hand information to suitably qualified students who are interested in a UK educational qualification.
Shedding more light on the upcoming fair, Director Programmes, Nigeria, British Council, Louisa Waddingham, explained that the UK education fair is a popular event that attracts an unprecedented number of students, parents and educators. She stated that Britain holds the UK Education Exhibitions very close to her heart because through it, the British Council is responding to the ever-growing educational needs of the teeming Nigerian population of school age in a constructive and proactive way.
“The UK education sector has always had a very strong interest in the Nigeria context. And every year, we have a lot of institutions that want to come here, want to meet potential students and their parents and their educators and do what they can to support Nigeria’s development through an education provisions. It’s important to the UK,” Waddingham said.
However, another import of the exhibition, she remarked, is to set in motion, wheels of development to help grow the Nigerian economy, particularly, the education sector. “In addition to bringing students from Nigeria to the UK, we talk to institutions, parents and students to see what the UK can do in Nigeria in the education context here to support peoples’ development, that’s a new developmental thing that we can take forward”.
The Programmes Director informed that all alumni of British universities, colleges and other institutions are expected to grace the fair and share their wealth of experience with participants.
While fielding questions from newsmen, Imomoh noted that Britain has a way of ensuring that education acquired by Nigerian students in Britain helps to boost the Nigerian economy considering the fact that bulks of Nigerian students who go to study abroad do not return.
Citing examples, she said; “But, for some of the schemes that we run, such as Commonwealth Scholarship scheme, we track it. When you’re a Commonwealth scholar, you go to the UK; you’re required to come back and contribute to your community. And so, we follow up with these people; what are they doing after they return. Concluding, she said there are a number of alumni from the UK that are contributing to the growth of Nigeria.
The Lagos and Abuja education fair slated for November 8 and 11, 2014 respectively, is expected to have in attendance, over 50 universities, colleges and schools coming from the UK to Nigeria. The exhibitions are targeted at students who desire to study in the United Kingdom and would avail participant the opportunity to meet one-on-one with representatives of the visiting institutions.
It is also designed to showcase and help intending students receive direct advice on opportunities and possibilities available to them for study within the UK education system and to provide first-hand information to suitably qualified students who are interested in a UK educational qualification.
Shedding more light on the upcoming fair, Director Programmes, Nigeria, British Council, Louisa Waddingham, explained that the UK education fair is a popular event that attracts an unprecedented number of students, parents and educators. She stated that Britain holds the UK Education Exhibitions very close to her heart because through it, the British Council is responding to the ever-growing educational needs of the teeming Nigerian population of school age in a constructive and proactive way.
“The UK education sector has always had a very strong interest in the Nigeria context. And every year, we have a lot of institutions that want to come here, want to meet potential students and their parents and their educators and do what they can to support Nigeria’s development through an education provisions. It’s important to the UK,” Waddingham said.
However, another import of the exhibition, she remarked, is to set in motion, wheels of development to help grow the Nigerian economy, particularly, the education sector. “In addition to bringing students from Nigeria to the UK, we talk to institutions, parents and students to see what the UK can do in Nigeria in the education context here to support peoples’ development, that’s a new developmental thing that we can take forward”.
The Programmes Director informed that all alumni of British universities, colleges and other institutions are expected to grace the fair and share their wealth of experience with participants.
While fielding questions from newsmen, Imomoh noted that Britain has a way of ensuring that education acquired by Nigerian students in Britain helps to boost the Nigerian economy considering the fact that bulks of Nigerian students who go to study abroad do not return.
Citing examples, she said; “But, for some of the schemes that we run, such as Commonwealth Scholarship scheme, we track it. When you’re a Commonwealth scholar, you go to the UK; you’re required to come back and contribute to your community. And so, we follow up with these people; what are they doing after they return. Concluding, she said there are a number of alumni from the UK that are contributing to the growth of Nigeria.
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