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Brazil seeks new NI partnerships

29th June 2016

REPRESENTATIVES from Brazilian universities travelled to Belfast recently to link up with their Northern Ireland counterparts.

Senior academics from Brazilian’s top universities visited as part of a UK-wide trip to seek out long-term academic partnerships and find out more about our Higher Education Sector.

During the trip, organised by the British Council in conjunction with ABRUEM (Brazilian Association of State and Municipal Universities), the delegation discovered what Ulster University had to offer with tours of the Ulster Business School Financial Innovation Lab, a presentation on Ulster’s International Profile and a tour of their Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre.

The day ended with a welcome reception at Belfast City Hall, hosted by the newly-elected Lord Mayor, Alderman Brian Kingston, who commented:

“The work of the British Council in fostering global collaboration through educational and cultural exchange programmes such as this undoubtedly is of huge benefit, especially when it comes to helping us to get the foot in the door of new and emerging markets, from which we can benefit through co-operation in fields of mutual interest.”

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