Lahore, The University of Health Sciences (UHS) will send 10 PhD students to the University of Liverpool (UoL) for study every year.
A formal contract was signed at UHS on Thursday by UHS Vice Chancellor
Prof IA Naveed and UoL Executive Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Ian Greer. UoL
Director of Postgraduate Studies at the Centre for Lifelong Learning,
Prof Ian Willis, Director of Studies in Learning and Teaching Dr Janet
Strivens, UHS Registrar, Dr Asad Zaheer and Controller of Examinations,
Prof Junaid S Khan were also present.
According to the agreement, UoL will not claim research support fee in
different academic programs and will also offer a scholarship to each
Pakistani student which would be equal to tuition fee for the full
period.
The candidates will be interviewed through video conference/Skype by a
panel of Liverpool faculty. Prof Naveed further said that interview had
already been done and the project had the support of the British Council
and the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
Prof Junaid said that we are positioning ourselves as a global
university where we are reaching out to institutions all over the world.
He further said that University of Liverpool is a member of famous
Russell Group which is an organization of 20 major research concentrated
universities of the United Kingdom.
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