Germany sets standard for business outreach, says v-c

By Jack Grove. Universities should seek inspiration from Germany when looking to involve business in their school outreach programmes.
That is the view of Mary Stuart, vice-chancellor of the University of Lincoln, who said her institution’s partnership with the German electronics giant Siemens showed how higher education could work with industry to reach children from deprived areas. Speaking on 21 March at a roundtable event in London organised by AccessHE, which coordinates outreach work for higher education institutions in London, Professor Stuart said Siemens, which has a factory in Lincoln, had become closely involved with many aspects of the university’s activities after helping it to open a new engineering school two years ago. Read more...