UK, US launch global university partnership initiative

By Karen MacGregor. In a new global initiative, America and Britain have joined forces to forge university partnerships with emerging economies. The aim is to achieve 40 trilateral partnerships involving 120 universities worldwide in the first year, and up to 600 over five years. The UK-US Global Innovation Initiative, which will last for up to five years, was announced by UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington DC, after the signing of a memorandum of understanding on 10 June. Read more...