To offer IELTS exams in its Ajman and Fujairah campuses

Ajman, UAE, 27 January 2016

In an official signing ceremony, Ajman University of Science and Technology (AUST) and the British Council signed a MoU that aims at offering IELTS exams in AUST's Ajman and Fujairah University Campuses.

AUST Management Committee: Prof. Ahmed Ankit, Dr. Basheer Shehadah, and Dr. Khaled AlKhaja welcomed The British Council delegation, which included Mr. Nick Godfrey, Regional Exams Manager, Mr. Marc Jessel, British Council Country Director, and Mr. Md Nayeemur Rahman, Country IELTS Manager.

Prof. Ankit, thanked the British Council's representatives for establishing this partnership, which strengthens the two organisations' relationship that goes back eight years, when AUST first met with British Council officials.

"The British Council name is associated with high professionalism, accuracy, and transparency, and those are the values that AUST Management sought when it decided to introduce the IELTS exam," added Prof. Ankit.

Dr. Shehadah and Dr. Al Khaja reiterated the aspiration to extend this cooperation to areas of educational development, arts, and intercultural dialogue through programs such as TEFL faculty training programs (CELTA and DELTA), student exchange programs, faculty exchange programs, and mutual participation in events.

Mr. Godfrey and Mr. Jessel thanked the Committee for their warm welcome and endorsed the ideas presented by AUST Management Committee, and hoped that AUST and the British Council can build on this agreement, which aims at making IELTS accessible to more students, to strengthen the ties between the two partners and cooperate in programs related to pedagogy development and the Research Connect Program.

Mr. Aabdallah ElDsuki, CEC Coordinator, Mr. Hisham Al Metnawy, Halls and Events Manager, Mr. Amer Khalaili, Office Manager, and Mr. Danny Parseghian, Office Manager attended the ceremony.

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