Cambridge, University of Pennsylvania & other top Unis in talks for opening campuses in KPK.

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Going the Oxbridge route? Education City piques top ranking universities’ curiosity

By Umer Farooq
Published: February 11, 2014​

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PESHAWAR: Efforts to attract international universities to the proposed Education City near Swabi seem to have proven fruitful, as four more international universities have expressed an interest in opening their campuses.

In addition to the University of Bradford, the University of Cambridge and University of Nottingham from England, University of Pennsylvania from the United States, and Victoria University from Australia have initiated talks with the Higher Education Department (HED) regarding outposts in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).

An HED official, requesting anonymity, told The Express Tribune that a Pakistani delegation held a meeting with representatives of the institutions at the Education World Forum, an education seminar held annually in London, United Kingdom. The official said the delegation met around 40 representatives from international universities and were expecting a positive response from them. He added Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak has asked for initial plans of the proposed city, which shows the government wants to complete the project as soon as possible.

“We had moved a summary, but the CM said the summary should be resent with the initial plans so the budget is also approved,” said the official. K-P Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, who was also a member of the delegation, said a memorandum of understanding would also soon be signed with Queen Mary University of London.

“The British government and universities have agreed to play a vital role in developing the project,” said Qaiser. “They also showed willingness to hold a seminar in Pakistan to call international universities to open their campuses in Education City.”

The speaker shared that the government plans on inaugurating the project next year. He added the city will be directly linked with the job market, so that unemployment can be overcome simultaneously.

On December 13, 2013, around 20 universities of national and international repute showed their interest in the project. The city, being built near Jehangira, will cover 30,000 kanals of land where National University of Science and Technology, Bahria University and a few other leading universities have already agreed upon opening campuses.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 11th, 2014.

Going the Oxbridge route? Education City piques top ranking universities’ curiosity – The Express Tribune


Lets wish for the best!!

KPK's UniTown project is the most exciting project for me.

 

[Jazzbot]

Going the Oxbridge route? Education City piques top ranking universities’ curiosity

PESHAWAR: Efforts to attract international universities to the proposed Education City near Swabi seem to have proven fruitful, as four more international universities have expressed an interest in opening their campuses.

In addition to the University of Bradford, the University of Cambridge and University of Nottingham from England, University of Pennsylvania from the United States, and Victoria University from Australia have initiated talks with the Higher Education Department (HED) regarding outposts in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).

An HED official, requesting anonymity, told The Express Tribune that a Pakistani delegation held a meeting with representatives of the institutions at the Education World Forum, an education seminar held annually in London, United Kingdom. The official said the delegation met around 40 representatives from international universities and were expecting a positive response from them. He added Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak has asked for initial plans of the proposed city, which shows the government wants to complete the project as soon as possible.

“We had moved a summary, but the CM said the summary should be resent with the initial plans so the budget is also approved,” said the official.

K-P Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, who was also a member of the delegation, said a memorandum of understanding would also soon be signed with Queen Mary University of London.

“The British government and universities have agreed to play a vital role in developing the project,” said Qaiser. “They also showed willingness to hold a seminar in Pakistan to call international universities to open their campuses in Education City.”

The speaker shared that the government plans on inaugurating the project next year. He added the city will be directly linked with the job market, so that unemployment can be overcome simultaneously.

On December 13, 2013, around 20 universities of national and international repute showed their interest in the project. The city, being built near Jehangira, will cover 30,000 kanals of land where National University of Science and Technology, Bahria University and a few other leading universities have already agreed upon opening campuses.


Going the Oxbridge route? Education City piques top ranking universities’ curiosity – The Express Tribune

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KPK Govt is turning it on, this project will be a game changer in education sector in KPK and Pakistan.

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[EyanKhan]

I hope it finishes by the time i complete my A levels but seems like it won't
Anyways great devolpment!

 

[Areesh]

Good development. I hope our own people aka TTP don't ruin it too.

Yahoodi education won't be acceptable for them.

 

[ajpirzada]

so its the 'Taliban Khan' standing up to the challenge again? polio or education, Imran Khan is the only lesson lol

 

[Edison Chen]

This is absolutely great news, guys.

The University of Cambridge, Nottingham or Pennsylvania are all top universities in the world, except Victoria University, totally rubbish, can't be more rubbish!!

Best wishes to Pakistan!

 

[Leader]

All my efforts & dedication to the right cause of supporting Imran Khan, pays off when I hear news like this !

 

[SBD-3]

U Bardford is the AIOU of UK. Except from Cambridge,LBS,LSE,ICL and Oxford. Rest of the universities are pretty much in the same league. Btw talking about Cambridge, they recently joined up with KSBL but after some time, the faculty of U Cambridge refused to visit KSBL campus citing security reasons. Unless peace and stability is not restored, these universities won't proceed with their plans. And most importantly, the education in these campuses wont be available to everyone because you shouldn't expect economical education from ivy-leagues.

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

its great news unless taliban f**k this up

 

[koolio]

Brilliant news, these kind of universities especially in the troubled KPK will educate the people and minimise the threat of TTP who are too backward. Security will need to be very high in the education city, no doubt the TTP will try to screw it up.

 

[mr42O]

@W.11 @batmannow and other MQM jokers ae very queit

 

[A.Rafay]

Awesome news! This will surely elevate the standard of education in Pakistan specially in KP.

 

[Rahi812]

U Bardford is the AIOU of UK. Except from Cambridge,LBS,LSE,ICL and Oxford. Rest of the universities are pretty much in the same league. Btw talking about Cambridge, they recently joined up with KSBL but after some time, the faculty of U Cambridge refused to visit KSBL campus citing security reasons. Unless peace and stability is not restored, these universities won't proceed with their plans. And most importantly, the education in these campuses wont be available to everyone because you shouldn't expect economical education from ivy-leagues.[

These world IV league universities don't open their campuses on any emotional basis. Whenever they do it there is a massive marketing survey they have done it.

No one should be emotional about them.

 

[Nojawan]

its a very difficult job but Insha Allah Imran khan will do it this time too!

 

[Rahi812]

Awesome news! This will surely elevate the standard of education in Pakistan specially in KP.

No emotionalities should attach with these sort of news.