NRI News:
Wolverhampton
University, UK to open office in Delhi
to attract Indian Students
London, Feb. 10, 2005
Ashok Shaw
Wolverhampton University of UK will open an office
in New Delhi on Feb. 2006 to attract Indian students
for higher studies.
NRI,
Lord Paul is chairman of Caparo Industries, Chancellor
of Wolverhampton University, holds eleven Doctorates
from England, Switzerland, Russia and USA will launch
this office
On February 16, Lord Paul along with his son Angad
Paul will visit the company's new plants in Haryana,
Rajasthan and Greater Noida
Wolverhampton Polytechnic was granted university
status in 1992 and thus became the University of Wolverhampton.1994
saw Wolverhampton become the first UK university to
be awarded the Charter Mark for excellence in customer
service. The amalgamation of two local nursing colleges
in 1995 formed the School of Nursing and Midwifery
at the Walsall campus. Wolverhampton Science Park
- a collaboration between the university and the local
council - opened in 1996. Its aim was to forge a link
between local businesses and the university's research
departments.
The final years of the 20th century saw a huge amount
of development and expansion for the university. Two
new state-of-the-art learning centres were opened
at the Telford and City campuses in 1998. These learning
centres were a fusion of traditional libraries with
high-tech facilities, aimed at providing a greater
range of accessible materials for students. The following
year the university opened the Arena Theatre on the
City campus along with the new SC building in Telford.
The SC building became home to two new projects: DELTA
and the Competitiveness Centre. DELTA was a new department
aimed at the propagation of the latest information
and communication technologies in education, whilst
the Competitiveness Centre had the same goal, but
for local businesses.
In 2000 the university announced plans to spend £60m
on a seven-year plan to rebuild and revitalise its
campuses. This redevelopment aimed to solve its problems
with lack of space, and to make it a learning environment
truly fit for the 21st century.
