As part of an educational mission to Wuhan City in the Hubei Province of China,South West College and Xiangyang Vocational and Technical College have sign a memorandum of Understanding. The memorandum was signed in Beijing on the 8th December by Malachy McAleer CEO SWC, 李菲 Li Fei, President of Xiangyang College and countersigned by First Minister Arlene Foster MLA.
The memorandum is the first stage in a relationship which hopes to deliver a range of collaborations, including curriculum and course design between the two institutions. This fits perfectly with the aspirations of ‘Further Education Means Success’ which states under Policy Commitment 20 – Operating Internationally, colleges will, with the Department for the Economy, explore commercial opportunities to deliver more services in the international market.