Ties with US Ambassador strengthened over lunch

Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey met with United States Ambassador David Huebner on Thursday to discuss mutual areas of interest including scholarships, the Ambassador’s informal student ambassador programme - and Vox Robotic championships.The Vice-Chancellor invited the Ambassador to visit and speak on the University’s campuses so students could meet and talk with him. “This is a valuable opportunity as Mr Huebner has an awful lot of offer,“ says Mr Maharey.Mr Huebner says the lunch was an opportunity to inform the Vice-Chancellor about the Embassy’s extension programmes in the education sector. One programme, where students engage informally with the Ambassador over dinner or drinks...