Glasgow Univ sign agreement with CU

Updated on: Monday, November 14, 2011

University of Glasgow, Scotland, signed an agreement with University of Calcutta today to work together and increase collaboration.
 
The MoU was signed with by Glasgow University Principal and Chancellor Prof Anton and Calcutta University Vice-chancellor Suranjan Das. The agreement focuses on collaboration in arts research and a fellowship for a staff member or post graduate student to undertake masters study in museum studies at Glasgow in 2012.
 
It aims at working specifically on Glasgow University special collections for curating an exhibition scheduled in 2014, with the timing potentially to be linked with Commonwealth Games. Other areas of collaboration will be explored between the two universities, including student and staff exchange, collaborative research projects, lectures and symposia.
 
"The commitment we made to work more closely with CU reflect the collaborative nature of our two universities," Muscatelli said. "By working together with our partners in India, we can conduct research that can truly transform the world, offer opportunities to our students that could change their lives," he added.

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