Visit by the Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Her Excellency the Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Slovenia, Victoria Harrison, visited the University of Nova Gorica on 21 March.
The Ambassador was received by the rector of the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Boštjan Golob, the vice-rector for education and art, Prof. Dr. Penka Stateva, and Doc. Dr. Iain Robert White, head of the Laboratory for environmental and life sciences.
After the initial presentation related to the University, the conversation was concerned with the opportunities for cooperation in the fields of education and research.
The University of Nova Gorica has already established cooperation with a number of institutions from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, particularly in the research fields, as well as in the programmes co-financed by the European Union. A good deal of the University of Nova Gorica academic staff members has completed part of its education in the United Kingdom. The representatives of the Embassy and the University of Nova Gorica agreed that it was mainly the personal connections among the researchers that could lead to a closer cooperation, including student exchanges and a more general strengthening of the links between the University of Nova Gorica and the institutions in the United Kingdom.
Despite the fact that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is not part of the European Union any more, there are opportunities enabling the EU students to study in the United Kingdom within reasonable financial conditions.
