10 September 2007

Visit of High Commissioner of Malawi

Photo opportunity - 5 pm, Tuesday September 11th
Dr Moto with medical students and staff.
New education and teaching block (Heathfield)
University of Dundee

Dr Francis Moto, High Commissioner of Malawi, will visit the University of Dundee on Tuesday September 11th.

Dr Moto will meet with students and staff to discuss a range of possible links between Malawi and the University, supporting the Scotland Malawi Partnershp.

These will include a new programme which will see medical students working in a hospital in Malawi. There will also be discussions centred around the distance learning programmes the University already runs in Kenya and Eritrea.

Professor James Calderhead, Vice-Principal of the University will host the visit.

Further details will be issued tomorrow (Tuesday Sept 11th)

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Roddy Isles
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University of Dundee
Nethergate Dundee, DD1 4HN
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