{"id":1614,"date":"2020-12-14T15:49:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T15:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2020-12-14T15:49:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T15:49:31","slug":"erasmus-project-supports-graduate-outcomes-in-kenya-and-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/2020\/12\/14\/erasmus-project-supports-graduate-outcomes-in-kenya-and-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Erasmus+ project supports graduate outcomes in Kenya and UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

A project designed to improve graduate\u00a0<\/span>outcomes<\/span>\u00a0in the UK and Kenya was launched at an online event in early December. The University of\u00a0<\/span>Kent<\/span>\u00a0has<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>won funding from the EU\u2019s Erasmus+ programme to establish the collaboration with the University of Nairobi\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>UoN<\/span>)\u00a0<\/span>in Kenya<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The project launch was supported by\u00a0<\/span>distinguished speakers among them Ambassador\u00a0<\/span>Raychelle<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Omamo<\/span>, Cabinet Secretary for\u00a0<\/span>the Ministry\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>Foreign Affairs<\/span>\u00a0of the Republic of Kenya<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>herself a<\/span>\u00a0Kent alumn<\/span>a<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0the Education\u00a0<\/span>Attache<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>from<\/span>\u00a0Kenya<\/span>n\u00a0<\/span>High Commission, Dorothy\u00a0<\/span>K<\/span>amwilu<\/span>, and\u00a0<\/span>Mr. Geoffrey Kimani<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Chairman of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Kenyan National Chamber of Commerce and Industry<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Amb<\/span>assador<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Omamo<\/span>\u00a0said that she was delighted to join in celebrating the start of this exciting programme, a key feature of which is\u00a0<\/span>training<\/span>\u00a0to improve students\u2019\u00a0<\/span>employability\u00a0<\/span>skills and career planning.\u00a0<\/span>An illustrious Kent alumna with fond memories\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>her time in\u00a0<\/span>Canterbury, the University is proud to have Amb<\/span>assador<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Omamo’s<\/span>\u00a0support.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During the project launch, representatives from Kent\u2019s First 500 – alumni who formed the first student cohort when Kent opened in 1965 – shared their insights into career development with an audience of current students.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The two-year project is significant for both Kent and UoN with international collaboration as a means of boosting students\u2019 global prospects at the heart of institutional strategy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

UoN<\/span>, which is preparing to celebrate its 50<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0anniversary, i<\/span>s the top ranked university in Kenya and\u00a0<\/span>one of the\u00a0<\/span>leading institution<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0in East Africa.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>UoN\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0Office of C<\/span>areers\u00a0<\/span>S<\/span>ervices, which is directed by Johnson Kinyua, was established in 2018 to tackle graduate unemployment levels<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>is a pioneer in Kenya in this area.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kent\u2019s well-established, award-winning Careers and Employability Service, which is headed by James Corbin, will play a key role in the project<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0supporting the development of UoN\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>ambitions in the area of employability s<\/span>kills training.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For Kent<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>the project will give a cleare<\/span>r insight into the Kenyan employment market, allowing a more tailored provision of support to students hoping to find employment in Kenya after graduation.\u00a0<\/span>20% of Kent\u2019s postgraduate students from Kenya\u00a0<\/span>studied their<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>undergraduate degree at UoN<\/span>\u00a0therefore collaboration in this area will have significant impact.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The link between the career services developed through a connection made\u00a0<\/span>between the Kenyan-National Chamber of Commerce and Industry\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Dr.<\/span>\u00a0Ant<\/span>h<\/span>ony Manning, Kent\u2019s Dean for Internationalisation\u00a0<\/span>at a<\/span>n<\/span>\u00a0event\u00a0<\/span>for Kent alumni\u00a0<\/span>in Nairobi in 2019.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about the\u00a0<\/span>Erasmus+\u00a0<\/span>Key Action 107\u00a0<\/span>funding<\/span>, p<\/span>lease contact\u00a0<\/span>Primro<\/span>se Paskins (<\/span>P.M.A.Paskins@kent.ac.uk<\/span><\/a>) in International Partnerships.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A project designed to improve graduate\u00a0outcomes\u00a0in the UK and Kenya was launched at an online event in early December. The University of\u00a0Kent\u00a0has\u00a0won funding from the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66540,"featured_media":1616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66540"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1615,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions\/1615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}