Wolves a winner with French and Italian students

 

More than 30 engineering students from Estia in Biarritz spent a month attending lectures at the University of Wolverhampton.

 

The 32 MSc Advanced Technology Management students studied four engineering modules with the University, but also visited places in the local area including Ironbridge in Shropshire and Jaguar cars in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham.

 

Dr Anthony Felton, tutor in Product Design from the School of Engineering and the Built Environment, said it was the fourth year of the partnership between the University and Estia.

 

He said: “This MSc is highly valued in France and many graduates have gained prestigious positions in engineering including the aerospace and automotive industries. It has been a fantastic partnership that seems set to develop into other areas such as shared research and commercial opportunities.”

 

Meanwhile, 11 students from the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Turin attended lectures, mixed with other students and stayed with a local family in Wolverhampton.

 

The visit was part of a special programme agreed by the University’s School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences and the Italian university, which is now in its seventh year.

 

The students spent four weeks at the University. Mike Townsend, Associate Dean External Relations and Development, set up the programme with Professor Giuseppina Cortsese in Turin. This year the visit was organised by the University of Wolverhampton’s Eleanor Andrews.

 

Mike said: “Staying with a British family and the intensive programme of classes added to the immersion feeling the students had and helped improve their English considerably. The students commented on how kind and helpful the families and University of Wolverhampton staff had been.

 

“Several would like to return to Wolverhampton and do some further study in areas such as Sociology and Media.”