Five students from Kenyan and Tanzanian universities have been trained at University of Cantabria (Spain), which is co-funding a Summer School in Nairobi
The University of Cantabria (UC, Spain) is promoting the exchange of students and teaching staff with universities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Within the framework of an Erasmus+ KA171 project, this Spanish institution has established several agreements with different universities in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region “which is considered a priority in terms of international relations outside the European Union,” said Prof. Eugenio Bringas, Director of the International Relations and Global Commitment Area at University of Cantabria. Specifically, this Spanish university has established agreements with the Technical University of Kenya (Kenya), African University of Science and Technology (Nigeria), University of Dodoma (Tanzania), and Dambi Dollo University (Ethiopia). Stellenbosch University (South Africa) will also join soon.
This project aims to train students at an early stage of their scientific career (end of master’s degree or first years of doctorate programme). Students spend five months at University of Cantabria to enrich their knowledge and, once back in their home universities, they can share their learnings in their local research groups.
Five students have already taken advantage of this initiative since 2019: three from Kenya and two from Tanzania. The latest to take advantage of the action promoted by the University of Cantabria are Bill Oyomo (Kenya) and Paul Masanja (Tanzania). In addition, two Nigerian students will join in September. In addition, a new call for applications was just approved by the European Commission, which guarantees the continuation of this project.
Picture: Bill Oyomo –student from Kenya (2nd from the left)- and Paul Masanja -researcher from Tanzania (4th from the left)-.
