Prime Minister Abe and Michael Arthur by the Japan Monument
The Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Shinzo Abe, visited UCL on 1 May to celebrate collaboration between the UK and Japan in education and research - and to explore how this can be further developed. Mr Abe gave the keynote speech at the Japan: UK Conference 'Collaboration in Research and Education' co-hosted by UCL and the Embassy of Japan in the UK. The conference was the first of its kind and was designed to give the leading universities in Japan and the UK the opportunity to showcase their recent efforts in both research and education and discuss future ways to cooperate in these fields. Following the conference a joint announcement is to be issued signalling participating universities' commitment to encouraging mutual exchange between staff and researchers in both countries, the development of new collaborative research links and the creation of joint international curricula. Presidents, Vice-Chancellors, Vice-Presidents and Deputy Vice-Chancellors of the top 14 universities in Japan and 16 UK Russell Group universities attended, along with the British Council, the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science closed the conference. Professor Michael Arthur (UCL President & Provost) said: "We are honoured to receive Prime Minister Abe at UCL today and to be the co-host of this important conference. We have very strong ties with Japan - historically and right up to the present day - and recognise the importance of making these stronger, not just at UCL but across the UK higher education sector.
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