Nine professors from UK research-led universities of the Sterling Group from Friday until next Thursday will lecture students and citizens in Hanoi, Danang and HCMC on engineering.

  The nationwide tour will begin with ‘Engineering - the future’, a public talk to be held at the Hotel de l’Opera Hanoi on Saturday and the Sofitel Saigon Plaza a week on Wednesday.

  “This is the fifth consecutive lecture tour in Vietnam of members of the Sterling Group. The great enthusiasm shown in class inspires us to come back with an increased number of professors this year,” said Dr Richard Scott, chairman of the Sterling Group, School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Durham University.

  “The Sterling Party includes pro-vice chancellors, heads of engineering departments from the UK’s top research universities, founders and directors of many associated engineering companies. With their considerable industrial knowledge the professors will help young Vietnamese envisage clearer pathways to develop in the engineering and technology sectors,” he added.

  On Saturday morning Hanoi participants will attend a public lecture delivered by Professor Guy Houlsby on ground movements around excavations in cities.

  This is intended to appeal to a broad spectrum of Hanoi audiences (residents, urban planners, real estate developers) as it relates to plans for an underground railway system.

  The public talks will give interested students an overview of engineering studies; more importantly, UK engineering alumni together with professors from the Sterling Group will share advice on course choices, application processes, writing research proposals, looking for research supervisors and available sources of funding. So far, 3,000 students have already registered to attend this year’s lectures.

  Ten professors from the UK’s leading research institutions that include Aston University, University of Cambridge, Durham University, University of Edinburgh, University of Leeds, Loughborough University, Newcastle University, University of Southampton and University of Oxford will deliver lectures on the topics of optical fiber sensors, automotive power trains, electrochemical metal recovery and mechanical assessment and design of nano-structured devices.

  A conference and exhibition on clean energy co-organized by the British Council and Danang University of Technology will take place on Monday at the university. Vice Minister of Education and Training, Professor Bui Van Ga and the U.K professors join the event.

  For registrations, access http://www.educationuk.org/vietnam or call 04 38436780 (ext. 1995) for Hanoi, or 08 38232862 (ext. 2501) for HCMC.

SGT