International Community Brings University Contribution
Swansea Metropolitan University’s international students have been praised by the University’s Vice-Chancellor for their contribution to the institution and the city.
At a special Welcome Programme held for new international students, Professor David Warner welcomed them to Wales and stressed the importance of their contribution.
He said: “International students are a very important part of our University. Our Welsh, and indeed UK, students will learn from them as they bring the world to Swansea and, with it, different cultures and different ways of life. Many of our international students will be studying in their second or even third
language which is very difficult and for that we salute them.”
Students from across the world have enrolled on a wide range of programmes and come from as far away as Scandinavia, China, the Middle East and India.
They were greeted with a full programme of events and learned about living in Swansea and the studying differences between here and abroad. After a buffet lunch, the students were shown around some of Swansea’s highlights such as Mumbles, Caswell, Langland and Rhossili.
Head of Swansea Met’s International Centre, Brian Griffiths said: “The students enjoyed a series of talks and events during the day, including a trip to the Gower. They also received a lot of helpful information from the Police, local banks, and media companies, as well as representatives from our Student Services.”
Masters of Business Administration (MBA) student and Swansea Met International Student Ambassador, Ghulam Khwaja from Bangalore in India, said: “Many people in India advised me that Swansea Met is a good place to study and that the courses were of a very high quality. Swansea is a beautiful city and somewhere I feel at home.”