BC01: Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from Mr Alan Gemmell, Director External Relations, British Council

 

 

British Council knowledge and learning centres in egypt

 

Having reviewed the provision of British Council information services in Egypt, we have

decided to make a number of changes to our Knowledge and Learning centres and public lending

facilities. The changes reflect our new focus on employability in Egypt, a priority

agenda for the Egyptian Government, and are designed to ensure we continue to meet the

educational needs and international aspirations of current and futures users of our services.

 

The country-wide focus on employability will be led from our office in Alexandria and will see

new products and services which meet the professional development needs of a growing

number of our customers and lead to increased take-up of UK qualifications.

 

To help achieve this new focus we have decided to close our Knowledge and Learning Centre

in Cairo (Agouza) and withdraw our general public-lending facility from 20 August 2009. In

addition, public-lending facilities at our Knowledge and Learning Centre in Alexandria will stop

on 17 September 2009. We will, however, continue to offer services to current and future UK

qualifications candidates including a range of learning materials and online support.