{"id":6214,"date":"2021-04-12T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T07:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/news\/3447-to-mitropolitiko-kollegio-symmeteixe-stin-online-syzitisi-tou-british-council-kai-tis-vretanikis-presveias-os-ekprosopos-tis-vretanikis-diakratikis-ekpaidefsis-uk-tne-stin-ellada\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T11:38:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T08:38:32","slug":"3447-to-mitropolitiko-kollegio-symmeteixe-stin-online-syzitisi-tou-british-council-kai-tis-vretanikis-presveias-os-ekprosopos-tis-vretanikis-diakratikis-ekpaidefsis-uk-tne-stin-ellada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/news\/3447-to-mitropolitiko-kollegio-symmeteixe-stin-online-syzitisi-tou-british-council-kai-tis-vretanikis-presveias-os-ekprosopos-tis-vretanikis-diakratikis-ekpaidefsis-uk-tne-stin-ellada\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan College at the online &#8220;Dialogue on UK Education post-Brexit&#8221; organized by the British Council and the British Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Metropolitan College<\/a><\/strong>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/academic-programmes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">largest UK TNE provider in Greece<\/a>, had the honor to be invited\u00a0<strong>at the online meeting of the British Council and the British Embassy themed as \u201cDialogue on UK Education post-Brexit\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The online conversation was held in the presence of\u00a0<strong>major personalities\u00a0<\/strong>having leading roles in both countries\u2019 education affairs:\u00a0<strong>Minister Wendy Morton<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Parliamentary Under Minister for European Neighbourhood<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Deputy Minister of Education, responsible for Higher Education, Professor Vassilis Digalakis.\u00a0<\/strong>British Ambassador to Greece.<strong>\u00a0Ms Kate Smith<\/strong>\u00a0was also one of the keynote participants and speakers.<\/p>\n<p>At the online meeting were also invited executives, directors and managers of\u00a0<strong>educational groups related to the private British Education in Greece<\/strong>. Among them was\u00a0<strong>Dimitris Diamantis, Director General of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Metropolitan College<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Dr Dimitris Iatrides, President of the University of Edinburgh Greek Alumni Group, Matthew Williams, Headteacher of the Byron College and Anastasia Andritsou, Director of the British Council in Greece.<\/p>\n<p>During the online conversation the representatives had the chance to\u00a0<strong>exchange views with Minister Morton<\/strong>\u00a0concerning the impact of the raised fees for the Greek students as well as the opportunities for\u00a0<strong>further educational connection between Greece and England post Brexit.<\/strong>\u00a0In this context,\u00a0<strong>Mr Diamantis asked if there any arrangements in place for the protection of the TNE scheme<\/strong>\u00a0given the fact that the UK government has taken measures to facilitate mobility of people and services within the country. He also asked to be informed about any kind of settings for students who would like to study towards a UK HE qualification without leaving their home country.<\/p>\n<p>The British Minister endorsed Greek students and academics for their contribution to the British Education. She also made clear that this\u00a0<strong>educational alliance between two countries will remain stable and strong.<\/strong>\u00a0Professor Vassilis Digalakis, Deputy Minister of Education, responsible for Higher Education, also confirmed the establishment of the Greek \u2013 British relationship post-Brexit and stressed the<strong>\u00a0fundamental role of the British education to the academic and professional development of the Greek society.<\/strong>\u00a0He also mentioned that part of the Ministry\u2019s strategy is the internationalisation of the higher education and the attraction of foreign students. The British ambassador to Greece, Ms Smith, expressed her\u00a0<strong>strong will to support the collaboration between Greece and UK<\/strong>\u00a0and seize the opportunities for new ties of cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>During her closing remarks,\u00a0<strong>Director of the British Council in Greece, Ms Andritsou<\/strong>, who also moderated the online conversation, mentioned the principles and hard work of the British Council in Greece, as well as, the future plans for developing mutually beneficial relationships and collaborations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metropolitan College, the\u00a0largest UK TNE provider in Greece, had the honor to be invited\u00a0at the online meeting of the British Council and the British Embassy themed as \u201cDialogue on UK Education post-Brexit\u201d.\u00a0 The online conversation was held in the presence of\u00a0major personalities\u00a0having leading roles in both countries\u2019 education affairs:\u00a0Minister Wendy Morton,\u00a0Parliamentary Under Minister for European [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-6214","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metropolitan-college","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6214\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=6214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6214\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6215\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=6214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=6214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mitropolitiko.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=6214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}