For the second day in a row, Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini, President of Ain Shams University, participated with the high-level Egyptian delegation of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, headed by Prof. Mohamed Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, in activities to support Egyptian-British cooperation in the field of employment and linking education to the labor market.

The visit of the high-level Egyptian delegation includes a number of activities and events, which focused on two successive programs, namely: (A program for high-level officials of seven university presidents, which includes visits to government officials and representatives of the private sector and various universities in the United Kingdom, and the program, the other is for officials of vocational employment centers in Egyptian universities and includes general training on vocational guidance with the aim of transferring the British experience to Egyptian universities and career guidance.

This comes in the presence and participation of university presidents representing the regions in the Arab Republic of Egypt, and they are: Prof. Abdulaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, Prof. Abdel-Azim El-Sharkawy, President of Suez University, Prof. Mostafa Abdel Khalek, President of Sohag University, Prof. Sherif Khater, President of Mansoura University, Prof. Ahmed El-Minshawy, President of Assiut University, Prof. Essam El-Din Farhat, President of Minia University, and in the presence of Prof. Mustafa Refaat, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Universities, Dr. Ayman Farid, Assistant Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research for Strategic Planning, Training and Qualification for the Labor Market, Advisor Ahmed Ezzat, Deputy Ambassador of Egypt to the United Kingdom, and Dr. Rasha Kamal, the Egyptian Cultural Attache and Director of the Educational Mission in the United Kingdom, and Mr. Abdullah Hussein Hamouda Mustafa Hussein, the Ministry's consultant for the implementation of the central unit for employment centers.

And Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini stated during the visit that Ain Shams University, represented by the ASU Career Center, has contributed to the rehabilitation of hundreds of graduates during the past few years since the establishment of the ASU Career Center.
It has also succeeded in providing dozens of job opportunities in addition to training opportunities offered by major local and international companies that cooperate with Ain Shams University through employment forums, which are organized more than once throughout the year.

As Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini referred to the role of employment centers in universities and what they aim at linking university education with the acquisition of skills and education with apprenticeships and stimulating innovation and creativity.
Pointing out that the visit aimed to discuss the best ways to integrate these skills into educational curricula throughout the years of study in the first university stages, while linking them with scientific research in general, within the framework of integrating industry, agriculture and civil society with the academic community, and making them a key partner in education and scientific research.