Press Release

14^th May 2001

McNeil Takes College Case to Arab Ambassadors

MSP for Greenock & Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, has met with the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Edinburgh to promote James Watt College as the ideal place for their countries' students to study.

Mr McNeil presented the Ambassadors of no less than 13 Arab states with material highlighting the advantages of James Watt College, including a promotional video in Arabic.

His Excellency Ambassador Sheikh Abdul Al-Khalifa, the Bahraini Ambassador to the UK, confirmed to Mr McNeil that more students from his country would be joining their 42 compatriots already studying at the College.

Mr McNeil said:

"The fact that students from the Middle East are coming half way across the globe to study at James Watt College is a source of great pride for me and our community.

"In addition to enriching our culture, this endorsement of James Watt College boosts our standing abroad.

"I am therefore delighted that the Ambassador has confirmed that we will be welcoming more Bahraini students to Greenock this year."

James Watt College has first class facilities for accommodating overseas students, including accommodation blocks which meet religious requirements and a friendly, supportive environment to help the young people adapt to life in Scotland.

This has led to the College welcoming 95 students from the Middle East this year alone. There are also about 30 former James Watt students with HNCs and HNDs currently studying at universities around Scotland.

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Notes

Those in attendance included:

• His Excellency Ambassador Dr Ghazi Algosaibi, Embassy of Saudi Arabia
• His Excellency Ambassador Mr Khaled Al-Duwaisan, Embassy of Kuwait
• His Excellency Ambassador Hussein Abdullah Al-Amri, Embassy of Yemen
• His Excellency Ambassador Hussain Ali Abdullatif, Embassy of Oman
• His Excellency Ambassador Sheikh Abdul Al-Khalifa, Embassy of Bahrain
• His Excellency Ambassador Adel El-Gazzar, Embassy of Egypt
• His Excellency Ambassador Khemaies Jhinaoui, Embassy if Tunisia
• His Excellency Ambassador Jihad Mortada, Embassy of Lebanon
• His Excellency Ambassador Timoor Dagistani, Embassy of Jordan
• His Excellency Ambassador Mohammed Belmahi, Embassy of Morocco
• His Excellency Ambassador Dr Hassan Abdeen, Embassy of Sudan
• His Excellency Ambassador Nasser H.B.M. Al-Khalifa, Embassy of Qatar
• His Excellency Ambassador Mohammed A.Q. Azwai, The Libyan Arab Jamahirya
• Ambassador Ali Muhsen Hamid, Head of Office, the League of Arab States
• Chargé Mr Abdul Hamid A Kazim, Minster Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the United Arab Emirates
• Chargé Mr Ahmed M Ould Mohammed, Embassy of Mauritania
• Chargé Mr Nourredine Yazid, Embassy of Algeria
• Waheed Mubarak Sayyar, Counsellor, Embassy of Bahrain

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