Today WMG was pleased to welcome Mr Fikri Işık, Turkish Minister for Science, Industry and Technology, and a delegation including the Head of the Turkish Research Council (TUBITAK), the director of the ICT Industrial Zone in Turkey and the president of Turkish employers' organisation (TIM), Mehmet Buyukekşi.

Meeting with Professor Lord Bhattacharyya, Mr Işık and the delegation were interested to understand the breadth of WMG’s collaborative industrial education programmes and technology transfer activities, and the economic benefits produced by such partnerships.

During their meeting, Mr Işık and Professor Lord Bhattacharyya signed a memorandum of understanding which covered agreement on joint industrial training in innovation, technology and the development of research programmes. They also discussed a possible collaboration to develop an Innovation and Technology transfer centre in Turkey in affiliation with WMG to provide similar services for Turkish industry.

The delegation also took a tour of WMG’s impressive facilities including the new Energy Innovation Centre, as well as viewing materials and manufacturing research in the International Manufacturing Centre and the Metrology and Product Evaluation Technologies research centre. The delegation also met with Professor Sujit Banerji, Executive Director of WMG Education, to find out more about WMG’s industrially-focused professional and executive education provision.