President receives registration certificate as university chancellor

President James Michel has in his capacity as chancellor of the University of Seychelles (UniSey) received a copy of the registration certificate which recognises the university as a registered centre of the University of London.

It was the university’s vice-chancellor Professor Dennis Hardy who presented President Michel with the certificate in a short ceremony at the Anse Royale campus yesterday morning. 
The ceremony took place in the presence of the Registrar of UniSey Michel Denousse, deans, lecturers and other staff members after the president had taken time to tour the university’s classrooms and other facilities.

The certificate of registered centre status certifies that UniSey has reached the required standard to teach the international programmes of the University of London. 
Its issue follows a long process after which the University of London has recognised good governance on the part of UniSey in terms of procedures, resources, student support, marketing and teaching and learning.

Even if UniSey was already delivering University of London programmes, it was up to now only referred to as a “candidacy centre”. As a registered centre, UniSey can now make use of the University of London’s logo. The partner university has on its part already started to promote UniSey in its brochure. It is worth noting that among more than a thousand universities in the world which deliver University of London programmes, only seventy have received registered centre status.

Vice-chancellor Hardy has described the occasion as an event which celebrates the achievements of the university’s students and staff. 

He remarked that without the personal vision and continuous support of President Michel, UniSey would not exist today. 

He added that the certificate has come as a result of UniSey showing a strong sense of governance through a strong leadership team, qualified academic staff which gives perfect balance of culture and skills, a very strong support team and a personal service to students.

He noted that that as a small university, UniSey enjoys a unique feature which will attract more students, Seychellois and foreign alike.

“Small is beautiful,” he said, predicting that in five years time, UniSey will become an international university. 

As other future projects, he also talked about new accreditations from the Seychelles Qualifications Authority (SQA) and the Cap Ternay Blue Economy Research Centre, which he says is high on the institution’s agenda. 

A state-of-the-art learning centre which will include a bookshop and multimedia laboratories is also expected to be built by the end of 2017.

UniSey has also announced that its Confucius Centre will as from September this year be offering a free Chinese course to all its students, at the end of which they will be sitting international exams. 

It says that the course will benefit those wishing to pursue their studies in China as they will not have to spend an extra year studying Chinese there. 

A master’s degree in tourism management will also be introduced as from next year.

“UniSey is alive and well. We are always looking forward to new challenges,” concluded Professor Hardy.

Before heading to Anse Royale, President Michel yesterday morning also visited the university’s Ma Joie and Mont Fleuri campuses.

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