A LONG-TERM agreement could improve the standard of living for both Scotland and Malawi, the Scottish Parliament was told.
Professor Ian Gillespie, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Dundee, said that the co-development of continual academic connections between the two nations could allow experts to address mutual challenges and further develop cultural ties.
Professor Gillespie – accompanied remotely by the vice-chancellors of all six public Malawian universities – was addressing members of Holyrood’s Cross-Party Group on Malawi, around the University’s Africa Initiative, in particular the Blantyre Declaration, which is a shared agreement to co-develop research and cultural links with Malawi.
