UK Cabinet Office Minister opens new De Montfort University Dubai’s engineering lab

UK Cabinet Office Minister opens new De Montfort University Dubai’s engineering lab

UK Cabinet Office Minister of State, Nigel Adams visited De Montfort University's (DMU) Dubai campus on Friday, 18 February as part of a Middle Eastern tour to see the UK’s presence at Expo. Minister Adams opened the newly-built advanced Engineering laboratory, during which real-time laser-cutting of a plaque was demonstrated. He also met with DMU Dubai's first student council, RTA’s Hackathon winner and the university cricket team. He congratulated DMU student Alishan Sharafu for leading the UAE cricket team to the recent historic eight-wicket win over Ireland in the ICC Under 19 World Cup Plate final in the West Indies. Minister of State Nigel Adams said: "De Montfort University's global expansion from the heart of Leicestershire in the UK to Dubai and Kazakhstan is an amazing investment that will help build a global alumni. It's another fantastic UK export that is nurturing talent. "It's been great to open the state-of-the-art engineering lab and congratulate the university's cricket team. I hope to see a few of the names I have heard today playing cricket in the UK in a few years playing for the great county of Yorkshire.” DMU is one of two founding partners of the UK Pavilion at ExpoDubai