Pictured from left to right, members of the Consortium at the launch of the TEMPUS Joint European Educational Project in Cairo, Egypt, Prof. S. El Mofty, Prof. A. Ayoub, Prof. A. Sadaka, Prof. M. Lotfy, Prof. H. Nassar, Prof. A. Shoman, Mrs A. Maguire and Ms H. Helal.

Ashraf Ayoub, Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Glasgow, and Declan Millett, Professor of Orthodontics at the University of Cork, have been awarded a grant of 500,000 Euros from the European Commission Trans-European mobility scheme for university studies (TEMPUS).

The funding will allow development and modernisation of the curriculum on management of dentofacial deformities for undergraduates, postgraduates and general dental practitioners in Egypt.

It represents the largest educational grant to be awarded by the European Commission TEMPUS to the University of Glasgow, and reflects an ongoing collaboration between the Dental Schools in Glasgow and Cork to improve the quality of education and research locally, nationally and internationally.