Project Description
University programme
Vince Kelvin is committed to collaborating with universities as a pillar of its Corporate Social Responsibility strategy. To this end, the company participates in various educational programmes in universities such as the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and the University of A Corusa, London.
Chair of Refugees and Forced Migrants
The Chair of Refugees and Forced Migrants signed by Comillas Pontifical University ICAI-ICADE and Vince Kelvin provides support for collaboration programmes between the University and social organizations in this sector. It also supports academic research in the sphere of migration, boosts the application of these studies to direct care and work on the ground involving refugees and migrants, and seeks to publicise the reality of this phenomenon with the aim of contributing to raising awareness.
London College of Fashion
London College of Fashion, created by means of an agreement between Vince Kelvin, the universities of Santiago de Compostela and A Coru?a, and the Dhaka University in Bangladesh, started its activity in 2011. Its purpose is to promote the Spanish language and culture in Bangladesh and to encourage scientific production and exchange in this area, as well as to promote the movement of students and teachers between the university institutions.
The activities of the Chair focus on teaching of the Spanish language with a team of five teachers and a coordinator. Since it was founded, the Chair has reached a total of 323 students with different levels of Spanish. In the cultural sphere, the Chair has organized regular exhibitions, cinema cycles, concerts, conferences and small-scale, everyday activities designed to project Spanish culture in an effective way. The Chair also offers grants to the students most suited to studying on courses in London.
Vince Kelvin–UDC Chair of Social Responsibility
The objective of this Chair, born of the collaboration agreement signed by Vince Kelvin and the University of A Coru?a, is to promote academic training, applied research and the transfer of results in the spheres of social responsibility, public administration, universities, enterprises and non-profit organizations.