“The British University in Egypt (BUE) is a place of ‘win-win environment’ for both Local and Global stakeholders to enhance professional development and experience. BUE is not only a learning place for hard knowledge and skills but also soft skills and cross-cultural understanding for the students and the staff. These hard and soft skills will have a positive impact on future upward social mobility in this globalised heavily connected world.

I joined the BUE to expand my experience of working overseas in a British style university. As educators we face continuing challenges to get the best out of our students and one of these is cultural differences. The BUE educational setting has offered me new challenges, which has encouraged me to try new methods, from which I have gained much. The staff in the Human Resources Department helped me settle in and have my greatest appreciation, the Faculty welcomed me generously, and of course the students challenged me. The experience has and continues to be rewarding.

Working at BUE is challenging and personally satisfying. The staff (academic and administrative) are very friendly and very professional. They welcome new people with open arms and are always ready to give good advice. The students are no different from anywhere else. Many are highly focused on their studies while some are less so. But I have to say they are amongst the most polite students I have met across many countries. They help each other and are always ready to take on a challenge. The University has an excellent 21^st century Library, many brand new buildings and it is a good atmosphere to work in. It is very collegiate and has clear and ambitious targets for research and teaching quality. It has excellent partnership agreements with foreign universities and continues to strive to enhance and widen these. If you are a foreign academic living in Egypt and working at the BUE is a good choice. It certainly has been for me.