For the fifth consecutive year, HP is delighted to award selected universities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with HP Wireless Technology for Teaching Grants. The 2007 grants will be awarded to 13 universities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Designed to promote student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics the grants are each worth around €58,000 and consist of cash and equipment, including classroom sets of HP Tablet PCs, printers and cameras.
“HP has learned that it can have the biggest impact on education by encouraging innovative uses of technology to improve teaching,” said Gabi Zedlmayer, vice president of Corporate Marketing and Global Citizenship, HP EMEA. “We invest in schools to increase educational attainment and contribute to the development of a skilled, diverse workforce in the future.”
The winners are set to implement exciting projects over the next 12 months. For example, the Electrical Engineering Department of Assiot University in Egypt will use HP wireless technology to encourage students to get more involved in class discussions. Lecturers will be able to receive immediate feedback from students on the lessons. Traditional classes which use the blackboard or the electronic presentation will thus be transformed into collective brainstorming sessions.
Another grantee, the University of Pavia in Italy, plans to use the HP donation to improve student-teacher interaction during medical classes involving patients kept in isolation rooms for immune deficiency conditions. Using wireless technology, students will gain practical experience of clinical work on patients who are restricted to direct contact with the practising doctor.
During the past 20 years, HP has contributed more than €700 million in cash and equipment to schools, universities, community organisations and other non-profit organisations around the world.
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