Vincent

Vincent Kisenyi is a lecturer at Ugandan Christian University in the department of Business. He received a scholarship to participate in the summer school “Doing Business in Europe” in Groningen for 3 weeks in 2016.

“Our trip to the Hanze was a sponsored trip by the Foundation and I would like to thank all the donors and members of the foundation. The one ticket and facilitation that was given to me and my colleague has had a multiplier effect and in that way many people have benefitted in various ways, both our students and our colleagues. And it’s our prayer that such efforts are continued because they add real value to very many people in the world.”

“We call it the Hanze experience. Being a lecturer, it gave us the opportunity to first of all experience what exactly takes place in a summer school, so we were students at the same time, one would say it was a humbling experience. Secondly, also to see how things are done. The experience itself is a lifelong experience because it changed the way that I personally was doing things. Looking at how the facilitators were handling their lectures, looking at how the students were participating, looking at the technology that was being used, I think that was a great thing. But most importantly, the philosophy of learning which is learner centred and very practical, I think that was something that was good. And coming home to Uganda with that experience I think we’ve been able to share it with other faculty members and it has changed the way things are being done. So, the multiplier effect is even greater. You know that we are a result of how we learn what we learn, and I think it is impacting many young people in becoming pragmatic in the way they look at things.”