The British Council has recently made an award to Donetsk State University of Management in the Ukraine to progress the field of leadership development. A Certificate has been awarded as part of a training programme which included a week-long visit to University of Glasgow from the Rector and Vice Rector of the university and three other staff. The visit to Glasgow provided an opportunity to learn from the experience of staff at Glasgow University and included lectures, workshops and visits within the School of Education. A cultural programme was also organised in the city.

Convened by Tsinghua University (Beijing) and a consortium of partners in other Universities, Ageing Centres, Associations and Public Organisations, the Ageing Well theme focussed on:

• Building a health care policy system,
• Cultivating professional personnel talents, and
• Developing high quality health care services.

The urgency was stressed, i.e. to ensure healthy environments for ageing and to optimise public service delivery.