The tour of the faculties, scheduled for the Monday was preceded the previous day by a guided visit to Lahore castle – where I was shown all the bits we Brits had destroyed during our time in charge, and the Mosque. Now only the third largest in the world, having once been the biggest, it was an experience.

As was the tour of UCP. The IT faculty is significantly ahead of the game compared to the Engineering campus which reminded me of my time Kingston Poly in the ‘70’s. IT seemed to have garnered a far higher share of resources and was turning out competent bright graduates eager to make their mark in business. You could not help but be aware of just how keen they were to do well – a bit like Kingston in the ‘50’s I am told.

My visit also co-incided with an agreement being signed between the university IT faculty and a UK company, Ghost Software. We reported on Ghost in our September issue. In a nutshell the deal means that Ghost will help UCP develop courses that will take account of new technologies in the market place and accept four placements from the University each year provided students meet up with the standards required. I don’t think they will have a problem there.

For our part, Comms Business Magazine is keen to maintain the relationship and it is likely that we will put in place an award scheme for students that complete innovative communications projects during their time at the University.