Kimberley-Clark teams up with university

SHEFFIELD Hallam University has joined forces with global giant Kimberly-Clark to offer its employees the chance to study while they work on a new distance learning engineering degree course.

Kimberly-Clark has signed up to the “blended learning” degrees that offer students flexibility to learn with 10 days study time over the academic year.

The new course answers business secretary Lord Mandelson’s recent call for universities to offer more degrees aimed at mature and part-time students.

Sheffield Hallam has already launched a partnership with Derby College
which offers students on a two-year foundation degree to work with local
major engineering companies including Rolls Royce, Bombardier and Severn
Trent and spend one day a week in teaching.

Kimberley-Clark, the manufacturer of household brands such as Andrex and Kleenex,  will sponsor employees to study on the Sheffield Hallam
programme when it starts next September.