DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 2nd May 2017 — Philip Purnell – Director of Research & Publishing Services at Knowledge E participates in the third preparatory session for Cairo University & Akhbar Elyom conference about the future of higher education in Egypt. Philip spoke about the current position of the Egyptian universities and how to improve their ranking. The event took place at the Akhbar Elyom headquarters in Cairo and included a panel discussion with His Excellency the Minister of Higher Education Prof. Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Prof. Dr. Gaber Gad Nassar, President of Cairo University, Mr. Yasser Rizk, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of Akhbar Elyom, Prof. Dr. Amr Adly, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research at Cairo University.