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Notes from afar

Lack of funding should not mean poor quality research. The GenStat Discovery Edition (GDE) is a free version of GenStat developed by VSN International for use by not-for-profit research organisations, charities and educational institutes based in the developing world.

On a recent trip to Vietnam Stewart Andrews, our CEO, visited Vinh University, a trip which coincided with their prestigious 50th anniversary celebrations.  The trip came about after Stewart attended the ABIC conference in Thailand and met Professor Tran Ngoc Lan and Nguyen Tai Toan, from the Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries at Vinh University. Their discussions at ABIC made each realise the common goals and objectives they shared, and it quickly became apparent that VSNi could support the university via our Discovery programme.

“The developing world often has to “make do” with a patchwork of free or open source tools.  We are delighted that Vinh University can now analyse their data all within one system. GenStat’s intuitive menu system enables the researcher or student to understand simple tasks right through to advanced analysis with ease”. Says Stewart.

During his visit, Stewart attended the Biodiversity Workshop organised by the Professor and presented GenStat Discovery. The presentation, and the software, was so well received that Stewart eventually delivered the Discovery workshop twice!

Discussions in Vietnam, and on his return, have now led VSNi and Vinh into the development of a collaborative working agreement.

“Yesterday I used Genstat program to analyse my data, it was very
superexcellence. Thank you very much.” – Nguyen Thi Thanh, Entomologist, Vinh University

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