(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced the launch of the EBRD Literature Prize 2024. This prestigious literary award recognizes works of fiction originally published in a language from a country where the EBRD invests, … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Awards, Banks, Entertainment, Media, United Kingdom
Tagged Alex Zucker, And Other Stories, Bianca Bellová, BOOKS, EBRD, EBRD Literature Prize 2024, fiction, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Jennifer Croft, Luke Leafgren, Maureen Freely, Maya Jaggi, Mister N, My Blue Peninsula, Najwa Barakat, Olga Tokarczuk, Orhan Pamuk, Parthian Books, Philippe Sands, Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, Samuel and Judith Pisar, The Books of Jacob, The Lake, University College London
(IN BRIEF) UCL has unveiled a captivating new exhibition titled ‘Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London,’ which invites visitors to explore the institution’s rich history through the lens of its students. The exhibition highlights the pivotal role … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Victor Chu CBE, the Chair of UCL Council, has been honored with a special Distinguished Service Award at the 12th Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards held during the United Nations General Assembly Week in New York. The award … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Education, Industrial, Management, Media, News, Society
Tagged Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards, Awards, Distinguished Service Award, Dr Michael Spence, Frederick Kempe, Fumio Kishida, Janet L. Yellen, leadership, Olaf Scholz, University College London, Victor Chu, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
(IN BRIEF) University College London (UCL) has been honored as the Sunday Times University of the Year 2024, recognizing its outstanding performance in multidisciplinary research, education, graduate career prospects, and sustainability initiatives. The award also highlights UCL’s visionary UCL East … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Researchers from UCL’s Intelligent Mobility group (IM@UCL) have developed a robotic driving seat for highly automated vehicles to signal drivers when human input is needed. The seat assesses the driver’s situational awareness by monitoring eye movements and brain … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) A team of students from the University of East Anglia (UEA) has made it to the finals of the Cyber 9/12 Strategy challenge, a competition organised by the Atlantic Council, which aims to help foster the cyber security … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Management, News, Security & Safety, United Kingdom
Tagged Atlantic Council, Competition, Cyber 9/12 Strategy challenge, cyber security, Dr Oli Buckley, Elana Fraser, Fergus Cutting, finals, Josh Dixon, London, Oxford University, SECURITY, Thara Jose, UEA students, UEAnonymous, University College London
(PRESS RELEASE) BRISTOL, 12-Sep-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Bristol, a red brick research university, Pompeu Fabra University, a public university based in Barcelona, and University College London, one of the top ten universities in the world and No.2 in … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged bones, Dr Borja Esteve-Altava, Dr Hugo Dutel, Dr Laura Porro, evolution, fossil skulls, James Rawson, Professor Emily Rayfield, Science Advances, skull bones, skulls of tetrapods, tetrapods, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, University College London, University of Bristol
(COMUNICADO DE PRENSA) BRISTOL, 12-Sep-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Universidad de Bristol, una universidad de investigación de ladrillo rojo, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, una universidad pública con sede en Barcelona, y University College London, una de las diez mejores universidades del mundo … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged cráneos de tetrápodos, cráneos fósiles, Dr. Borja Esteve-Altava, Dr. Hugo Dutel, Dra. Laura Porro, evolución, huesos, huesos del cráneo, James Rawson, Profesora Emily Rayfield, Science Advances, tetrápodos, Universidad de Bristol, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, University College London
(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) EXETER, 9-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Exeter, eine öffentliche Forschungsuniversität in Exeter, Devon, South Westengland, Vereinigtes Königreich, hat bekannt gegeben, dass ein Hauptautor, Professor Tim Lenton, Direktor des Global Systems Institute (GSI) an der University of Exeterits, zusammen … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Biodiversitätsverlust, Breakthrough Agenda, COP26, Dr. Tom Powell, Global Systems Institute, Greta Thunberg, Klimakrise, Klimawandel, nachhaltige Lösungen, Professor Tim Lenton, saubere Technologien, Scarlett Benson, SYSTEMIQ, Universität Hamburg, University College London, University of Exeter
(PRESS RELEASE) EXETER, 9-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Exeter, a public research university in Exeter, Devon, South West England, United Kingdom, has announced that a lead author Professor Tim Lenton, Director of the Global Systems Institute (GSI) at the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged biodiversity loss, Breakthrough Agenda, clean technologies, climate change, climate crisis, COP26, Dr Tom Powell, Global Systems Institute, Greta Thunberg, Hamburg University, Professor Tim Lenton, Scarlett Benson, sustainable solutions, SYSTEMIQ, University College London, University of Exeter
(PRESS RELEASE) VANCOUVER, 24-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Manyone Inc., a pioneering technology venture in decentralization and digital identity, is delighted to announce that it has entered into a new strategic relationship with the globally renowned University College London (UCL) Centre … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Internet & Online, News, Society, Sweden, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged academic research, Blockchain, decentralised secure messaging, decentralised social networks, decentralists, decentralization, decentralized communication, digital identity, dignity, distributed internet, Dr Geoffrey Goodell, Dr Paolo Tasca, identification, identity management, Manyone Inc., Michael Cholod, policy, privacy, private secure networks, regulatory, secure messaging, tokenisation, trust, trusted relationships, UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies, University College London, University College London Centre Blockchain Technology
(PRESS RELEASE) DUBLIN, 6-11-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The official launch event of the Multilingual Global Education DIGEST 2020 will take place online on Monday, 9 November 2020, at 10:30 am (CET). The DIGEST is a bibliography of research in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, European Union, Media, News
Tagged academic, ANGEL, Bibliography, DERC, Development Education Research Centre, DIGEST, Education, education policy, education practice, Educational Research, European Union, GENE, Global Education, Global Education Network Europe, La Salete Coelho, Liam Wegimont, Ms. Agata Sobiech, Multilingual Global Education DIGEST 2020, Multilingualism, network, policy, policymakers, policymaking, Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo, Prof. Annette Scheunpflug, Prof. Doug Bourne, Prof. Massimiliano Tarozzi, publication, RESEARCH, the Academic Network on Global Education and Learning, UCL, university, University College London, University of Porto
The unique experiment conducted by Unilever and University College London went on to look into how to unlearn stereotyping (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON & NEW YORK, 18-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Advertising and marketing professionals across Unilever and its lead agency partners, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Food & Beverage, Marketing, Media, Netherlands, News, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Aline Santos, behavioural change, consumer audiences, creative thinking, diverse advertising, DNA analysis, DNA test, Dr. Gorkan Ahmetoglu, Dr. Lasana Harris, engaging content, experiment, inclusive advertising, inclusive thinking, Kantar, leaders in advertising, stereotype, stereotype people in advertising, stereotyping, Tahlie Cooper, Tom Hubbard, unconscious stereotyping, Unilever, University College London, unlearn stereotyping, unstereotypical creative work, unstereotypical portrayals of people
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 27-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — PhDs in University College London’s top-ranked Computer Science programme will now be able to turn their dissertation into a deep tech start-up. This will become possible thanks to the new initiative launched by … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Education, Financial, Healthcare, Investment, News, Small Business, Technology
Tagged AI, AI Frenzy, Barclays, Barclays UK (BUK) Ventures, Blockchain, BUK Ventures, Conception X, deep tech, deep tech start-ups, diversity, Eagle Labs, entrepreneurs, experiment with riskier technologies, female founder, funding, Incubator, intraprenuers, PhDs, quantum computing, research infrastructure, Riam Kanso, start-ups, Steven Roberts, UCL, University College London
High speed internet could be delivered through the lights in homes and offices, revolutionising the way we download and upload information in the future, finds UCL researchers. LONDON, 29-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Academics from UCL, Northumbria University and Newcastle University are … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Internet & Online, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Alessandro Minotto, Dr Andrew Burton, Dr Hoa Le Minh, Dr Paul Haigh, fasterinternet, High speed internet, Highspeedinternet, internetaccess, Izzat Darwazeh, LEDs, LiFi, lights, nanotechnology, Northumbria University, organicLED, Professor Franco Cacialli, Professor Ioannis Papakonstantinou, UCL, University College London, Zabih Ghassemlooy
LONDON, 29-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Following a global search, we are delighted to announce that Fiona Ryland will be UCL’s Chief Operating Officer from 1 January 2019, following Rex Knight’s retirement in December. The new COO role has responsibility for key … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged appointment, COO, Fiona Ryland, HR, leadership, Management, Professor Michael Arthur, UCL, University College London
SWINDON, 13-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — New research undertaken by scientists using the UK’s ISIS Neutron and Muon Source is improving our understanding of the highly unusual properties of ice and this knowledge will be of importance to any future study where … Read the full press release
Posted in Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged diffraction, Dr Christoph G. Salzmann, ICE, ISIS Neutron, Muon Source, nature, neutron, properties of ice, University College London, WATER
LONDON, 28-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Dr Hannah Fry (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) is involved in a new project which aims to better understand how pandemics, such as flu, can spread across the country. Researchers will collect data about how … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Society, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Hannah Fry, flu pandemic, New app, University College London
Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have been made by dissolving layered materials in liquids, according to new UCL-led research. The liquids can be used to apply the 2D nanomaterials over large areas and at low costs, enabling a variety of important future … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged 2D nanomaterials, Dr Chris Howard, Dr Patrick Cullen, UCL, University College London
LONDON, 22-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment has yielded no trace of a dark matter particle after completing its final 20-month long search of the universe, according to LUX collaboration scientists including UCL researchers. LUX’s sensitivity … Read the full press release
LONDON, 26-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Three global pharmaceutical companies (AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson Innovation) and the technology transfer offices of three world-leading universities (Imperial College London, University of Cambridge and UCL) have joined forces with a combined £40 million to … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Apollo Therapeutics Fund, Cengiz Tarhan, Dr Ian Tomlinson, University College London
LONDON, 12-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at UCL have revealed that a change in sense of humour could be an early sign of dementia. The findings could help improve dementia diagnosis, by highlighting changes not commonly thought to be linked … Read the full press release
LONDON, 11-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — UCL can confirm that Sir Tim Hunt FRS has today resigned from his position as Honorary Professor with the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences, following comments he made about women in science at the World … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Sir Tim Hunt FRS, UCL, University College London
Researchers from UCL have demonstrated how an interplay between nutrition, metabolism and immunity is involved in the process of ageing. LONDON, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The two new studies, supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), could help … Read the full press release
The secret of how salamanders successfully regrow body parts is being unravelled by UCL researchers in a bid to apply it to humans. LONDON, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — For the first time, researchers have found that the ‘ERK pathway’ must be … Read the full press release
LONDON, 16-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — UCL is today (12 May 2014) inaugurating a new Quantum Science & Technology Institute (UCLQ). The new institute will coordinate and support research into quantum science and technology across UCL, helping to develop this fast-advancing field of research. … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged chemistry, Computer Science, Departments of Physics & Astronomy, Electronic & Electrical Engineering, London Centre for Nanotechnology, Professor David Price, Professor Michael Arthur, Quantum Science & Technology Institute, research into quantum science and technology, Science & Technology Studies, UCL’s EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Delivering Quantum Technologies, University College London
LONDON, 13-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — GPs and other doctors will be equipped with a new, online information system to help diagnose and treat a range of balance disorders, thanks to €3.5m European Union funding for EMBalance. This three-year project will be coordinated by … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, European Union, Healthcare, Investment, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Antwerp University Research Center for Equilibrium and Aerospace, balance disorders, BioIRC Ltd, City University London, Dr Bamiou, Dr Doris-Eva Bamiou, EMBalance, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A., EU funded project, improving diagnosis of balance disorders, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, Ménière's Disease, migraine-related dizziness, Technische Universiteit Delft, The National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg, Universiteit Twente, University College London, vertigo
LONDON, 13-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — People who appreciate the beauty of mathematics activate the same part of their brain when they look at aesthetically pleasing formula as others do when appreciating art or music, suggesting that there is a neurobiological basis to … Read the full press release
15-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers have discovered how genetic mutations linked to Parkinson’s disease might play a key role in the death of brain cells, potentially paving the way for the development of more effective drug treatments. In the new study, … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged damaged cells, David Weston, Dr Heike Laman, Dr Helene Plun-Favreau, Fbxo7, genetic mutations, Mitochondria, mitophagy, Parkinson's disease, PINK1-Parkin pathway, Professor Hugh Perry, Professor Nicholas Wood, University College London, University of Cambridge, University of Sheffield
21-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Men experience a higher burden of disease and lower life expectancy than women, but policies focusing on the health needs of men are notably absent from the strategies of global health organisations, according to a Viewpoint article in this … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Cerebrovascular disease, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Diarrhoeal diseases, disability, disease, disease on men, Global health policy, health policy, HIV/AIDS, Ischemic heart disease, Low back pain, Lower respiratory infections, malaria, premature death, Preterm birth complications, Road injury, University College London
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