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University of Dundee’s ‘Spend a Penny for PAMIS’ campaign to support people with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD)

Dundee, 30-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Dundee-based charity PAMIS is inviting members of the public to flush away exclusion by spending a penny to support people with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) and their families. The ‘Spend a Penny … Read the full press release

University of Dundee researchers named EMBO Young Investigators

Dundee, 30-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Two researchers from the University of Dundee have been recognised as rising stars in European sciences after being named EMBO Young Investigators. Dr Yogesh Kulathu and Dr Robert Ryan, both based in the School of Life Sciences … Read the full press release

Accenture grants US$2.2 million to Plan Netherlands for training of 6,000 disadvantaged youth in Tanzania and Zambia

Accenture’s US$2.2 Million Grant to Plan Netherlands Will Help Thousands of Tanzanian and Zambian Youth Secure Employment AMSTERDAM, 30-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a US$2.2 million grant to Plan Netherlands to help the nonprofit deliver digital, technical and … Read the full press release

Ponte de Lima council, REN, Portuguese Physics Society organised class on electric and magnetic fields in Ponte de Lima Secondary School

LISBON, 29-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Did you know electric and magnetic fields are stronger when you are sitting in front of your laptop than when you are travelling by train? And did you know that the electromagnetic fields created by a … Read the full press release

Ghent University: team erin geslaagd om het eerste Belgische vleeskuikenvoeder op basis van de larven van de zwarte soldatenvlieg te produceren

Ghent, Belgium, 29-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In het labo veevoedertechnologie van de UGent zijn prof. Mia Eeckhout en haar team erin geslaagd om het eerste Belgische vleeskuikenvoeder op basis van de larven van de zwarte soldatenvlieg te produceren. De zwarte soldatenvlieg … Read the full press release

Universiteit Gent: Onderzoekers werken in AdLit samen om de reclamewijsheid bij minderjarigen te verhogen

Ghent, Belgium, 29-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Onderzoekers en organisaties uit maatschappelijke, commerciële, educatieve en juridische hoek werken in AdLit samen om de reclamewijsheid bij minderjarigen te verhogen. Na een jaar onderzoek verzamelen ze op 26 oktober voor een stakeholdersevent. AdLit: een … Read the full press release

Trinity College Dublin: Genes play an important role in determining how likely individuals are to develop eczema

DUBLIN, 28-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Eczema is an itchy, dry-skin condition that affects around one in five children in Ireland. Genes play an important role in determining how likely individuals are to develop eczema, but the majority of the genes … Read the full press release

Economic strain caused by unemployment and falling family incomes damaged parental mental health – Growing Up in Ireland study

DUBLIN, 28-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — New results from the Growing Up in Ireland Study on how the recent Irish recession impacted on families and children indicate that economic strain caused by unemployment and falling family incomes has damaged parental mental … Read the full press release

Trinity College Dublin’s Arts and Humanities ranked 74th in the world in Times Higher Education Subject Ranking 2015-2016: Arts and humanities top 100

DUBLIN, 28-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Trinity  College Dublin’s Arts and Humanities has been  ranked at 74th in the world in the just published  Times Higher Education (THE) Subject Ranking 2015-2016: Arts and humanities top 100: The THE Subject Rankings in … Read the full press release

Trinity College Dublin: Religious education in Irish primary schools should not promote any particular religion over others

DUBLIN,  28-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Religious education in Irish primary schools should not promote any particular religion over others and should also include the study of non-religious worldviews such as Humanism, according to sociologists at Trinity College Dublin. Growing secularisation of … Read the full press release

University of Nottingham purchased important typescript of D.H. Lawrence’s Pansies

NOTTINGHAM, 27-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Nottingham has purchased an important and fascinating typescript of D.H. Lawrence’s Pansies – his best known collection of poems. This was the last book of poems Lawrence saw published in his lifetime. The typescript … Read the full press release

University of Nottingham: important genetic discovery sheds light on how prostate cancers develop and spread

NOTTINGHAM, 27-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A new and important genetic discovery, which sheds light on how prostate cancers develop and spread, has been made by an international research team led by scientists at The University of Nottingham. Prostate cancer is one … Read the full press release

Research: 12m people and 1m SMEs in UK do not have the skills to realise their potential in the digital era

MANCHESTER, 26-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Bridging the digital skills gap is the responsibility of technology businesses themselves, according to a panel of tech and education experts at a round table debate in Manchester. The call comes after research from digital … Read the full press release

University of Copenhagen: large dataset collected by birdwatchers from 18 different countries across Europe sheds light on how birds respond to climate change

COPENHAGEN, 26-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — New details on how birds respond to climate change have been revealed by volunteer bird watchers all over Europe. The information they’ve gathered shows birds respond to changing conditions in different seasons of the year. … Read the full press release

Pearson’s chief executive John Fallon on 9m Interim Management Statement: We are performing well competitively and gaining share across many areas of our business

Our competitive performance remained strong in the first nine months of the year with share gains across our major markets including US higher education courseware, US school courseware and UK qualifications. Cyclical and policy related factors made some of our … Read the full press release

Pearson: Richard Branson signed the largest petition ever committed to raising awareness of the global challenge of illiteracy

Branson signs Project Literacy petition, raising awareness of the 757m people who can’t read, write or sign their name LONDON, 23-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Richard Branson has signed the largest petition ever committed to raising awareness of the global challenge … Read the full press release

Fundação Portugal Telecom / Direção Regional de Educação da Madeira: Projeto Todos Podem Ler – Madeira

Fundação PT e Direção Regional de Educação da Madeira celebram um novo protocolo para instalar soluções tecnológicas de acessibilidade nas bibliotecas das escolas do ensino básico; Equipamentos e sistemas de software chegam a mais de 634 alunos; Promoção do projeto … Read the full press release

KTH researcher Niklas Arvidsson: Sweden on track to become the world’s first cashless society

Popularity of Swish hastens digitalisation of country’s money STOCKHOLM, 16-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Sweden is on track to becoming the world’s first cashless society, thanks to the country’s embrace of IT, as well as a crackdown on organized crime and … Read the full press release

UKTV teams up with Creative Skillset to host Open Doors event for 16-24 year olds

LONDON, 15-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Darren Childs, CEO of multi-award winning media company UKTV, today announced that the broadcaster is teaming up with Creative Skillset to host an Open Doors event for 16-24 year olds who want to learn about … Read the full press release

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, CNH Industrial present youth educational programs at Expo Milano 2015

LONDON, 15-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ —  Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and CNH Industrial, Official Global Partners of Expo Milano 2015, have come together at Expo today to present their youth educational programs to the public. The programs TechPro2 , Agri Training, … Read the full press release