Nottingham, UK, 11-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A lecturer in dietetics at The University of Nottingham has helped to start a campaign to encourage more men to consider taking up careers in the field of nutrition. As part of Dietitians Week — … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged dietitian, Dr Duane Mellor, HealthyU cook book, Iga Kasperek, Lindsay Brooke, Siân O’Shea, University of Nottingham
Nottingham, UK, 11-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — NURTURE, the University of Nottingham’s infertility treatment unit, has entered into a new partnership between the University and the ARP (Academic Reproductive Partnership) group, the largest single provider of assisted conception in the UK. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Management, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Academic Reproductive Partnership group, ARP Group, Dr. Gordon Coutts, Glasgow Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Hammersmith (Imperial College), James Hopkisson, Mike Carr, Nick King, Nick Raine-Fenning, NURTURE, Oxford IVF unit, University of Nottingham
Nottingham, UK, 11-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A generation of design students at The University of Nottingham is creating innovative solutions to everyday problems. The creations of 33 Product Design and Manufacture BEng/MEng students will be on display from June 13-16 at … Read the full press release
4.5 million EUR for Humboldt Research Fellowships at the Berlin Institute of Health Bonn, Germany, 9-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In future, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will award fellowships in collaboration with the Charité Foundation to finance research stays at the Berlin … Read the full press release
Governance experts Professors Ludo Van der Heyden and Timothy Rowley uncover shortcomings that may be undermining effectiveness Fontainebleau, France/Singapore/Abu Dhabi, 9-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A new finding by INSEAD governance scholars indicates a disparity in the ability of European board directors to match … Read the full press release
LONDON, 5-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Student housing was one of the best performing sectors during the global economic downturn and is becoming a significant asset class in the world stage, according to a new report from international real estate adviser, Savills. Purpose built … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Management, Real Estate, United Kingdom
Tagged premium purpose built accommodation, Savills, Yolande Barnes
MADRID, 5-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — El Centro de Experimentación y Seguridad Vial MAPFRE (CESVIMAP) ha vuelto a realizar una importante donación al Instituto de Educación Secundaria (IES) Adaja de Arévalo. En este caso, se trata de un gran número de … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Insurance, Spain
Tagged Adaja de Arévalo, CESVIMAP, El Centro de Experimentación y Seguridad Vial MAPFRE
Leicestershire, UK, 28-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A group of Loughborough University students have devised a unique ‘swarm’ system using smart unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that could be the future for mountain search and rescue. The 13 undergraduates were challenged to design and … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Education, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Aeronautical MEng degreE, Alex Cook, Chris Hughes, Dr Gary Page, Iain Forbes Brown, James Baines, James Whitehead, Jitinder Johal, Loughborough University, Mudasser Iqbal, Oliver Boldero, Oliver Meager, Phillip Loughlin, search and rescue mission, Simon Howroyd, Skywalker X8, Stephen Clarkson, Sufal Basnyt, Thomas Offord, UAV, unmanned aerial vehicles
Luxembourg, 22-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The EIB invested an unprecedented EUR 1.37bn in France between 12 and 16 May. Projects supported include the refurbishment of schools, investment in France’s small businesses, a motorway and sustainable public transport initiatives. These will all contribute … Read the full press release
Tübingen: “Further cuts mean shutting down” Tübingen, Germany, 20-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The President, staff council and students at the University of Tübingen are calling on all members to join the statewide day of protest on Wednesday, 21 May, to express their … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Financial, Germany, Government, Society
Tagged Bernd Engler, Chris Borg, Neue Aula, state government funding cuts, University of Tübingen
For the first time scientists have been able to restore the ability to grasp with a paralysed hand using spinal cord stimulation. Newcastle, UK, 20-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — There is currently no cure for upper limb paralysis, where there has been damage … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Andrew Jackson, Dr John Williams, Dr Jonas Zimmermann, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Newcastle University, spinal cord stimulation, way to restore ability to grasp with paralysed hand using spinal cord stimulation, Wellcome Trust-funded
LEEDS, 20-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A pioneering database at the University of Leeds will help match patients with certain types of blood cancers to the best treatments. The new resource, funded by the charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, will store cancer … Read the full press release
LEEDS, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Three years of observations show that the Antarctic ice sheet is now losing 159 billion tonnes of ice each year – twice as much as when it was last surveyed. A team of scientists from the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Anna Hogg, Antarctic ice sheet elevation change, British Antarctic Survey, Dr Ian Joughin at the University of Washington, Dr Malcolm McMillan, European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite mission, Pine Island, polar ice sheets, Professor Andrew Shepherd, Professor David Vaughan, Thwaites and Smith Glaciers, UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University of Leeds, West Antarctica
Festive ceremony: “Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise” will be presented Heidelberg, Germany, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ten young scholars from Finland, Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States are to receive the “Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise” in … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Germany, Management, Society
Tagged Angela Roskop Erisman (Hebrew Union College), David Albertson (University of Chicago), David Leech (University of Cambridge), Devin Singh (Yale University) und Matthew Thiessen, Dr. Angela Kalous, Dr. h.c. Manfred Lautenschläger, FIIT, Heidelberg University’s Research Center for International and Interdisciplinary Theology”, Jennie Grillo (Oxford University), Matthias Becker (University of Tübingen), Michal Bar-Asher Siegal (Yale University), Mika Pajunen (University of Helsinki), Prof. Dr. A. Stephen K. Hashmi, Prof. Dr. Detlef Junker, Prof. Dr. Johannes Eurich, Prof. Dr. Manfred Oeming, Prof. Dr. Peter Lampe, Wolfgang Grünstäudl (University of Regensburg), “Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise”
Southampton, UK, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Doctors and scientists in Southampton have completed their first hip surgery with a 3D printed implant and bone stem cell graft. The 3D printed hip, made from titanium, was designed using the patient’s CT scan and … Read the full press release
Enschede, Netherlands, 16-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at research institute MESA+ of the University of Twente and Forschungszentrum Jülich have proven that the friction between two surfaces can be greatly reduced by using artificial ‘polymer brushes’. They have developed a new process whereby … Read the full press release
Enschede, Netherlands, 16-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Universities from all over the world are compared with one another in international rankings. These rankings, though they are important when international students are choosing a course of study, provide little information about a university’s education and … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged QS Stars, QS World University Rankings, University of Twente
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
Genetically engineered antibodies are deployed successfully in cancer diagnostics and therapy. Therapeutic antibodies against Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis are currently under development. An important criterion when designing suitable antibody fragments is their stability. Comparing the antibodies of sharks, which … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Germany, Healthcare, Science, Technology
Tagged Dr. Matthias J. Feige, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Johannes Buchner, Michael Groll, Michael Sattler, new approaches for stabilizing antibodies by comparing mammalian antibodies with those of sharks, professors Linda Hendershot, Technische Universitaet Muenchen
Coventry, UK, 15-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Warwick is once again in the top 10 in the UK, and the leading university in the West Midlands, in the latest UK University league table. The table is published by “The Complete … Read the full press release
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