LONDON, 22-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Parents increasingly expect a good return on investment from sending their child to university according to a new report from HSBC, The Value of Education: Springboard for success. The report, which surveyed over 4,500 parents in 15 countries, … Read the full press release
Emilio Botín and the chairman of Bank of Shanghai meet to review progress in their alliance. The two banks sign a cooperation agreement for universities, to encourage International mobility. Six of China’s most prestigious universities will take part. Botín holds … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Education, Financial, Management, Spain
Tagged Banco Santander, Banco Santander’s chairman Emilio Botín, Bank of Shanghai, Bank of Shanghai chairman Fan Yifei, CEIBS, Emilio Botín, Fan Yifei, Fudan University, Peking University., Shanghai Finance and Economy University, Shanghai Jiaotong, ShanghaiTech University, Zhejiang University
Loughborough has been awarded more than £1.1 million as part of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTP) programme. Loughborough, UK, 17-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Previously known as Doctoral Training Grants, DTPs are allocated each year on … Read the full press release
Loughborough, UK, 17-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A Loughborough University student has been named ‘Inspirational Woman Student of the Year’ at the National Union of Students Women’s Campaign National Awards. Rachel Dykins, 23, received the award at the NUS annual Women’s Conference in … Read the full press release
– ‘ŠKODA Apprentice Car’: Two-seater sports convertible based on ŠKODA Citigo – Project undertaken by 16 apprentices from ŠKODA Vocational School in close partnership with ŠKODA design department – Premiere at the 33rd GTI Fan Meet at Wörthersee at the … Read the full press release
Brussels, 11-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Around 350 university leaders and representatives from the higher education sector gathered last week (3-4 April) for the EUA Annual Conference, hosted by the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium. The theme of this year’s conference was … Read the full press release
FUmanoids Win in Humanoid League of Robots up to 60 Centimeters / Defeated University of Hertfordshire Team in Finals, 2 to 1 Berlin, 11-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The soccer robots of Freie Universität Berlin reached first place in this year’s German Open … Read the full press release
Norfolk, UK, 10-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Adrian Wootton, chief executive of Film London and the British Film Commission, has received an Honorary Doctorate from UEA at a ceremony for UEA London graduates at London’s Barbican. Wootton joined UEA’s School of English & American … Read the full press release
A disability expert from the University of East Anglia is calling for development agencies to ensure their aid programmes meet the needs of disabled people. Norfolk, UK, 10-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Dr Tom Shakespeare has given written and oral evidence to the House … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Government, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged disabled people, disabled people needs, Dr Tom Shakespeare, University of East Anglia
Newcastle, UK, 10-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The next generation of wearable computing is being trialled for the first time to evaluate its potential to support people with Parkinson’s. Experts at Newcastle University are investigating Google Glass as an assistive aid to help people with Parkinson’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Ivan Poliakov, Dr John Vines, Google Glass, Ken Booth, Lynn Tearse, Newcastle University, Parkinson, Roisin McNaney
LEEDS, 9-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists from the University of Leeds have discovered six new forms of inherited blindness, each one resulting from mutations in a different gene important in eye development and vision. The research, carried out by experts from the University’s … Read the full press release
LEEDS, 9-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Quantum Imaging Ltd, a University of Leeds spin out, has secured a £1.6 million investment to develop its medical imaging technology. The investment, announced today by IP Group plc and the University of Leeds, will enable the company … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Financial, Healthcare, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Professor Ben Varcoe, Quantum Imaging Ltd, Steve Parker, University of Leeds
Gothenburg, Sweden, 9-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Volvo Group’s own university opens today. The Volvo Group University is located in Arendal in Gothenburg and will be the center of further education and competency activities for the Group’s 110 000 employees for the entire global … Read the full press release
Heidelberg, Germany, 8-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Health, qualifications and motivation are the crucial factors determining whether, as a consequence of demographic change, wage-earners can or should go on working past the age of 67. To tap the potential of older staff members to … Read the full press release
Southampton, UK, 8-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor Cyrus Cooper of the University of Southampton has been awarded The 2014 ESCEO-IOF Servier Pierre D. Delmas Prize for his distinguished body of work in the epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders. Presented at the opening of the World … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Southampton, UK, 8-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Research by economists at the University of Southampton has shown people who receive higher bonuses are less likely to give to charity than those on lower earnings. The study by Dr Mirco Tonin and Dr Michael Vlassopoulos … Read the full press release
By collecting deer droppings, and then growing the seeds found within, researchers from Stockholm University have been able to see how deer spread different types of plants. Stockholm, Sweden, 8-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — “We found that deer disperse seeds to a much greater … Read the full press release
Enschede, Netherlands, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Water, a membrane with a tiny hole and a small metal plate: that’s all that is required to generate a voltage of 20,000 volts. Researchers from the University of Twente MESA+ research institute have developed a completely new … Read the full press release
Enschede, Netherlands, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers of the University of Twente use a new method to list the damage after disasters. A remote-controlled drone with a normal camera takes a large amount of pictures of a building. From this, a 3D model is … Read the full press release
LONDON, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A new way to artificially control muscles using light, with the potential to restore function to muscles paralysed by conditions such as motor neuron disease and spinal cord injury, has been developed by scientists at UCL and … Read the full press release
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