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All European Final of the European Moot Court Competition took place at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg

Posted on 16, April 2013 by

Court of Justice of the European Union Luxembourg, 16-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — All European Final of the European Moot Court Competition takes place today (12 April 2013) at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg The European Law Moot Court … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, European Union, Government, Law, Luxembourg, Society

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Androulla Vassiliou: Opening up higher education to the world and the new university ranking, U-Multirank

Posted on 12, April 2013 by

Androulla Vassiliou – Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth European University Association Annual Conference/Ghent (Belgium) Ghent, Belgium, 12-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Dear President Nazaré, Dear Rector of the Ghent University Ladies and gentlemen, It’s a pleasure to … Read the full press release →

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Migrant children are more likely to face segregation and end up in schools with fewer resources, new European Commission study says

Posted on 12, April 2013 by

Brussels, 12-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — This leads to under-performance and a high probability that the children will drop out of school early. The study suggests that Member States should provide targeted educational support for migrant children such as specialist teachers and systematic involvement … Read the full press release →

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New University of Nottingham mobile phone app powers better sanitation in developing world

Posted on 10, April 2013 by

10-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A new mobile phone app developed by a University of Nottingham researcher is changing the lives of millions of people in Africa by giving them the power to instantly report problems with poor sanitation. More than a … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Healthcare, Internet & Online, Science, Society, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom

The University of Nottingham: Transforming African lives for a second decade

Posted on 9, April 2013 by

9-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — As the University of Nottingham’s Developing Solutions scholarship programme enters its second decade, graduates of the scheme continue to make a real impact to the development and prosperity of their home countries. Aimed at nurturing talent for a global … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Non Profit, Society, United Kingdom

Researchers at the University of Bristol reveal new insight into the complex neuropathology of Down’s syndrome

Posted on 9, April 2013 by

9-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Researchers at the University of Bristol have revealed new insight into the function of a key protein attributed to impaired learning and memory in Down’s syndrome.  The findings, published online in Nature Cell Biology, offer further molecular insight … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, United Kingdom

GLOBUL ще подкрепи студентска инициатива, която ще се състои в Американския университет в Благоевград

Posted on 8, April 2013 by

8-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — GLOBUL ще подкрепи студентска инициатива, която ще се състои днес в Американския университет в Благоевград. Събитието ще се проведе под формата на състезание, в което ще се включат студенти и ученици от водещи учебни заведения в страната, … Read the full press release →

Posted in Bulgaria, Education, Telecom

European Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs announced €27.5m to support people’s access to basic services in Darfur

Posted on 8, April 2013 by

Brussels, 8-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — European Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs announced today €27.5 million to support people’s access to basic services (such as education and health), as well as water management and agriculture in Darfur, a region in Western Sudan. The funding was announced … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Education, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Investment, Non Profit, Politics, Society

Psychologists at The University of Nottingham discover copying is a social phenomenon

Posted on 8, April 2013 by

8-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Mimicking the behaviour of mum and dad has long been considered a vital way in which children learn about the world around them. Now psychologists at The University of Nottingham have shown that copying unnecessary behaviour is more likely … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Science, Society, United Kingdom

Students from the University of Bristol transform the outlook for residents at a Clifton care home

Posted on 8, April 2013 by

8-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Staff at Carlton Mansions, on Apsley Road, already had a good relationship with student volunteers and decided to ask the University of Bristol Students’ Union (UBU) for their help in creating a fun scene. The Painting and Decorating Society … Read the full press release →

Posted in Construction, Education, Non Profit, Society, United Kingdom

The University of Nottingham secures €6m in funding from the EU to enable post-doctoral researchers in child health

Posted on 6, April 2013 by

6-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The University of Nottingham has secured €6m in funding from the EU to enable post-doctoral researchers in child health to take part in exchanges and collaborations across the globe. The University is leading a consortium of 25 … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Investment, Science, Society, United Kingdom

Hayley Scanlan, Scottish Young Designer of the Year, invited to preview her latest fashion collection in New York

Posted on 6, April 2013 by

6-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Scottish Young Designer of the Year and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design graduate, Hayley Scanlan has been invited to preview her latest fashion collection in New York, as part of a week long programme … Read the full press release →

Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Art & Culture, Education, Entertainment, United Kingdom

Academics from Bristol & Dundee Universities demonstrated that a “sonic lasso” can be used to grip microscopic objects, such as cells, and move them about

Posted on 6, April 2013 by

6-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The research by academics at the University of Bristol’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and the University of Dundee’s Institute for Medical Science and Technology is published online in Applied Physics Letters. The researchers have shown experimentally how tiny particles, such as cells, … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom

Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics: Physicists have, for the first time, successfully transmitted a secure quantum code through the atmosphere from an aircraft to a ground station

Posted on 5, April 2013 by

On wings of light 5-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Can worldwide communication ever be fully secure? Quantum physicists believe they can provide secret keys using quantum cryptography via satellite. Unlike communication based on classical bits, quantum cryptography employs the quantum states of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Germany, Science, Technology, Telecom

University of Sussex: Cutting-edge cancer drugs could keep patients alive for longer than they do now

Posted on 4, April 2013 by

4-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A class of cutting-edge cancer drugs could keep patients alive for longer than they do now, following a major new discovery by University of Sussex researchers working with the Institute of Cancer Research. The researchers, who looked … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, United Kingdom

Scientists at the University of Bristol identified a key molecule responsible for the processes of how memories are written into brain cells

Posted on 4, April 2013 by

Common fruit fly key to discovery as to how memories are written into brain cells 4-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Scientists have identified a key molecule responsible for triggering the chemical processes in our brain linked to our formation of memories.  The … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Science, Society, United Kingdom

Dundee-based jewellers to take part in UK’s largest jewellery trade show following a month-long fundraising campaign

Posted on 4, April 2013 by

4-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A group of aspiring Dundee-based jewellers will take part in the UK’s largest jewellery trade show later this year following a month-long fundraising campaign saw them smash their target by almost 20 per cent. The nine designers, … Read the full press release →

Posted in Art & Culture, Education, Marketing, Society, United Kingdom

The University of Nottingham: Breakthrough in the search for new drugs to treat schizophrenia

Posted on 4, April 2013 by

4-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Controlling the symptoms of schizophrenia is the job of antipsychotic drugs which block a set of specific neural signals. But the way these drugs work can lead to a host of severe and debilitating long-term motor side-effects. … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, United Kingdom

The University of Nottingham is leading an initiative to boost the UK’s business links with Indonesia

Posted on 3, April 2013 by

3-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia, His Excellency T M Hamzah Thayeb, was the guest of honour at a special event at the University – one of the UK’s largest recruiters of students from the country. … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Education, International Trade, Investment, United Kingdom

Universität Freiburg: Der Bachelorstudiengang Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) lädt alle Studieninteressierten zum Open Day ein

Posted on 3, April 2013 by

3-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Mit Studierenden sprechen, Seminare besuchen, Dozierende kennenlernen, den Freiburger Innenstadtcampus entdecken: Der Bachelorstudiengang Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) lädt alle Studieninteressierten zum Open Day ein. Der Tag der Offenen Tür findet am Montag, 8. April 2013, von … Read the full press release →

Posted in Art & Culture, Education, Germany, Science, Society