22 December 2020, the Swedish Government decided to assign to Uppsala University the task of setting up a new national knowledge centre for research on nuclear disarmament. With an interdisciplinary approach and researchers in fields including peace and conflict research, nuclear physics, artificial intelligence (AI) and political science, the incipient […]
The declaration recognises the considerable impact the University has on the environment and the need to take decisive action in response to climate change. The University is asking staff and students to help develop a Climate Action Plan. A consultation, to be launched in January, will ask all sections of the […]
Prestigious EU program Horizon 2020 supports Mainz University and its partners in the step-by-step establishment of an exemplary European University The European Commission supports the European University Alliance FORTHEM, coordinated by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), in implementing a new project under the EU Framework Program Horizon 2020. In the […]
At BSU discussed issues of cooperation in the field of education and science between Belarusian and Russian universities. The discussion took place at the section “Social and humanitarian potential of higher education in the framework of the Union State” of the Second Forum of the Association of Russian and Belarusian universities. The session […]
The Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE, in its Spanish acronym) has awarded its National Statistics Award to Daniel Peña Sánchez de Rivera, emeritus professor of Statistics and former President of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), as recognition for his input, scientific work and eminent contribution to the advancement […]
A Kingston University graduate, whose children’s books champion inclusivity and have helped young people deal with trauma, has been included in the BBC’s list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2020. Syrian children’s author and illustrator Nadine Kaadan, who graduated with an MA in Communication […]
The University of Turin is one of the most ancient and prestigious Italian Universities. Hosting over 79.000 students and with 120 buildings in different areas in Turin and in key places in Piedmont, the University of Turin can be considered as “city-within-a-city”, promoting culture and producing research, innovation, training and employment. The University of […]
Nikolaos G. Papaioannou comes from Trikala of Thessaly and completed the primary and secondary education in Athens. He studied at the Veterinary School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he graduated with a degree of “very good 8.2”. Then he started the PhD thesis, which he supported in 1991 […]
Thousands of jobs will be created and the region’s economy given a £1bn boost now the ground-breaking North Wales Growth Deal has been signed. Both the Welsh and UK Governments and the North Wales Economic Ambition Board today (Thursday) formally approved the five programmes that make up the Deal, a […]
New technologies and growing demand for more sustainable-produced food are needed to tackle climate change. Nowadays, we are witnessing a revolution in the farming sector that goes hand in hand with electronics, communications and automation. All of this is changing the way we produce food. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) […]