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Denmark
 Aalborg University
The UNESCO Chair in Problem Based Learning in Engineering Education at
Aalborg University organises the first Research Symposium on Problem
and Project Based Learning in Engineering and Science Education: June
30 - July 1, 2008 at Aalborg University.
The objectives of this first research symposium are:
- to create a community of researchers within PBL and engineering
- to present research projects - whether in an early stage or finalized
projects on the effects of PBL in engineering educations
- to initiate new research projects
- to exchange experiences on PBL
This Research Symposium is a pre-conference activity to the SEFI Annual
Conference 2008 at Aalborg University http://www.sefi2008.com/default.asp
The registration for the Research Symposium on PBL is now open. For
more information, please visit: http://www.ucpbl.net/activities/conferences-workshops/pbl-research-symposium-2008
Canada
Saint Mary's University
Saint Mary's University Business Development Centre will be co-hosting
the 53rd International Council for Small Business (ICSB) World
Conference, to be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 22-25,
2008. Gathered researchers, educators, policy makers, business service
providers, students and business owners from around the world will
address the theme "Advancing Small Business and Entrepreneurship: From
Research to Results" through discussions on the latest research, policy
issues, and development trends in small business and entrepreneurship
support. This event will also offer networking opportunities with small
and medium enterprises/entrepreneurship organizations, institutions and
experts from around the world.
http://www.icsb2008.org/welcome.html
Contact: icsb2008@smu.ca
Europe
European University Association (EUA)
EUA announced its Autumn Conference on “Inclusive and responsive
universities – ensuring Europe’s competitiveness”, to be held October
23-25, 2008. The meeting will aim at discussing and promoting the
concept of ‘inclusive and responsive university’, in other words an
institution able to adapt to changing environment and cope with the
challenges it has to face - demographic change and global competition -
while carrying out its mission as a university, in terms of responding
to the specific local/regional needs and developing new modes of
knowledge production and transmission. A call for papers has been
launched. Deadline for submission is April 1, 2008.
http://www.eua.be/index.php?id=48&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=474&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1
Magna Charta Observatory
The Magna Charta Observatory announced that the 20th Anniversary of the
Magna Charta Bologna would be celebrated at a Conference to be held in
Bologna September 18-20, 2008. This occasion will also be used to take
stock of successes obtained and challenges to be addressed as well as
to reaffirm the aims of the Observatory and the relevance of the Magna
Charta for the future.
http://www.magna-charta.org
Contact: magnacharta@unibo.it
Finland
Turku
School of Economics
On May 7-8 2008, The Turku School of Economics will be hosting the
seminar “Dialogues on sustainable paths for the future: ethics, welfare
and responsibility” jointly organised by the national ESD-resource
centre and the UniPID-network. The meeting will gather academics,
students, public officers, NGOs and industrialists to discuss topics
such as global ethics, the promotion of global sustainability, and the
compatibility between sustainable development and the liberal model.
http://www.tse.fi/EN/media/events/Pages/sustainable_paths.aspx
Holy See
Pontifical Gregorian University
The Pontifical Gregorian University will be hosting an International
Conference on the Theories of Evolution on March 3-7, 2009 to coincide
with the bi-centennial anniversary from the birth of Charles Darwin and
the sesquicentennial anniversary of the publication of the Origin of
Species. Motivated by the awareness that recent discoveries have had a
deep impact on the scope of traditional evolution theories, the
conference will successively address known facts, scientific theories
that try to explain evolutionary mechanisms, humanisation,
philosophical questions and finally theological issues about Evolution.
http://www.evolution-rome2009.org/Home_Page.html
- For scientific information, contact: Prof. Marc Leclerc SJ:
leclerc@unigre.it; Prof. Gennaro Auletta: auletta@unigre.it
- For Organisational information, contact: Angela Calvaruso:
Pontifical Gregorian University
The Pontifical Gregorian University will be hosting the first
International Convention of the International Society for the Study of
Biblical and Semitic Rhetoric on September 15-19, 2008. The meeting is
designed as a networking opportunity for those who practice
Biblical-Semitic rhetorical analysis (which must be differentiated from
the application of classical Greek-Latin Rhetoric to the biblical
texts), but it is however open to all those interested in this way of
approaching the biblical text (and other Semitic texts, especially the
Koran), for which the phenomena of composition constitute the entrance
point to their meaning. A number of scholars’ interventions are
scheduled on topics that are not necessary limited to the strict
application of rhetorical analysis. The deadline for registration and
the submission of short communication proposals is set Wednesday April
30th, 2008. All details are available at the following address.
http://www.retoricabiblicaesemitica.org/primo_convegno_en.html
Contact: Roland Meynet, s.j. (Professor of Biblical Theology at the
Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Gregorian University)
Iran
Shahid
Beheshti University
The Research Institute of the Shahid Beheshti University is to host the
3rd National and 1st International Congress on Family Pathology in May
2008. A call for papers has been launched.
http://en.sbu.ac.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=370&ctl=ViewAll&mid=835&ItemID=14
Shiraz
University
The department of Civil Engineering of Shiraz University announced the
Eight International Congress on Civil Engineering (8icce) to be held in
Shiraz, Iran, on May 11, 12 and 13, 2009. The Meeting will focus on two
core themes: “New Developments and Trends in Civil Engineering” and
“Civil Engineering Education and Ethics”. A call for contributions has
been launched academics, researchers, professionals, experts, engineers
and students of various disciplines of civil and Environmental
engineering are invited to submit their latest research findings for
presentation at this Congress. The deadline for abstract submission is
set on May 7, 2008.
For further information, please visit the Conference website at the
following address:
http://www.8icce.ir
Contact: 8icce@shirazu.ac.ir
University
of Sistan and Baluchestan
The Department of English and Linguistics, University of Sistan and
Baluchestan, Iran and the Department of Linguistics and Philology,
Uppsala University, Sweden are jointly organising the 1st International
Conference on Languages and Dialects in Iran, to be held October 28-31,
2008. The Conference will aim at fostering linguistic research in Iran
through the setting up of a network of field linguists interested in
the study of languages and dialects in Iran in their sociolinguistic
milieu. A Call for papers has been launched on a series of topics that
include Phonetics and Phonology, Morphology and Syntax,
Sociolinguistics, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, Typology, Contact
Linguistics, Bilingualism, Second Language Acquisition. Preliminary
version of the papers should be submitted before 31 May 2008 in
PDF-format to the following e-mail addresses:
yousefian@hamoon.usb.ac.ir or carina.jahani@lingfil.uu.se
http://www.lingfil.uu.se/info/ldiran08.html
Lithuania
Mykolas
Romeris University
The IAU Global Forum on Higher Education (GHEF) 2010 will be held at
the Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
http://www.mruni.lt/en/naujienos/detail.php?el=21354§ion=393
Contact: rugile@mruni.lt
Malaysia
International
Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM)
The Kulliyyah of Science (KoS) of IIUM is organizing the 2nd
International Conference on Advancement in Science and Technology
(iCAST) 2008 on 13th - 15th June 2008. A workshop on proteomics shall
be conducted on 16th - 20th June 2008. The objective of the meeting is
to provide a platform for researchers to share knowledge and research
findings in the field of biological, mathematical, and physical
sciences as well as in multidisciplinary philosophical studies across
the sciences with emphasis on Islamic thoughts.
http://www.iiu.edu.my/icast2008
Contact: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arokiaraj at arokiaraj@iiu.edu.my
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
The Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia will be holding the 20th
International Conference on Higher Education on the “The Role of the
University in Bridging Civilisations” in Bangi, Malaysia, 21-24 August
2008. The Meeting will address the role of universities in shaping an
integrated world community as they prepare their students for 'global
leadership,' 'a wise society,' and 'responsibility for ecological
survival' - the three intertwined dimensions of the academic
contribution to a sustainable future.
A more detailed description of the theme, the registration form and
Conference details are available on the I.C.H.E. webpage at the
following address:
http://www.intconfhighered.org
Contacts: iche@bilkent.edu.tr and ukmiche@gmail.com
Mexico
Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico
The Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico launched a call for
applications for the International Meeting “Estudios sociales sobre el
Fútbol”, to be held at the Universidad Cristóbal
Colón in México 27-29 de May 2008. The meeting will aim
on the one hand at offering a forum for researchers, academics and
alumni in order to promote academic discussion on the subject and, on
the other hand, at composing a research team for the "Identidades,
Prácticas and Representations de los Aficionados al Futbol en
México: Un Análisis multiregional" initiative, which will
investigate football fans from different cities in México from
the point of view of social anthropology and communication sciences, to
better understand the construction of local-regional identities
according to the attachment to the different teams. Participants are
invited to join the project with research already completed or to bring
in investigations proposals.
http://iberosocialesypoliticas.info
http://www.ceas.org.mx/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=248
(announcement)
Contact: Dr. Roger Magazine, Programa de Posgrado en
Antropología Social, Departamento de Ciencias Sociales y
Políticas,
Tel. +52-55-5950-4000, ext. 7554, Fax +52-55-5950-4223,
roger_magazine@yahoo.com,
Mtro. José Samuel Martínez López, Departamento de
Comunicación, samuel.martinez@uia.mx
redinvdeporte@yahoo.com.mx
Turkey
Istanbul Technical University
The Istanbul Technical University will be hosting the 11th
International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and
Components (11 DBMC), 11-14 May 2008, at Istanbul, a confluence of
people with
technological and scientific perspectives is envisaged to exchange
ideas and research findings on studies pertaining to the service life
and durability of construction and building materials, components and
systems at the global and local levels. The perpetual interaction
of activities carried out by researchers and professionals at these two
levels constitute the sub-theme of this conference – “Globality and
Locality in Durability”. Global is concerned with overall or conceptual
issues while local focuses on more regional or specific problems. The
intention of the conference is to merge both of these efforts on
durability.Abstract review process is finalized.
http://www.11dbmc.org/
Contacts: Dr. Ecem Edis , Executive Secreteriat (For scientific
inquiries) exesec@11dbmc.org
Serap Tantekin, Conference Secreteriat (For inquiries about
accommodation) consec@11dbmc.org
United States
American Council on Education (ACE)
In the wake of its publication, “At Home in the World: Bridging
the Gap between Internationalization and Multicultural Education”,
released June 2007, ACE announced a symposium titled, “Bridging the Gap
Cultivating: Collaboration Between Internationalization and
Multicultural Education” to be held in Washington DC June 25-26, 2008.
The web-page developed to promote the initiative includes information
on the At Home in the World publication, and the forthcoming Bridging
the Gap symposium:
http://www.acenet.edu/AM/TemplateRedirect.cfm?Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=24890
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Publications
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Holy
See
Pontifical
Gregorian University
The Pontifical Gregorian University released a publication called
“Universitas Nostra Gregoriana: La Pontificia Università
Gregoriana ieri ed oggi” made up of collected articles, which originate
from recent conferences or from articles already published in the
various journals of the university and record the circumstances of the
birth of the university and the first centuries of its existence; they
show how the teachings of Vatican II are consonant with the works of
the university's professors of theology of the time, many of whom were
consultors at the council; and they point to the main orientations that
the university expects to follow in the years to come.
http://www.unigre.it
- For scientific information, contact: Fr. Paul Gilbertgilbert@unigre.it
- For purchasing information, contact: Mr Alessandro Rossi (Gregorian
University bookstore ph.)
+39+06+67015259, e-mail: editricepugpib-ar@biblico.it; or ADP edizioni:
adp@adp.it
International
Institute of International Education (IIE)
The 2007 edition of IIE’s Open Doors Report on International
Educational Exchange is now available from the Institute's online
bookstore. It features statistics, rankings and analysis on academic
mobility between the United States and other countries throughout the
world.
http://www.iiebooks.org/opendoors2007.html
Iraq
Hawler
Medical University (HMU)
HMU started to set up a virtual library of medical researches in Iraq
destined to make all medical researches conducted in Iraq available
through an online database. This database will then be incorporated
into Medline and other search engines such as Google Scholar.
http://www.hawlermu.org/Default.aspx?page=articles&c=news&id=137
South Africa
Higher
Education South Africa (HESA)
HESA issued a new Publication called “Higher Education Impact -
universities in the South African economy” as part of its efforts to
promote the value of South African education. Meant to determine the
contribution of the public higher education sector to the national
economy, the study reviews the literature dealing with this topic
around the world, it explores income/expenditure as well as employment
and remuneration patterns at local public Higher Education
Institutions, and issues recommendations regarding public spending.
http://www.hesa.org.za/resources/0000000101/0000000188/0000000199/HE%20IMPACT%20final%20for%20WEB.pdf
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Africa
African Association of
Universities (AAU)
AAU launched a new programme called "Mobilizing Regional Capacity
Initiatives"(MRCI), that will aim at building regional capacity to
support African higher education institutions in promoting sustainable
development, eradicating poverty and achieving the Millennium
Development Goals on the continent. At the centre of the MRCI is a
Challenge Fund for strengthening partnerships between the AAU and
regional and national bodies representing higher education institutions
in Africa. The particular role of the AAU is to mobilize resources and
help enhance the capacities of its members and regional partners, which
in turn will support the contribution of their constituents and
networks to the development process throughout the continent. The
Challenge Fund is open, on a competitive basis, to higher education
institutions, research centres as well as bodies representing higher
education institutions in all African countries.
Applications must be sent to the following address iuc@infocom.co.ug
before May 30, 2008.
Project documents and other relevant information can be accessed at http://www.aau.org.
Coordinator: Professor Olusola Oyewole (oyewole@aau.org /
secgen@aau.org)
Iraq
University of Dohuk (UoD)
The University of Dohuk recently joined the Erasmus Mundus External
Cooperation Window Programme and thus yielded 31 scholarships for its
students and academic staff.
http://www.uod.ac/index.php?p=news/view.php?id=87
University of Dohuk (UoD)
The University of Hawaii, USA, donated UoD some 13256 academic books as
part of a cooperation agreement signed three years ago between both
institutions.
http://www.dohukuni.net/news,93.htm
Jamaica
University of the West Indies (UWI)
The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus received a donation of
several books and a DVD on Japanese language and culture from Japan’s
Embassy to Jamaica in order to support Japanese learning at the
University’s modern language teaching programme, and as part of the
efforts to further strengthen the relationship between the UWI and
Japan. This initiative is the second of a series of contributions
initiated 2002 that included the provision of full equipment of the
University’s language laboratory and the provision of two Japanese
instructors to facilitate the teaching of Japanese at the Mona Campus.
In reciprocity, UWI’s Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
started developing a new course in Japanese in order to set up a minor
in the language.
http://www.mona.uwi.edu/proffice/newsroom2.asp?autonumber=232
Norway
University of Bergen
The Department of Chemistry of the University of Bergen has been
awarded two Erasmus Mundus programmes which will both start in autumn
2008.
These are:
- “European Joint Master in Quality in Analytical Laboratories
(EMQAL)”, offering courses and Master’s theses in cooperation with the
University of Algarve (coordinator), a university in Poland, two in
Spain and one in Portugal;
- “Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry (ASC)”, a cooperation project
with Lille University in France (coordinator), the University of
Leipzig, the University of Bologna, the University of Helsinki, the
University of Krakow and the University of Madrid.
http://meldinger.uib.no/engelsk.php?id=38093
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Australia
University
of South Australia
The Council of the University of South Australia appointed Dr Ian Gould
to the position of Chancellor.
http://www.unisa.edu.au/news/2008/210208.asp
Canada
Université
of Sherbrooke
The Université of Sherbrooke nominated Professor Jacques
Beauvais as its new Vice-Rector for Research until May 31, 2009. He
succeeds Professor Edwin Bourget, who retired during the summer.
http://www.usherbrooke.ca/medias/communiques/2007/septembre/beauvais.html
Concordia
University
Concordia University is proud to announce the appointment of Judith
Woodsworth as Concordia’s President and Vice-Chancellor for a term
beginning on August 1, 2008, and ending on June 30, 2013.
http://news.concordia.ca/main_story/012486.shtml
Europe
European Universities Association (EUA)
EUA is currently seeking:
- a Project Officer, that will work within a team implementing projects
in the area of financing of higher education and research with the
overall aim of strengthening universities and developing the European
higher education area in a regional, national and global context.
- a Senior Programme Manager to join the EUA Quality Unit. The main
activities of the unit are threefold: policy development, programme
management, in particular of EUA’s flagship Institutional Evaluation
Programme, and project implementation in the field of quality
enhancement and quality assurance.
Formore information on both job profiles and how to apply:
http://www.eua.be/index.php?id=523
Contact: vacancies@eua.be
Germany
University of Wuppertal
The Senate of the University of Wuppertal, gathered in a special
session, endorsed the election of economist Prof. Dr. Lambert T. Koch
as new Rector.
http://www.presse.uni-wuppertal.de/medieninformationen/aktuell/0312_rektor.html
Hungary
Semmelweis University
Semmelweis University, Budapest, which is renown for the quality of its
health sciences programmes is offering senior academic positions to be
filled in July 2008. Applicants must have a good command of Hungarian
language. Deadline for applications is set on April 7, 2008 (last date
of posting).
http://www.sote.hu/lap.php?id=57
Contact person: Ms Anita Urban, HR Assistant
uanita@rekhiv.sote.hu
Island
University of Akureyri
The University of Akureyri launched a call for application for joint
research position and tenure track faculty position at the Icelandic
Tourism Research Centre (ITRC) and the University of Akureyri. The
position is divided equally between both institutions, with teaching
obligations towards the University and research obligations in the
field of economics, tourism and leisure studies at the ITRC. The
appointment will commence 1st August 2008 and will run for three years
with the possibility of tenure. Deadline for applications is 15th April
2008.
All details are available from the following link:
http://english.unak.is/?m=news&f=viewItem&id=3
Contact: Dr. Edward H. Huijbens, ITRC director, edward@unak.is
United
Kingdom
University
of Liverpool
Sir Howard Newby has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University
of Liverpool on July 6, 2007. He will succeed Professor Drummond Bone
who will retire in September 2008.
http://www.liv.ac.uk/newsroom/press_releases/2007/07/new_vc.htm
United States
American Council on Education (ACE)
Former University of North Carolina (UNC) President Molly Corbett Broad
has been named president of the American Council on Education (ACE),
with effect May 1, 2008.
http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=HENA&CONTENTID=25186&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm
National
University
Dr. Dana Gibson was appointed as the third President of the National
University. She becomes the first female President in the University’s
History.
http://www.nu.edu/About/NewsandEvents/NewsReleases/DGibsonPresident.html
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New Study Programs or
Special Courses
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Australia
La
Trobe University
The Faculty of Education at La Trobe University will start offering a
new distance course, the ‘Graduate Diploma in Education: Middle Years’,
as of 2008, which will qualify students to teach in Australian primary
and secondary schools up to Year 10, with a focus on the middle years
(Years 5-10).
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/education/courses-middle-years.htm
Contact: carla.wallace@latrobe.edu.au
Belgium
Université catholique de Louvain
The Université catholique de Louvain is going to start offering
all its masters reformed according to the Bologna Process – i.e., 172
programmes plus 58 complementary programmes. The new content - supposed
to reflect better the evolution of society - is characterised by
increased global mobility, greater professional insertion/orientation,
and interdisciplinarity. Students will be granted more responsibility
in building their own track but they will also have to make a clearer
choice as regarding the finality of their studies (research, teaching
or professionalisation).
http://www.uclouvain.be/79030.html
(French only)
Ghent University
The Ghent University invites all European students to apply to the new
joint International Master of Science in Rural Development it offers
with the Agrocampus Rennes (France), Humboldt University of Berlin
(Germany), the University of Cordoba (Spain), Wageningen University
(Netherlands), the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (Slovakia)
and the University of Pisa (Italy). Starting with the academic year
2008-09, this Erasmus Mundus programme is designed to offer students
the opportunity to study the European vision on rural development in an
international environment. A number of incentive measures are
announced, such as additional Erasmus mobility grant, a reduction of
the yearly subscription fee or courses exemptions for Master’s degree
holders.
European students can submit their application until 15th August 2008.
Detailed information and application forms are available on the
University’s website:
http://www.imrd.ugent.be
Contact: IMRD Secretariat Ghent University, imrd@ugent.be
Denmark
Aalborg
University
The Aalborg University announced that enrolment for the 2008 session of
its Master Problem Based Learning in Engineering and Science (MPBL) is
open. The MPBL is a full distance and part time faculty development
programme destined that aims at faculty how to change to new innovative
teaching and learning methods. A demo version of one of the courses is
available online, in order to figure out how the distance programme is
organised:
http://www.mpbl.aau.dk/mpbl/demo
Participant can either choose the full master programme or choose among
several single subject courses.
Next session will start September 1, 2008 and deadline for application
is set on June 1, 2008.
There is a special offer of the following single subject courses: PBL
models in Engineering and Science (3 ECTS), Learning Theories (3 ECTS),
Facilitation (3 ECTS) Intercultural Learning (3 ECTS), Development of
Process Competencies (3 ECTS).
Complete information and application forms are available online.
http://www.mpbl.aau.dk
Contact: Professor: Anette Kolmos, e-mail: ak@plan.aau.dk or
Secretary: Marianne Nyborg, e-mail: mariannen@plan.aau.dk
Ghana
University
of Ghana
The University of Ghana launched a Distance Education Centre that will
offer the Bachelor’s Degree programmes of its Business School and its
Faculties of Arts and Social Studies. The first batch of 800 distance
students admitted will inaugurate the five initial courses offered in
Geography and Resource Development, Economics, Sociology, Psychology
and Linguistics.
http://www.ug.edu.gh/content.php?recordID=218
Holy See
Pontifical
Gregorian University
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Communication (CICS) of the
Gregorian University, within its e-learning courses, promotes the two
following online Seminars:
- "Periodismo digital - Una red de comunicaciòn al servicio de
la dignidad humana", to be held June 7th-July 30th.
Deadline for registration: May 23rd 2008.
- "Produccion de Radio - Radio con profesionalidad" (1st and 2nd
level), to be held June 6th-July 30th.
Deadline for registration: May 23rd 2008
For further details: http://www.unigre.it/seminariocics/
Contact: Coordinator: Mr. Ary Waldir Ramos Diaz, ph + 39-67015109,
e-mail: seminariovirtual@unigre.it
Hong Kong, China
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
HKU's School of Modern Languages and Cultures announced the launch of
its first Korean Programme starting from September this year and the
future introduction of a new degree option in Modern China Studies to
be added for the 2008-2009 academic year.
http://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_5628.html
Kenya
University of Nairobi
The University of Nairobi will be holding one of the three mini courses
on “Linear Algebra: From Bases to the Google Algorithm” on June 20 -
July 5. Organised by the Eastern Africa University Mathematics
Programme (EAUMP) courtesy of the Abdus Salam International Centre for
Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the International Science Programme
(ISP) of Sweden in different countries of the region, the Schools aims
at further training and updating knowledge, stimulating regional and
international collaboration in research and training, and sharing
research outcomes.
The deadline for registration is June 5th 2008 respectively for the
three schools.
Contact: Prof. John Okoth Owino, School of Mathematics, University of
Nairobi
http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/adverts/Linear_Algebra_Summer_School.pdf
Email: owino@uonbi.ac.ke or jowino22@yahoo.com
Korea
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)
GIST invite students to the 2008 GIST internship program which will be
generously host your students who are interested in science and
engineering filed from August 29, 2008 to November 25, 2008 as an
Intern. The primary objective of the International Internship Program
is to carry out research and provide training related to science and
technology. Internship Program for 2008 August 29, 2008 – November 25,
2008.
The Center for International Students and Scholars (CISS) at the
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea, is planning
to host an International Internship Program on Science and Technology
from 2008. The primary objective of the International Internship
Program is to carry out research and provide training related to
science and technology. CISS has worked to organize an International
Internship Program once a year, offering students from various
countries the opportunity to participate in a 3 months training course
at GIST. This year, 20 intern students are sought for for the upcoming
Fall semester (August 29, 2008 – November 25, 2008). The International
Internship Program is designed to provide knowledge and skills related
to science and technology in the areas of Life Science, Mechatronics,
Information and Communications, Materials Science, Environmental
Science, and Photonics.
Application deadline May 18, 2008
http://ewww.gist.ac.kr
Mexico
Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de
México
The Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México launched a
diploma called "estudios olímpicos: china 2008" (Olympic
Studies: China 2008), a multidisciplinary approach of the world sport
event. This diploma - unique in Latin America - seeks to open an
interdisciplinary space for reflection, investigation and criticism on
history, as well as the different implications, links and economic,
political, philosophical, cultural, mediatic and esthetic-artistic
impact of the Olympic Movement (from the Pan Hellenic games held in the
Ancient Greece until Athens 2004). The diploma will also provide a wide
historico-cultural approach of China, the host country of the Olympic
Games 2008 and a detailed panorama of each Olympic disciplines.
The programme will start April 19, 2008. All information can be found
at the following address:
http://www.diplomadosibero.com
Contact: José Samuel Martínez López, Head of
Academic Research, samuel.martinez@uia.mx
Tel.(52) +55.5950.4000 ext: 4909.
Norway
Bergen University
The Bergen University launched “the Bergen Summer Research School”
(BSRS), an initiative meant to produce and disseminate research-based
education to address some key global challenges posed by an
increasingly knowledge-based, complex, multicultural, religiously
diverse, and unequal global society. The first four editions of the
Bergen Summer Research School will be dedicated to the following
themes: Global Poverty; Global Environmental and Climate Change; Global
Health; Norms, Values, Language and Culture.
For further information, please visit the BSRS page at the following
address:
http://www.gdc.uib.no
United Kingdom
The Open University
The Open University launched a new course called “Ethics in Real Life”,
that investigates contemporary ethical issues - such as euthanasia,
plagiarism, professional ethics and business responsibility - ethical
theory, and ethical decision-making. The first presentation begins in
April 2008; student registrations are now closed, however the 15-week
course will be presented twice a year.
http://www3.open.ac.uk/media/fullstory.aspx?id=13107
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Bahrain
University of Bahrain (UoB)
The University of Bahrain is currently setting up the first chemical
analyses lab in the Arabian Gulf region - the Analytical Services
Laboratory (ASL). The building has already been constructed, however a
regional fund-raising campaign is soon to be launched in order to
finance the equipments needed.
http://www.uob.bh/en/show/1.aspthe
Canada
Institut national de la Recherche
scientifique (INRS)
INRS launched a call for papers for the International Symposium Culture
Policy Trends and Challenges in Western Countries it is organising on
May 7-8, 2008.
Paper proposals - written in French or English and containing a maximum
of 500 words - should be sent simultaneously at: MCCCF@ucs.inrs.ca and
guilmain@ucs.inrs.ca before January 7, 2008.
http://www.inrs.uquebec.ca/Francais/APPEL_A_COMMUNICATIONS_CFD-MCCCF_Nov_2007.pdf
(In French only)
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Australia
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania signed a three-year partnership agreement
with the Tasmanian Government which focuses on the priority areas of
health, education, climate change, Antarctic and marine science and
island culture. The initiatives announced include the setting up of an
institute for marine and Antarctic studies, incorporating all existing
University marine and Antarctic researchers into a single large
institute, and a series of research scholarships for exploring the
potential of Tasmania’s island culture.
http://www.utas.edu.au/events/Media%20Releases/2008/State-UTAS%20agreement.pdf
Botswana
University of Botswana (UB)
The University of Botswana and Missouri University of Science and
Technology, United States signed a Memorandum of Agreement on February
20 to set up a programme of academic and scientific cooperation in
mining engineering in order to encourage teaching and research
activities between both institutions. So far, initiatives foreseen
include the setting up and administration of a three plus two year
programme (3+2) leading to the award of a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Mining Engineering by Missouri S&T, training of local
faculty/academic staff to contribute to the setting up of a Department
of Mining Engineering at UB, research collaboration between academic
staff and students of both institutions, collaboration on the
development of on-line courses.
http://www.ub.bw/news.cfm?pid=221&t=579
Europe/Asia
European
Universit Association (EUA)
EUA is part of a consortium - with the German Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD) and the Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation
in Higher Education (Nuffic) – that has been selected by the European
Commission to establish an EU-Asia Higher Education Platform for
European and Asian academics and policy makers. The aim of the two-year
project is to provide a means for enhancing information exchange,
dialogue, and cooperation in higher education and research between
Europe and Asia, to develop best practices for institutional
development and cooperation, foster mobility of students and academics
between the two regions, and draw attention to the role and situation
of universities in developing countries.
Initiatives planned include a series of workshops and round tables in
Asia and Europe, the creation of an information and communication
portal and two major-higher education fairs to be held in Asia. The
first event is scheduled for autumn 2008.
http://www.eua.be/index.php?id=48&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=484&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1
Japan
Rikkyo
University
Rikkyo University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
have concluded an academic exchange agreement to develop a series of
cooperation programmes and foster intellectual exchanges between
Japanese and Chinese researchers. Concrete applications already planned
are the joint study of environmental and civic issues that could emerge
after the Olympic Games in Beijing, 2008, as well as public lectures
and symposiums.
http://www.rikkyo.ne.jp/grp/kohoka/english/news/04.html
Palestine
Birzeit University
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Institute of Law
and the Faculty of Law and Public Administration of the University 16
February 2008 in order to develop cooperation projects such as legal
encounters, seminars, conferences, research, teaching and training
initiatives.
http://www.birzeit.edu/?n_id=17935&all_news=1&start=0
South Africa
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)
UKZN signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Malagasy
University and the University of Antananaravio both located in
Madagascar on February 19, 2008 to reinforce a previous agreement
signed in 2006. The new agreement is meant to strengthen
interinstitutional links and extend their collaboration to a series of
research and other projects that are of fist importance for their
development future.
http://varsitynews.ukzn.ac.za/DetailedNews.aspx?NS_ID=448
USA,
Hawaii
University
of Hawai
The University of Hawaii at Hilo and the Hawaii Community College
(HawCC) signed a memorandum of understanding that will enable the
schools to promote a new system of coordinating undergraduate classes
for students attending both institutions. The agreement set up a
“Degree Pathways Partnership Program”, which is expected to help
increase student access, success and four-year degree completion
through improved academic program articulation between the two
institutions.
http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20080124163313
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Austria
Austrian Rectors' Conference
The Austrian Rectors' Conference was re-named Universities
Austria - with effect from 1 January 2008.
http://www.uniko.ac.at
Netherlands
Leiden
University
For the first time in the institution’s history, a PhD candidate will
defend his thesis through video conferencing. Due to personal
circumstances, the University’s Doctorate Board exceptionally decided
to allow the defence ceremony and the presentation of the doctorate to
take place at different locations. The PhD ceremony will progress as an
ordinary doctoral degree presentation, although the exchange of views
between the PhD candidate and the opponents will take place by means of
a video connection. An attached from the Netherlands Embassy in Israel
will verify the PhD candidate’s identity and will guarantee that he is
the person actually speaking.
http://www.research.leidenuniv.nl&link_id=458&link_extern=1
South Africa
University
of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand set up a Centre for Indian Studies
in Africa (CISA) in its Johannesburg campus to encourage research,
teaching and public debate about India and its growing presence across
the African continent. Projects currently in the planning will aim at
investigating issues that are common to South Africa and India such as
social divisions of caste, community and race or urbanisation or
constitutional law. The Centre is also expected to support the
expansion of applied research collaborations between Wits and Indian
universities.
http://web.wits.ac.za/NewsRoom/NewsItems/IndiaCentre.htm
Syria
Univesity of Aleppo
The Univesity of Aleppo will be celebrating its 50th anniversary on May
4-7, 2008.
http://www.alepuniv.shern.net
United Kingdom
London
Metropolitan University
The London Metropolitan University and Croydon College announced an
agreement meant to develop a new form of partnership to create a
substantial new University Centre in Croydon. Initial plans are for a
new Centre to cater for around 2,000 students in its early stages,
growing to over 5,000 students in time. This initiative is also to be
seen as a contribution to the larger plan destined to develop economic
potential and skills provision locally through increased access to
higher education.
For further information:
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/news/latest-news/university-centre-croydon.cfm
Contact: Irene Constantinides, Press Officer
Phone: 020 7320 2346
Email: i.constantinides@londonmet.ac.uk
United States
Pace University
Pace University received the Highest Federal Recognition for
Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Commitment from the Corporation
for National and Community Service was named Pace University to the
2007 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for
exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. In the
2006-2007 academic year alone, over 1,900 Pace students enrolled in
Civic Engagement and Public Values courses. http://www.pace.edu/page.cfm?doc_id=29738#
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