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The latest postgraduate study news from the UK
New mock court room for law students at Portsmouth
A mock court room with facilities comparable to a real court of law will open in autumn 2009. Students at the University of Portsmouth will use it to practise advocacy and stage full-blown mock trials. Interviewed in the University’s UPDate magazine Caroline Strevens, Head of the School of Law, said: ... More
Bath School of Management lecturer receives prestigious literary award
Dr Fotios Pasiouras, Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Bath School of Management, was recently chosen as a Highly Commended Award Winner at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2009 for his paper entitled “Consolidation in the Greek banking industry: Which banks are acquired?” Dr Pasiouras co-authored his ... More
Recognition for computing courses at the University of Teesside’s School of Computing
The high quality of computing courses at the University of Teesside’s School of Computing has been recognised by a national review undertaken by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. A report by the British Computer Society highlighted 'the positive approach to course delivery, innovation and student support'. Add to ... More
Edge Hill prepares its students for the workplace
Edge Hill University is making sure that its graduates are ready to enter the workplace by building links with local employers and offering work placement opportunities for around 80% of its students. Edge Hill’s placement programme boosts the job prospects of students by placing them directly in touch with employers ... More
University of London Institute of Education: number 1 in the UK for education
The Institute of Education (IOE), part of the University of London, has recently been named the number one university in the UK for education studies by the British government’s Research Assessment Exercise. This confirms the IOE as the home of education studies in the UK, and ranks the Institute above ... More
Liverpool Hope’s new MSc Marketing Management aims to direct 'the international boardroom'
Applications are now being accepted for the new MSc Marketing Management course which begins in September 2009. The MSc will explore the leading marketing strategy and research techniques that enable the discipline to deliver more strategic results, whilst maintaining a strong ethical focus. One of the few courses to be ... More
UWIC success in International Student Barometer
The results of the latest International Student Barometer (ISB) show that overall student satisfaction at UWIC rates higher than any other university in Wales and fourth highest in the ISB. International students from 81 universities, including University of Manchester and Bristol University, were given an opportunity to rate their overall ... More
Southampton engineering students win European design competition
Six students, from the University of Southampton’s School of Engineering Sciences won a pan-European competition for designing, building and flying a UAV (unmanned air vehicle). The Southampton team successfully test flew their winning design at Draycott Airfield, near Swindon, and were judged by an industry panel to have produced the ... More
Exeter secures historic number of funding awards
The Arts and Humanities Council (AHRC) recently awarded the University of Exeter a historically large number of funding grants for postgraduate study. The University was awarded a five year Block Grant Partnership of 119 postgraduate awards worth over £4.2 million. This substantial increase in funding will help expand skill and ... More
Bath receives over £600,000 to train future translators and architects
The University of Bath has been awarded 55 studentships worth over £600,000 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). This funding will run between 2009 and 2013 and subsidize student fees and living costs during postgraduate study at the University. Of the 55 students to be funded, 50 will ... More
Queen Mary receives substantial increase in HEFCE Research Funding
With an increase of £7.28 million, Queen Mary has received the third largest cash increase in research funding in the country, following the recent publication of the Higher Education Funding Council of England (HEFCE) allocations. Queen Mary has received larger research funding allocations than all 1994 Group institutions and all ... More
King College London launches MSc in International Marketing
As the global business environment rapidly changes and world markets grow increasingly interdependent, enormous opportunities and challenges for companies all over the world will continue to arise. King’s new MSc in International Marketing, to be launched in September 2009, will prepare students to understand and handle these challenges in an ... More
Utrecht University researchers receive prestigious human rights award
Two human rights researchers have been awarded the first and second Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2008 for their dissertation works. Antoine Buyse and Gentian Zyberi were presented the award which is an annual incentive prize presented to young and promising thinkers who carry out research in the ... More
Sheffield Hallam University Postgraduate Open Evening - Monday 16 March 2009
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is holding a postgraduate open evening on Monday 16 March 2009 from 4 to 7pm. Find out more about opportunities to develop your skills or even change your career. SHU's courses range from professional qualifications to masters and research opportunities which can be studied part-time, full-time ... More
Anglia Ruskin student wins New York Times Book Review Accolade
A Cambridge School of Art graduate’s first book has been lauded in the international press. Kazuno Kohara, who graduated from the MA in Children’s Book Illustration in 2007, has had her first book voted as one of 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books 2008 by a panel of judges appointed to ... More
Postgraduate students find time for fun
Although the recent snow across the UK brought chaos to parts of London, Brunel University students made the most of the rare British weather to take a break from their studies and enjoy the cold spell! Students were tasked with sending photos of themselves enjoying the snow to Brunel International ... More
Designs on excellence at DMU
De Montfort University's (DMU) Art and Design postgraduate and research courses specialise in innovation and creativity. Our aim is to educate you to be highly employable and to look at how art and design works together with other subjects. Uniquely creative Our postgraduates produce work of exceptional quality. This even ... More
Postgraduate opportunities for physical sciences students at the Chemical Biology Centre, Imperial College London
Fully funded postgraduate studentships are available at the Chemical Biology Centre (CBC) starting in October 2009. The CBC is a consortium of life scientists and physical scientists from three of London’s most prestigious Research Centres – Imperial College London, The Institute of Cancer Research and the London Research Institute of ... More
Manchester Materials Masters – Scholarships Available!
Would you like to be working in Industry as a Materials Scientist, Corrosion Engineer or Textile Technologist, or maybe you are looking to launch your career in the academic world? By completing one of the Manchester Materials Masters courses – you could be in demand across a range of industries ... More
