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The IOE goes global
The Institute of Education, University of London (IOE) is taking its ideas and research around the world. Our recently inaugurated international lecture series, ‘Leading the Global Education Debate’, made stops in Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Brazil in autumn 2009. If you couldn’t be there, check out some pictures and video ... More
IOE director to retire after 10 years
Professor Geoff Whitty has announced that he is going to retire from his role of Director of the Institute of Education, University of London in September of this year, after completing a decade in the post. A leading scholar in the areas of education policy, teacher education and curriculum, Professor ... More
UEA’s innovative MBA to be delivered from new London-based study centre
The University of East Anglia’s MBA in Strategic Carbon Management will be delivered in a part-time modular format from the University of East Anglia’s new study centre based in the heart of London from March 2010. The MBA is designed to maximise knowledge and practical business experience in climate change ... More
New course in urban design tackles gap in expertise
Few professionals are properly equipped to engage creatively with the challenges and complexity of 21st century cities, towns and villages, but a new Masters course in Urban Design at the University of Portsmouth is changing that. Urban design is the art of making places that are practical and pleasant; places ... More
Prestigious grant awarded to senior lecturer at Edge Hill for linguistic research
A senior lecturer at Edge Hill University has been awarded a prestigious grant for a unique linguistic research project. Dr Jo Shoba - of the Department of English and History - has received British Academy funding for a UK-Africa Academic Partnership, a collaborative three-year project which will involve Edge Hill ... More
100 PhD funding opportunities at the University of Exeter!
The University of Exeter will be awarding funding for over 100 new PhD places for students starting in Autumn 2010. There are opportunities for PhD research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities across the University’s campuses in Exeter and Cornwall. The awards range from full studentships covering all fees ... More
Principal and Vice Chancellor of University of Aberdeen is honoured with knighthood
Professor Sir Duncan Rice, Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, received a knighthood at Buckingham Palace at the end of last year. Professor Rice has been awarded the honour for his services to higher education. Upon receiving his knighthood, Professor Rice said: ‘On a personal level this ... More
Newcastle University scientist knighted in New Year Honours
Professor John Burn, head of the Institute of Human Genetics at Newcastle University, has been knighted for services to medicine - Professor Burn helped set up Newcastle’s International Centre for Life, which was opened by the Queen in 2000. Professor Burn studied medicine at Newcastle University. Once he was a ... More
Edge Hill University launches new Masters in Teaching and Learning
Edge Hill University - based in the North West of England - has launched a Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL). This new programme, which is being introduced principally in the North West, is part of a national initiative to improve the professional status of thousands of newly qualified teachers. ... More
Director at King’s College awarded OBE for services to Knowledge Transfer
Dr Alison Campbell - Managing Director of King's College London Business Ltd - was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Knowledge Transfer in the New Year’s Honours list. Knowledge Transfer is the process of engagement by the academic base with its external sectors that enables ... More
Student returns to Dutch university as Associate Professor
A former student at leading Dutch institution, Wageningen University, has returned to her place of learning as an Associate Professor. Monique Nuijten who studied MSc International Development Studies at Wageningen University, has always been interested in social inequality, research and different nationalities, and feels that this institution is the ideal ... More
Oxford Brookes creative writing fellow wins national award
A creative writing fellow from Oxford Brookes University has won the BBC National Short Story Award. Kate Clanchy, a fellow on the MA in Creative Writing at the university has beaten two Orange prize winners to clinch this award. After receiving one of Britain’s foremost writing awards along with the ... More
Professor at Queen Mary awarded a CBE!
An academic from Queen Mary, University of London has been honoured in the New Year’s Honours List for his services to medicine. Professor Adrian Newland, Centre Lead for the Academic Haematology Unit at the Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE). ... More
Leeds Metropolitan University welcomes new Vice-Chancellor
Leeds Metropolitan University is delighted to welcome new Vice-Chancellor Professor Susan Price. Professor Price joins Leeds Met from the University of East London (UEL), where she was Acting Vice-Chancellor. She had worked at UEL since 2002, when she was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor with an academic remit. She became Deputy Vice-Chancellor in ... More
