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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
EBS Business School Named Member of the Graduate Management Admission Council
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the international nonprofit association of business schools that owns the GMAT exam, has selected EBS Business School as a member institution. EBS Business School is one of 17 schools from around the…
Discovering the Invisible Frontier: Nanovation New York
From sunscreens to cell phones and cars, nanotechnology and its innovative applications are having an increasingly significant impact on our daily lives. On April 13, 2011, at the German Center for Research and Innovation, German and U.S. experts…
HPI Research School offers new scholarships for ten young academics
The Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) admits ten new junior researchers to its international “Research School”. Starting in the upcoming winter term they can join the Potsdam-based graduate school, a team of around 30 altogether. Suitable candidates who…
The FUGE and NANOMAT programmes evaluated: Genomics and nanotechnology programmes score high
The Research Council’s Large-scale Programmes Functional Genomics (FUGE) and Nanotechnology and New Materials (NANOMAT) are a success, according to the recently-concluded external evaluations of the two programmes.
In the works: New research contract for the public sector
The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research is working to draw up a new standard contract for use in research and other fact-finding projects commissioned by the public sector. A draft version is now being circulated for review, and the final…
Further Education boosts economy by £75 billion
Further Education participants generate an additional £75bn for the economy over their lifetimes, with Apprenticeships generating around £40 for each pound of Government investment, new research shows.
Nordic top-level research becoming an international brand
The Top-level Research Initiative (TRI) is about to become a brand that creates new and great interest for Nordic top-level research. Professor Nils Christian Stenseth needed no more than 24 hours to put together an Advisory Panel of international…
HIGH DEMAND FOR UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH PROJECTS AT GERMANY’S RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY
Over 190 students from the United States and Canada competed for summer research projects through UROP International Program.
Tuberculosis: A Neglected Pandemic - The German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI) and the Max Planck Florida Institute hosted a discussion on the treatments and challenges of Tuberculosis
With 2 billion cases of tuberculosis infection worldwide and 2 million deaths from the disease each year, Prof. Stefan H. E. Kaufmann (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology) and Dr. Carl Nathan (Weill Cornell Medical College) discussed the…
