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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
Business Minister supports Ford’s investment in UK to develop low carbon engines
The paperwork for Ford’s loan and backing from the Government was signed off during a visit by Business Minister, Mark Prisk, to Ford’s technical centre at Dunton, Essex.
Summer Academy 2010 at the University of Koblenz-Landau
The Faculty of Computer Science of the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz in Germany has opened its doors to the annual Summer Academy for more than 50 participants from 13 countries as Ghana, Great Britain, India, and Morocco.
New: Executive MBA Program IMM with a further location in Latin America
The Executive MBA Program (IMM) of the GISMA Business School (Hannover, Germany) in cooperation with the Krannert School of Management (USA), the CEU (Hungary) and TiasNimbas (Netherlands) will be offering one more location in future.
Nordic focus on EU's Baltic Sea Strategy
The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region cannot be achieved without active participation from regional partners. This was one of the conclusions of a meeting co-organised by the Nordic Council of Ministers in Brussels on 29 June.
The "boy crisis" in education - the Swedish discussion
A "gender gap" exists in education in Europe and the USA. A higher proportion of young women than men go on to higher education, girls receive higher grades than boys, and amongst boys, there is a greater risk of being diagnosed with behavioural…
IncoNet EECA at the EuroScience Open Forum in Turin
From 2nd – 7th July the IncoNet EECA Central Information Office (CIO, located at the International Bureau of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Germany) and TÜBITAK (Turkey) presented the objectives and current activities of the…
India Center for Würzburg
A Center for Indian Studies is being set up at the University of Würzburg. The Federal Ministry of Research and Education is backing the venture with EUR 460,000.
The EU-project „The South Baltic WebLab“ aims at attracting school students for marine science
Last week, scientists from six marine research institutions from five European countries met for a convention at the Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemuende, Germany, in order to define the content of a new eLearning concept for…
The Max Planck Society now has a company page in Facebook - in German and English.
The target group: young international junior scientists. They frequent the largest and fastest growing social network and are interesting for the MPG as "High Potentials". In order to reach applicants and to draw attention to ourselves, we publish…
