International news

 

Ranking reveals world's top countries for higher education

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New research into national education systems gives the first ranking of countries which are the 'best' at providing higher education.
Date:
11/05/2012

EC Erasmus Placement Scheme Success

EC Erasmus Placement Scheme Success
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Nina Slokar Boc just completed a seven months placement with the IEL as part of the European Commission's Erasmus placement schemeEC
Date:
11/05/2012

Symposium explores cultural engagement in Chicago and Birmingham

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The University of Birmingham will co-host a cultural engagement symposium at the Chicago Cultural Center on Tuesday 8 May 2012 focused on connecting cities, universities and international partners in arts and culture.
Date:
03/05/2012

Frankfurt ties continue to grow as Goethe University chief makes visit to Birmingham

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Prof. Dr Rainer Klump, Vice President of Frankfurt's Goethe University, visited the University of Birmingham today to further develop ties between the two universities.
Date:
27/04/2012

Birmingham and Nottingham's joint links with Brazil go from strength to strength

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The arrival of visiting fellows from Brazil this week marks just one of many growing links the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham are developing with the South American country.
Date:
24/04/2012

Go 'Behind the Scenes' with the University of Birmingham's inspirational experts

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A competition has been announced by the University of Birmingham today to give people the chance to go 'behind the scenes' with some of its most inspirational academic experts.
Date:
24/04/2012

University of Birmingham cements and creates new collaborations with Guangzhou

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Six months after the launch of the University's representative office in Guangzhou, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Birmingham is back in Guangzhou today to highlight the ongoing strategic partnership between the City and the University.
Date:
16/04/2012

Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham celebrate first anniversary of landmark collaboration

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Against a backdrop of the most challenging time in UK higher education for a generation, a landmark collaboration agreement between the University of Birmingham and University of Nottingham is celebrating a successful first year. This innovative partnership builds on the complementary strengths of the two universities and has already enabled the institutions to secure multi-million pound research income, explore new international markets, and develop new research collaborations.
Date:
16/03/2012

Rising temperatures impact on major pest of rice

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Rice crop plaguing insects may struggle to survive in a warming climate, scientists from the University of Birmingham have found.
Date:
23/02/2012
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Perspective

Reflecting on terrorism 

“The horrific terrorist attack in Boston has captured the attention of the western world over the past week. Initially, the media and wider speculation concentrated on who carried out the attacks and why? However, Dr Steve Hewitt discusses how trying to reduce the Boston case down to a single explanation ultimately obscures more than it reveals."

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