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OBAMA ENDORSES PLAN TO BOOST NUMBER OF MATHS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS
January 13th, 2010 posted by Ian Maull
An initative to vastly increase the number of maths and science teachers across America has been endorsed by President Obama, with the aim of training 5,000 new teachers over the next five years.
GOOGLE FOUNDING INVESTOR DONATES $2M TO UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
January 12th, 2010 posted by Ian Maull
A University of British Columbia (UBC) alumnus widely credited for mentoring Google’s founders and helping establish the company yesterday donated $2 million to the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI).
MOROCCO UNIVERSITIES IN US$1.7 BILLION REFORM PLAN
December 14th, 2009 posted by Nikki Tarjanyi
Morocco’s education system has announced a US$1.7 billion overhaul, University World News reported yesterday. The emergency plan includes reforming the country’s universities in a bid to boost their science and technology workforce.
THE UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK JOINS FORCES WITH GLOBAL LEADER IN AEROSPACE
December 4th, 2009 posted by Felicity Pont
The University of Limerick (UL) continues to lead the way in Irish aerospace research.
A recent visit to the UL facilities aims to further forge links with global leader in aerospace, EADS. Currently employing over 118,000 people across the world, EADS group includes Airbus, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of commercial and military aircraft, Eurocopter, the world’s largest helicopter manufacturer, and EADS Astrium, the European leader in space programmes from Ariane to Galileo.
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY RECIEVES £50MILLION RESEARCH FUNDING FROM ROLLS-ROYCE
December 2nd, 2009 posted by Nikki Tarjanyi
Swansea University’s planned Science and Innovation Campus at Swansea Bay has been given a massive boost following the announcement of more than £50 million in research and training funding by Rolls-Royce and the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) at a national level.
WOLFRAM ALPHA INTERACTIVE WEB EVENT FOR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS
October 16th, 2009 posted by Nikki Tarjanyi
Wolfram|Alpha, the powerful search engine tipped to take over from Google will be holding the ‘Homework Day’ on Wednesday October 21st. Homework Day is a live interact web event bringing together students of all ages and educators from across the globe to tackle assignments online.
QATAR ENGINEERING PROGRAMMES ACCREDITED
August 27th, 2009 posted by Felicity Pont
Texas A&M University at Qatar received notification that the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET has conferred accreditation on all four of the university’s engineering programmes in Qatar.
CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR NEW MALAWI UNIVERSITY
July 24th, 2009 posted by Felicity Pont
The Malawi Government last week outlined construction plans for the new Lilongwe Science and Technology University.
NEW ISSUE OF I-SECT NOW ONLINE
July 22nd, 2009 posted by Felicity Pont
i-SECT, i-studentadvisor’s science, engineering, computing and technology magazine is now online and available at: www.i-studentadvisor.com
