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Tuesday, March 17, 2015
‘Good Vibrations?’ – Café Science Extra on 11th March
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Loughborough College student named as national digital champion
After a country-wide search a Loughborough College student has been named as a national digital champion.
Andrew Carter-Smith impressed judges for the programme, launched by technology services company CAE and supported by World-leading ICT manufacturers, with a proposal showing how his knowledge of technology could help improve the college experience.
The 18 year old, who is studying BTEC IT at Loughborough College, is one of only 12 champions from across the UK set to receive benefits including exclusive access to demonstrations of the latest technology and its potential, support and collaboration by industry experts and references to support employment or university application. Andrew will also be eligible for an annual award and prize for the Student Digital Champion who has made the biggest impact in their college.
Andrew said: “Three of us applied for the programme and it would have been great if we had all been successful and could have done it as a team – but I was surprised, and thrilled, when I heard I had been selected.
“I love studying IT at Loughborough College and the staff have been so supportive throughout the application process. The idea was mine and I worked hard on putting it together but it was reassuring to have them backing us.
“I was inspired by a film called The Boy in the Plastic Bubble and came up with a proposal of how web cams and video conferencing could be used to support students and staff who were unable to make it into college, for example due to illness.
“My parents are absolutely over the moon and this has made me even more motivated and focused on making my dream of working in software development a reality.”
Loughborough College programme area lead for IT and Media Production Rachael Folds added: “Three of our BTEC IT students - Andrew Carter-Smith, Krishnan Hughes-Rai and Connor Adams - submitted high-calibre applications, supported by the ELearning team in College.
“We were delighted to hear CAE had selected Andrew as one of their 12 national Student Digital Champions. They said his application had been ‘a pleasure to review’ and that they were ‘extremely impressed with the enthusiastic approach to utilizing technology in Further Education.’
“We know Andrew will be brilliant at respresenting the Department of Technology at Loughborough College in his new role on the national stage. Our students really are an asset to us and we are very proud of them all.”
Pictured: Loughborough College Head of Technology Dr Martin Killeen with national Student Digital Champion Andrew Carter-Smith
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Call for Papers: Critical Commentary
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Research Associate -SYNAPS (CT3022)
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KTP Recruitment and Administration Officer (CT3023)
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Lateral thinking about chromosome linking
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Wellcome Trust-MRC Newton Fund Collaboration
The Newton Fund is a new UK government initiative intended to strengthen research and innovation partnerships between the UK and emerging knowledge economies.
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Lateral thinking about chromosome linking: Tanaka Lab Paper in Nature Cell Biology
Scientists led by a group at the College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee have made a significant discovery about how our cells properly inherit their genetic information.
The research team led by Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow Professor Tomo Tanaka and colleagues Dr Maria Kalantzaki and Dr Etsushi Kitamura in the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression at the College, working in collaboration with researchers at the University of Oxford, has studied a process of `lateral linking’ by which cells can properly multiply, one of the basic processes in all life.
The researchers say their findings give an insight into how abnormal cell division ends up causing cancers and genetic diseases.
Chromosomes carry genetic information in cells. When cells divide and multiply, a complete set of chromosomes must be duplicated and separated into each new cell with precision, as any error in this process might cause cell death, cancers and genetic diseases.
Proper separation of chromosomes relies on their linking to wire-like structures in the cell. If chromosomes are linked to the wires incorrectly, that link must be removed and a correct one formed.
Professor Tanaka said, “We have discovered that a chromosome is initially linked to the lateral side of a wire, before moving to its tip. The lateral linking allows a chromosome to catch a wire very efficiently. Once a chromosome reaches the tip of a wire, incorrect linkages are recognized and removed, whereas correct ones are retained.
“As lateral thinking often helps us to find a bright idea, so lateral linking helps a chromosome to find a right wire quickly. Future research should address not only how genetic information is inherited during normal cell division but also should study how this process could go wrong.”
The results of the research are published in the journal Nature Cell Biology.
The research has been funded by The Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council, EU’s 7th Framework Programme for Research, the European Research Council, CR-UK, the Human Frontier Science Programme and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
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Dundee expands world-leading forensic & medical art offering
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Gold Fairtrade Double for City College
City College Plymouth has won two Gold Awards at the 2015 South West Fairtrade Business Awards.
The College won a Gold Award for Best Fairtrade University or College and was the only college to be recognised in this category. General Manager for the College’s catering supplier Aramark, Mark Jones, also received a Gold Award in the Best Fairtrade Advocate category.
City College Plymouth achieved its status as a ‘Fairtrade College’ in 2008, meaning that it has made a commitment to supporting and using Fairtrade products throughout the College, including in their on-site catering outlets, in meetings and in their offices.
Laura Parry, Sustainability Officer at City College Plymouth, said: “We are delighted that the College has been recognised for the work they do promoting Fairtrade. We are continually looking to improve our provision of Fairtrade products and we actively raise awareness of Fairtrade to both staff and students within the College and to the local community.”
Representatives from the College and other organisations in the South West Fairtrade community were recognised at the ceremony at The Watershed in Bristol on Friday 6 March to conclude Fairtrade Fortnight in the region.
The 150 Business leaders who attended heard from Sophi Trancell, Managing Director of Divine Chocolate, and Laura Daniel, Licensing Manager at Aardman, on their business collaboration on the Shaun the Sheep Fairtrade Easter Egg, demonstrating how incorporating Fairtrade into a business has massive impacts on farmers in developing countries. Many were seen sporting their Shaun the Sheep headbands as they left the event.
To find out more about joining the Fairtrade community with a course or Apprenticeship at City College Plymouth, apply at their Information Event, Wednesday 11 March, between 4.00pm and 6.00pm at the Kings Road campus.
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Novel online bioinformatics tool significantly reduces time of multiple genome analysis
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Work experience in Oberursel
Second year students studying A-level German spent Reading Week in Farnborough’s Twin Town Oberursel, near Frankfurt.
The students had the opportunity to experience working in a variety of roles at a local school, the town’s newspaper and Town Hall as well as enjoying the hospitality of local families.
Megan Romaine said of her experience “I really enjoyed my visit to the "Grundschule am Urselbach" in Oberursel. The school were very welcoming and I gained a wonderful experience of the German school system, working with a class of 7-8 year olds. I stayed with a lovely family in nearby Steinbach and learnt lots about Oberursel during our walk around the town and our museum trip. They also took me to Frankfurt for the day. I had a fabulous time! It was an amazing experience, I would definitely recommend it.”
Adam Wills said “I worked at the local town magazine in Oberursel. This was a great opportunity not only to improve and practice my German, but also to gain valuable experience in the field of journalism, which is one of my possible career interests. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, getting the opportunity to write two articles, conduct research for future articles and take some photos for the magazine. I also took part in the German ‘Karneval’ celebrations, which was an interesting experience. I am extremely glad that I took this opportunity to gain valuable experience and improve my German.”
Kieran Wragg commented “My work experience was very fulfilling. I was given a lot more responsibility than I expected. I was meant to be checking the Town Hall's English translations, but I ended up translating the mayor’s speech and a letter to Rushmoor, both of which were for the 25 year Twinning Anniversary between Rushmoor and Oberursel. The people there were really welcoming and I had the chance to attend the politicians’ small carnival party and to meet an old student from Farnborough 6th.”
Feedback on Keiran’s work from Andrea Einig-Homann included “Keiran’s translation work was excellent”. “We were very pleased to have him as he was very helpful.”
Stamatia Mukherjee, Curriculum Manger for German added “We are delighted to have been able to secure work experience placements for our students, in our twinning town Oberursel, over a number of years. In collaboration with the Magistrate, we have been sending A2 students to Germany who are interested and confident enough to be there without their teachers. This is an invaluable way to get an insight into the world of work and also an affordable way to gain experience in local companies abroad, as students can stay with their exchange partners from the year before.”
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Work experience in Oberursel
Second year students studying A-level German spent Reading Week in Farnborough’s Twin Town Oberursel, near Frankfurt.
The students had the opportunity to experience working in a variety of roles at a local school, the town’s newspaper and Town Hall as well as enjoying the hospitality of local families.
Megan Romaine said of her experience “I really enjoyed my visit to the "Grundschule am Urselbach" in Oberursel. The school were very welcoming and I gained a wonderful experience of the German school system, working with a class of 7-8 year olds. I stayed with a lovely family in nearby Steinbach and learnt lots about Oberursel during our walk around the town and our museum trip. They also took me to Frankfurt for the day. I had a fabulous time! It was an amazing experience, I would definitely recommend it.”
Adam Wills said “I worked at the local town magazine in Oberursel. This was a great opportunity not only to improve and practice my German, but also to gain valuable experience in the field of journalism, which is one of my possible career interests. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, getting the opportunity to write two articles, conduct research for future articles and take some photos for the magazine. I also took part in the German ‘Karneval’ celebrations, which was an interesting experience. I am extremely glad that I took this opportunity to gain valuable experience and improve my German.”
Kieran Wragg commented “My work experience was very fulfilling. I was given a lot more responsibility than I expected. I was meant to be checking the Town Hall's English translations, but I ended up translating the mayor’s speech and a letter to Rushmoor, both of which were for the 25 year Twinning Anniversary between Rushmoor and Oberursel. The people there were really welcoming and I had the chance to attend the politicians’ small carnival party and to meet an old student from Farnborough 6th.”
Feedback on Keiran’s work from Andrea Einig-Homann included “Keiran’s translation work was excellent”. “We were very pleased to have him as he was very helpful.”
Stamatia Mukherjee, Curriculum Manger for German added “We are delighted to have been able to secure work experience placements for our students, in our twinning town Oberursel, over a number of years. In collaboration with the Magistrate, we have been sending A2 students to Germany who are interested and confident enough to be there without their teachers. This is an invaluable way to get an insight into the world of work and also an affordable way to gain experience in local companies abroad, as students can stay with their exchange partners from the year before.”
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Big data in practice: Canada and the UK join forces on dementia research
A transatlantic collaboration to share data and research expertise in the fight to better understand, treat and prevent dementia.
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Novel online bioinformatics tool significantly reduces time of multiple genome analysis
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Research Mobility Programme Leads to Joint Success for PhD Students
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CT scanning shows why tilting trees produce more sugars for biofuel
A team of researchers at Imperial College London, in collaboration with Rothamsted Research, have used medical imaging techniques to explore why making willow trees grow at an angle can vastly improve their biofuel yields. Using micro-CT scans, the team showed that the trees respond to being tilted by producing a sugar-rich, gelatinous fibre, which helps them stay upright.
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Film screening: ‘We Are Many’
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Research Associate in adaptive mesh generation (SS3049)
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King's chosen to train English Language teachers in bid to help Peru become bilingual by 2025
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Monday, March 16, 2015
Business, Innovation & Skills Bulletin – 20th February 2015
- Business, Innovation & Skills Bulletin – 20th February 2015 - Parents-to-be begin the countdown to Shared Parental Leave With just 8 weeks to go until mums and dads with babies due on or after 5 April 2015 can start sharing up to 50 weeks of parental leave, expectant parents need to have that all-important conversation with their employers. 285,000 working couples a year are expected to be eligible for Shared Parental Leave with parents giving their employers 8 weeks’ notice of the pattern of leave they intend to take. Use this quick and easy online tool to make sure you are eligible for Shared Parental Leave, see the acas good practice guide for employers and employees, or find out more on GOV.UK. £20 million for UK industrial biotechnology Business Secretary Vince Cable has unveiled the winners of a multi-million-pound competition to bring innovative UK biotechnology projects to market. A total of 23 projects, ranging from making biofuel from household waste to using bacteria to make the building blocks for new medicines, will share almost £20 million from the Industrial Biotechnology Catalyst – introduced in January 2014 to support collaboration between UK researchers and the emergent industrial biotechnology sector. View the Life Sciences infographic and find out more on GOV.UK. Women entrepreneurs are untapped talent says report Women entrepreneurs could play a bigger role in the UK economy, creating jobs and boosting growth as well as reducing gender inequality, according to the findings of an independent report published this week. The report, ‘Inclusive Support for Women in Enterprise’, found that although the number of female-run small and medium-sized businesses has increased, there is still more to be done to close the gender gap between men and women. Find out more on GOV.UK. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – Cable urges greater transparency The UK will greatly benefit from closer economic ties with the US, via the proposed EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), but more transparency is needed to help address public concerns, Secretary of State for Business Vince Cable has told EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström. In a meeting in London this week Vince Cable and UK Trade Minister Lord Livingston asked Commissioner Malmström to give senior UK parliamentarians access to TTIP treaty text as it is developed, so that they can monitor progress and ask questions on the public’s behalf. Find out more on GOV.UK. National Apprenticeship Week 2015 National Apprenticeship Week runs from 9 to 13 March. Why not test your knowledge of apprenticeships with a short quiz? You may find out something surprising! Minister signs £330 million North East Growth Deal Greg Clark, Minister for Universities, Science and Cities, visited Science Central in Newcastle this week to sign the North East Growth Deal, which will see nearly £330 million of government funding invested into the North East. The Minister joined Paul Woolston, Chair of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), to sign the Growth Deal at Science Central. Over the lifetime of its deal (2015 to 2021) the LEP estimates that up to 5,000 new jobs will be created. Find out more on GOV.UK. Government names and shames largest ever number of National Minimum Wage offenders A further 70 employers who failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage have been named this week by Business Minister Jo Swinson, bringing the overall total named and shamed to 162. Between them, these 70 employers owed workers a total of over £157,000 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £70,000. To support the minimum wage crackdown, the Government is increasing HMRC’s £9.2 million enforcement budget by a further £3 million, helping to fund more than 70 extra compliance officers. This week the Low Pay Commission recommended increases to the NMW rate, including a 3% increase to the adult rate, which the Government will now consider. Cyber security ‘myths’ putting a third of SME revenue at risk Small and medium sized companies are putting a third (32%) of their revenue at risk because they are falling for some of the common misconceptions around cyber security, leaving them vulnerable to losing valuable data and suffering both financial and reputational damage. Yet new research by the Government’s Cyber Streetwise campaign shows that two-thirds (66%) of SMEs don’t consider their business to be vulnerable, and just 16% say that improving their cyber security is a top priority for 2015. Businesses can take advantage of free online training courses for staff, Cyber Essentials and a simple cyber security guide for small and medium-sized firms. Find out more on GOV.UK. Government backs manufacturing with action plan and cash boost Ministers have announced a package of measures to boost British manufacturing, including a £22 million grant to accelerate new house building technology and a new action plan to support growth in supply chains. The grant, part of a £104 million project led by construction and engineering firm Laing O’Rourke, will promote new pre-assembly techniques in house building. The project will also deliver training in the latest digital engineering and installation skills. Find out more on GOV.UK and view the guide to Industrial Strategy.
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Research Assistant (fixed-term post) (CC3018)
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‘Good Vibrations?’ – Café Science Extra on 11th March
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Loughborough College student named as national digital champion
After a country-wide search a Loughborough College student has been named as a national digital champion.
Andrew Carter-Smith impressed judges for the programme, launched by technology services company CAE and supported by World-leading ICT manufacturers, with a proposal showing how his knowledge of technology could help improve the college experience.
The 18 year old, who is studying BTEC IT at Loughborough College, is one of only 12 champions from across the UK set to receive benefits including exclusive access to demonstrations of the latest technology and its potential, support and collaboration by industry experts and references to support employment or university application. Andrew will also be eligible for an annual award and prize for the Student Digital Champion who has made the biggest impact in their college.
Andrew said: “Three of us applied for the programme and it would have been great if we had all been successful and could have done it as a team – but I was surprised, and thrilled, when I heard I had been selected.
“I love studying IT at Loughborough College and the staff have been so supportive throughout the application process. The idea was mine and I worked hard on putting it together but it was reassuring to have them backing us.
“I was inspired by a film called The Boy in the Plastic Bubble and came up with a proposal of how web cams and video conferencing could be used to support students and staff who were unable to make it into college, for example due to illness.
“My parents are absolutely over the moon and this has made me even more motivated and focused on making my dream of working in software development a reality.”
Loughborough College programme area lead for IT and Media Production Rachael Folds added: “Three of our BTEC IT students - Andrew Carter-Smith, Krishnan Hughes-Rai and Connor Adams - submitted high-calibre applications, supported by the ELearning team in College.
“We were delighted to hear CAE had selected Andrew as one of their 12 national Student Digital Champions. They said his application had been ‘a pleasure to review’ and that they were ‘extremely impressed with the enthusiastic approach to utilizing technology in Further Education.’
“We know Andrew will be brilliant at respresenting the Department of Technology at Loughborough College in his new role on the national stage. Our students really are an asset to us and we are very proud of them all.”
Pictured: Loughborough College Head of Technology Dr Martin Killeen with national Student Digital Champion Andrew Carter-Smith
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Call for Papers: Critical Commentary
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Research Associate -SYNAPS (CT3022)
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KTP Recruitment and Administration Officer (CT3023)
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Lateral thinking about chromosome linking
» more
Wellcome Trust-MRC Newton Fund Collaboration
The Newton Fund is a new UK government initiative intended to strengthen research and innovation partnerships between the UK and emerging knowledge economies.
» more
Lateral thinking about chromosome linking: Tanaka Lab Paper in Nature Cell Biology
Scientists led by a group at the College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee have made a significant discovery about how our cells properly inherit their genetic information.
The research team led by Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow Professor Tomo Tanaka and colleagues Dr Maria Kalantzaki and Dr Etsushi Kitamura in the Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression at the College, working in collaboration with researchers at the University of Oxford, has studied a process of `lateral linking’ by which cells can properly multiply, one of the basic processes in all life.
The researchers say their findings give an insight into how abnormal cell division ends up causing cancers and genetic diseases.
Chromosomes carry genetic information in cells. When cells divide and multiply, a complete set of chromosomes must be duplicated and separated into each new cell with precision, as any error in this process might cause cell death, cancers and genetic diseases.
Proper separation of chromosomes relies on their linking to wire-like structures in the cell. If chromosomes are linked to the wires incorrectly, that link must be removed and a correct one formed.
Professor Tanaka said, “We have discovered that a chromosome is initially linked to the lateral side of a wire, before moving to its tip. The lateral linking allows a chromosome to catch a wire very efficiently. Once a chromosome reaches the tip of a wire, incorrect linkages are recognized and removed, whereas correct ones are retained.
“As lateral thinking often helps us to find a bright idea, so lateral linking helps a chromosome to find a right wire quickly. Future research should address not only how genetic information is inherited during normal cell division but also should study how this process could go wrong.”
The results of the research are published in the journal Nature Cell Biology.
The research has been funded by The Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council, EU’s 7th Framework Programme for Research, the European Research Council, CR-UK, the Human Frontier Science Programme and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
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Dundee expands world-leading forensic & medical art offering
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Gold Fairtrade Double for City College
City College Plymouth has won two Gold Awards at the 2015 South West Fairtrade Business Awards.
The College won a Gold Award for Best Fairtrade University or College and was the only college to be recognised in this category. General Manager for the College’s catering supplier Aramark, Mark Jones, also received a Gold Award in the Best Fairtrade Advocate category.
City College Plymouth achieved its status as a ‘Fairtrade College’ in 2008, meaning that it has made a commitment to supporting and using Fairtrade products throughout the College, including in their on-site catering outlets, in meetings and in their offices.
Laura Parry, Sustainability Officer at City College Plymouth, said: “We are delighted that the College has been recognised for the work they do promoting Fairtrade. We are continually looking to improve our provision of Fairtrade products and we actively raise awareness of Fairtrade to both staff and students within the College and to the local community.”
Representatives from the College and other organisations in the South West Fairtrade community were recognised at the ceremony at The Watershed in Bristol on Friday 6 March to conclude Fairtrade Fortnight in the region.
The 150 Business leaders who attended heard from Sophi Trancell, Managing Director of Divine Chocolate, and Laura Daniel, Licensing Manager at Aardman, on their business collaboration on the Shaun the Sheep Fairtrade Easter Egg, demonstrating how incorporating Fairtrade into a business has massive impacts on farmers in developing countries. Many were seen sporting their Shaun the Sheep headbands as they left the event.
To find out more about joining the Fairtrade community with a course or Apprenticeship at City College Plymouth, apply at their Information Event, Wednesday 11 March, between 4.00pm and 6.00pm at the Kings Road campus.
» more
Novel online bioinformatics tool significantly reduces time of multiple genome analysis
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Work experience in Oberursel
Second year students studying A-level German spent Reading Week in Farnborough’s Twin Town Oberursel, near Frankfurt.
The students had the opportunity to experience working in a variety of roles at a local school, the town’s newspaper and Town Hall as well as enjoying the hospitality of local families.
Megan Romaine said of her experience “I really enjoyed my visit to the "Grundschule am Urselbach" in Oberursel. The school were very welcoming and I gained a wonderful experience of the German school system, working with a class of 7-8 year olds. I stayed with a lovely family in nearby Steinbach and learnt lots about Oberursel during our walk around the town and our museum trip. They also took me to Frankfurt for the day. I had a fabulous time! It was an amazing experience, I would definitely recommend it.”
Adam Wills said “I worked at the local town magazine in Oberursel. This was a great opportunity not only to improve and practice my German, but also to gain valuable experience in the field of journalism, which is one of my possible career interests. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, getting the opportunity to write two articles, conduct research for future articles and take some photos for the magazine. I also took part in the German ‘Karneval’ celebrations, which was an interesting experience. I am extremely glad that I took this opportunity to gain valuable experience and improve my German.”
Kieran Wragg commented “My work experience was very fulfilling. I was given a lot more responsibility than I expected. I was meant to be checking the Town Hall's English translations, but I ended up translating the mayor’s speech and a letter to Rushmoor, both of which were for the 25 year Twinning Anniversary between Rushmoor and Oberursel. The people there were really welcoming and I had the chance to attend the politicians’ small carnival party and to meet an old student from Farnborough 6th.”
Feedback on Keiran’s work from Andrea Einig-Homann included “Keiran’s translation work was excellent”. “We were very pleased to have him as he was very helpful.”
Stamatia Mukherjee, Curriculum Manger for German added “We are delighted to have been able to secure work experience placements for our students, in our twinning town Oberursel, over a number of years. In collaboration with the Magistrate, we have been sending A2 students to Germany who are interested and confident enough to be there without their teachers. This is an invaluable way to get an insight into the world of work and also an affordable way to gain experience in local companies abroad, as students can stay with their exchange partners from the year before.”
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Work experience in Oberursel
Second year students studying A-level German spent Reading Week in Farnborough’s Twin Town Oberursel, near Frankfurt.
The students had the opportunity to experience working in a variety of roles at a local school, the town’s newspaper and Town Hall as well as enjoying the hospitality of local families.
Megan Romaine said of her experience “I really enjoyed my visit to the "Grundschule am Urselbach" in Oberursel. The school were very welcoming and I gained a wonderful experience of the German school system, working with a class of 7-8 year olds. I stayed with a lovely family in nearby Steinbach and learnt lots about Oberursel during our walk around the town and our museum trip. They also took me to Frankfurt for the day. I had a fabulous time! It was an amazing experience, I would definitely recommend it.”
Adam Wills said “I worked at the local town magazine in Oberursel. This was a great opportunity not only to improve and practice my German, but also to gain valuable experience in the field of journalism, which is one of my possible career interests. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, getting the opportunity to write two articles, conduct research for future articles and take some photos for the magazine. I also took part in the German ‘Karneval’ celebrations, which was an interesting experience. I am extremely glad that I took this opportunity to gain valuable experience and improve my German.”
Kieran Wragg commented “My work experience was very fulfilling. I was given a lot more responsibility than I expected. I was meant to be checking the Town Hall's English translations, but I ended up translating the mayor’s speech and a letter to Rushmoor, both of which were for the 25 year Twinning Anniversary between Rushmoor and Oberursel. The people there were really welcoming and I had the chance to attend the politicians’ small carnival party and to meet an old student from Farnborough 6th.”
Feedback on Keiran’s work from Andrea Einig-Homann included “Keiran’s translation work was excellent”. “We were very pleased to have him as he was very helpful.”
Stamatia Mukherjee, Curriculum Manger for German added “We are delighted to have been able to secure work experience placements for our students, in our twinning town Oberursel, over a number of years. In collaboration with the Magistrate, we have been sending A2 students to Germany who are interested and confident enough to be there without their teachers. This is an invaluable way to get an insight into the world of work and also an affordable way to gain experience in local companies abroad, as students can stay with their exchange partners from the year before.”
» more
Big data in practice: Canada and the UK join forces on dementia research
A transatlantic collaboration to share data and research expertise in the fight to better understand, treat and prevent dementia.
» more
Novel online bioinformatics tool significantly reduces time of multiple genome analysis
» more
Research Mobility Programme Leads to Joint Success for PhD Students
» more
CT scanning shows why tilting trees produce more sugars for biofuel
A team of researchers at Imperial College London, in collaboration with Rothamsted Research, have used medical imaging techniques to explore why making willow trees grow at an angle can vastly improve their biofuel yields. Using micro-CT scans, the team showed that the trees respond to being tilted by producing a sugar-rich, gelatinous fibre, which helps them stay upright.
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Film screening: ‘We Are Many’
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Sunday, March 15, 2015
ACM Partners with UK Music
The Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) and UK Music are delighted to announce the Music Academic Partnership (MAP). The MAP heralds a new and ground-breaking collaboration between ten select educational institutions and UK Music, the umbrella group which represents the interests of the UK’s artists, publishers, producers, record labels and managers. This exciting new » more
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Collaboration workshop between Tsukuba and Edinburgh universities
The agenda for our annual collaboration workshop between the University of Edinburgh and the University of Tsukuba in Japan has now been finalised.
The meeting, which will be held in the Higgs Room in JCMB on the 9th and 10th of March, brings together researchers from Edinburgh and Tsukuba universities to present and discuss cutting-edge research in high-performance computing, computer science, and physics being undertaken by both institutions.
The workshop is open to all, and includes refreshments, so please come along and find out more about the projects being worked on and the results achieved.
Agenda
Monday 9th March
09.00 Coffee
09.30 Welcome and introduction to EPCC: Alison Kennedy
10.00 Introduction to CCS: Taisuke Boku
10.30 High level and low level programming the KNC for QCD: Peter Boyle
11.15 Coffee
11.30 HPC research and development in Japan: Post T2K and post K project: Mitsuhisa Sato
12.15 Exascale MPI: Daniel Holmes
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Computational Design of Interface Structures for Low Power-Consumption Devices: Tomoya Ono
14.45 ADEPT: Investigating energy efficiency: Michele Weiland
15.30 Coffee
15.45 QM/MM molecular dynamics simulations of enzymatic reaction processes: Yasuteru Shigeta
16.30 EPCC’s IPCC: Xeon Phi Optimisation: Adrian Jackson
17.00 Close
Tuesday 10th March
09.00 Coffee
09.30 Nuclear Fusion Simulation Implemented by PGAS Language XcalableMP: Taisuke Boku
10.15 TargetDP: An Abstraction of Lattice Based Parallelism with Portable Performance: Alan Gray
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Efficient PageRank/ObjectRank Estimation based on Subgraphs: Toshio Amagasa
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Autotuning an OpenACC implementation of Nek5000: Luis Cebamanos
14.45 Edinburgh Data Science: Richard Kenway
15.30 Close
Further information
Contact Adrian Jackson at EPCC: a.jackson@epcc.ed.ac.uk
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‘Tapping all our talents: Women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics’ – 7th March
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The Big Hit
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Business, Innovation & Skills Bulletin – 20th February 2015
- Business, Innovation & Skills Bulletin – 20th February 2015 - Parents-to-be begin the countdown to Shared Parental Leave With just 8 weeks to go until mums and dads with babies due on or after 5 April 2015 can start sharing up to 50 weeks of parental leave, expectant parents need to have that all-important conversation with their employers. 285,000 working couples a year are expected to be eligible for Shared Parental Leave with parents giving their employers 8 weeks’ notice of the pattern of leave they intend to take. Use this quick and easy online tool to make sure you are eligible for Shared Parental Leave, see the acas good practice guide for employers and employees, or find out more on GOV.UK. £20 million for UK industrial biotechnology Business Secretary Vince Cable has unveiled the winners of a multi-million-pound competition to bring innovative UK biotechnology projects to market. A total of 23 projects, ranging from making biofuel from household waste to using bacteria to make the building blocks for new medicines, will share almost £20 million from the Industrial Biotechnology Catalyst – introduced in January 2014 to support collaboration between UK researchers and the emergent industrial biotechnology sector. View the Life Sciences infographic and find out more on GOV.UK. Women entrepreneurs are untapped talent says report Women entrepreneurs could play a bigger role in the UK economy, creating jobs and boosting growth as well as reducing gender inequality, according to the findings of an independent report published this week. The report, ‘Inclusive Support for Women in Enterprise’, found that although the number of female-run small and medium-sized businesses has increased, there is still more to be done to close the gender gap between men and women. Find out more on GOV.UK. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – Cable urges greater transparency The UK will greatly benefit from closer economic ties with the US, via the proposed EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), but more transparency is needed to help address public concerns, Secretary of State for Business Vince Cable has told EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström. In a meeting in London this week Vince Cable and UK Trade Minister Lord Livingston asked Commissioner Malmström to give senior UK parliamentarians access to TTIP treaty text as it is developed, so that they can monitor progress and ask questions on the public’s behalf. Find out more on GOV.UK. National Apprenticeship Week 2015 National Apprenticeship Week runs from 9 to 13 March. Why not test your knowledge of apprenticeships with a short quiz? You may find out something surprising! Minister signs £330 million North East Growth Deal Greg Clark, Minister for Universities, Science and Cities, visited Science Central in Newcastle this week to sign the North East Growth Deal, which will see nearly £330 million of government funding invested into the North East. The Minister joined Paul Woolston, Chair of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), to sign the Growth Deal at Science Central. Over the lifetime of its deal (2015 to 2021) the LEP estimates that up to 5,000 new jobs will be created. Find out more on GOV.UK. Government names and shames largest ever number of National Minimum Wage offenders A further 70 employers who failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage have been named this week by Business Minister Jo Swinson, bringing the overall total named and shamed to 162. Between them, these 70 employers owed workers a total of over £157,000 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £70,000. To support the minimum wage crackdown, the Government is increasing HMRC’s £9.2 million enforcement budget by a further £3 million, helping to fund more than 70 extra compliance officers. This week the Low Pay Commission recommended increases to the NMW rate, including a 3% increase to the adult rate, which the Government will now consider. Cyber security ‘myths’ putting a third of SME revenue at risk Small and medium sized companies are putting a third (32%) of their revenue at risk because they are falling for some of the common misconceptions around cyber security, leaving them vulnerable to losing valuable data and suffering both financial and reputational damage. Yet new research by the Government’s Cyber Streetwise campaign shows that two-thirds (66%) of SMEs don’t consider their business to be vulnerable, and just 16% say that improving their cyber security is a top priority for 2015. Businesses can take advantage of free online training courses for staff, Cyber Essentials and a simple cyber security guide for small and medium-sized firms. Find out more on GOV.UK. Government backs manufacturing with action plan and cash boost Ministers have announced a package of measures to boost British manufacturing, including a £22 million grant to accelerate new house building technology and a new action plan to support growth in supply chains. The grant, part of a £104 million project led by construction and engineering firm Laing O’Rourke, will promote new pre-assembly techniques in house building. The project will also deliver training in the latest digital engineering and installation skills. Find out more on GOV.UK and view the guide to Industrial Strategy.
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