Showing posts with label Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Events. Show all posts

Thursday, March 8, 2007

The Cambridge 800th Anniversary Campaign

The Cambridge 800th Anniversary Campaign celebrates this remarkable history and seeks to raise £1 billion to help secure Cambridge's edge in excellence for the future. This web site provides more information about the Campaign Goals and ways in which you can help Cambridge achieve its ambitious target.

Use the navigation bar to access all aspects of the Campaign.
For more information, visit Cambride Univerity

Monday, March 5, 2007

The Economist Ranks Schulich Among World’s Top Executive Education Providers

TORONTO, ON – Monday, December 11, 2006 – The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the business research and intelligence arm of Britain’s The Economist magazine, today ranked the Schulich School of Business at York University in the top tier in the world for both open enrolment and custom executive education programs.

The EIU survey is the only major global ranking that rates executive education providers exclusively on categories deemed most important by their clients and customers. These categories include program content, faculty quality, value for money, the school’s amenities and the impact of learning back in the workplace.

In the open enrolment (public) category, Schulich ranked second in the top tier jointly with Wisconsin-Madison and two other schools, ahead of Kellogg and Chicago. Schulich was one of eight schools in the world awarded an overall rating of “excellent”.

In the custom program category, Schulich placed fourth overall in the top tier jointly with Chicago and four other schools, just behind Spain’s IESE. Schulich was one of nine schools in the world awarded an overall rating of “excellent”.

Schulich was one of four schools in the world to be ranked in the top tier of both executive education categories (open enrolment and custom programs), and was the only Canadian school to make the 2006 executive education ranking.

The EIU executive educating rankings are available in the 2006 edition of the book Which MBA?, a comprehensive guide to the world’s leading MBA and executive education programs.

“We’re pleased to have been ranked by The Economist for the second straight year as one of the top executive education providers in the world,” said Schulich Dean Dezsö J. Horváth. “We believe that our world-class faculty, cutting-edge and relevant programs, and our state-of-the-art Executive Learning Centre continue to be key elements in the strong customer satisfaction ratings our School received.”


About Schulich
Known as Canada’s Transnational Business School™, the Schulich School of Business in Toronto is ranked 18th in the world by the Financial Times of London, and 27th in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), in their most recent annual rankings of the world’s top 100 MBA programs. Schulich is also ranked 3rd in the world in the field of corporate social responsibility in the Beyond Grey Pinstripes ranking conducted by the World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute, 13th in the world in The Wall Street Journal’s “Top International Schools” ranking, and 3rd in the world among non-US schools in the Forbes ranking. Schulich is ranked as one of the top ten schools in the world outside the US by Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist (EIU) and the Financial Times, and number one in Canada by the Financial Times, Forbes, The Economist (EIU), and the World Resources and Aspen Institutes.

Global, innovative and diverse, Schulich offers business programs year-round at two Toronto campuses — its new state-of-the-art complex on York University’s main campus and its downtown Miles S. Nadal Management Centre located in the heart of the city’s financial district. The School also operates satellite centres in Beijing, China; Mumbai, India; and Seoul, South Korea. Schulich offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate business degrees that lead to careers in the private, public and nonprofit sectors, and has over 19,000 alumni working in more than 80 countries. Schulich pioneered Canada’s first International MBA (IMBA) and International BBA (iBBA) degrees, as well as North America’s first ever cross-border executive MBA degree, the Joint Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA. The Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC) provides executive development programs annually to more than 14,000 executives in Canada and abroad, and is ranked by the Economist Intelligence Unit as the world’s number one provider of open enrolment executive education programming.

Contact: Elayne Shapiro at (416) 736-5546

Friday, March 2, 2007

Open Day: Kingston University, School of Earth Sciences and Geography

Date: 29 March 2007

Faculty of Science Postgraduate Virtual Open Day
The Virtual Open Day will give you an opportunity to visit the Faculty of Science and chat on-line to course leaders and current postgraduate students

Our aim is to offer virtual visitors all the benefits you would get from coming to one of our Postgraduate Open Days, without having to actually make the trip.

What information will I be able to get?
- Find out more about the Science postgraduate opportunities available at Kingston University

- Get specific course advice by talking to members of the faculty, admissions staff and current Science postgraduate students.

- Receive advice from the International Students Advisory Centre including immigration guidance and advice on obtaining a visa and working in the UK during your studies and after you graduate.

- Get advice on accommodation and finding the right place to live while studying at Kingston University

- Obtain advice on fees and funding

- Get advice about career opportunities on graduation

What if you can make a trip to the Faculty of Science, Kingston University?
Obviously, nothing beats the real experience of coming to see us and meet the academic team face to face. So if you can, why not visit us at one of our Faculty of Science Postgraduate Open Days, which take place on Wednesday 2nd May and Wednesday 20th June 2007


Location: Visit http://www.kingston.ac.uk/sciencevirtual any time during 8am and 10am or 4pm and 6pm GMT on Thursday 29th March 2007
Web: http://www.kingston.ac.uk/sciencevirtual
Contact: Kelly Barnett

Open Day: Bath Spa University, Bath School of Art and Design

Date: 21 March 2007

Postgraduate Open Evening
Our Postgraduate Open Evening will cover all Master's and Research programmes offered at Bath Spa University. The event will run from 4-8pm. Please visit out website to book a place.

Location: Bath Spa University, Sion Hill Campus, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5SF
Web: http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/prospectus/open/open-postgraduate.asp
Contact: James Smith

Open Day: Bath Spa University, Bath School of Art and Design

Date: 21 March 2007

Postgraduate Open Evening
Our Postgraduate Open Evening will cover all Master's and Research programmes offered at Bath Spa University. The event will run from 4-8pm. Please visit out website to book a place.

Location: Bath Spa University, Sion Hill Campus, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5SF
Web: http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/prospectus/open/open-postgraduate.asp
Contact: James Smith

PhD Studentships 2007 MSc Open Day 2007

This open day will allow interested parties to visit the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. Visitors will receive a presentation on the MSc programmes, and be given the opportunity to chat with the relevant programme staff.

Participants will also be given demonstrations of the types of activities they are likely to encounter during their studies at the R(D)SVS, along with a tour of the facilities at the programme's disposal.

The open day will be held at the Easter Bush Veterinary Centre.

The Edinburgh Veterinary School was founded by William Dick in 1823 and is one of the oldest and largest Veterinary Schools in the UK with an international reputation for its research, teaching and clinical services.

Close collaborations with colleagues in the College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, with the College of Science & Engineering and with the Scottish Agricultural College as well as nearby research institutes (such as the Moredun Research Institute, Roslin Institute and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland) give excellent opportunities for co-operation in research fields.

The Open Day will include presentations on the following MSc opportunities.

* MSc Equine Science
Dr Jo-Anne Murray
* MSc Behaviour & Welfare
Dr Christine Moinard
* MSc International Animal Health (e-learning)
Dr Mark Eisler
* MSc Veterinary Science
Dr Jeremy Bradshaw
* MSc Infectious Diseases
Professor David Taylor



To register download our registration form, or contact:

Marie Manson
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
The University of Edinburgh
The Chancellor’s Building
49 Little France Crescent
Edinburgh, EH16 4SB
Scotland UK

Tel: +44(0) 131 242 6478
Fax: +44(0) 131 242 6479
Email: marie.manson@ed.ac.uk

Visit www.mvm.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/ for further details

Cranfield University Open Day

A wholly postgraduate university, Cranfield offers a professional and culturally diverse learning environment. Thanks to our excellent links with industry, our courses are informed by the most up-to-date research and allow you to apply the theory you learn by completing group and individual research projects during your MSc programme and attending lectures taught by industrial practitioners as well as leading acedemics.

These industry links also mean that we are in the top three UK universities for research funding from industry, resulting in excellent experimental facilities used by both Masters and Research students.

Our graduate employment records are impressive too – 95% of our graduates are employed or enter into further research in areas relevant to their degree subject upon graduation.

In the UK we graduate 53% of all aerospace engineering postgraduates, 26% of all agricultural and environmental sciences postgraduates, 9% of all engineering postgraduates and 10% of all engineering and science EngDs/PhDs in Cranfield's specialist subjects.

Masters and Research programmes are available in the following areas:
* Aerospace
* Automotive
* Computing and IT
* Engineering
* Environment and water
* Health
* Management
* Manufacturing
* Safety, risk and reliability

Attend the Open Day and experience Cranfield:

* Meet course directors, students and graduates
* Discover the benefits of studying at a university closely aligned with business
* Find out about accommodation and funding
* Tour our state-of-the-art facilities

Register at www.cranfield.ac.uk/openday

University of Aberdeen will be hosting a Science, Engineering and Medicine Postgraduate Open Day

We are delighted to announce that the University of Aberdeen will be hosting a Science, Engineering and Medicine Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday the 14th March at the King's College Conference Centre from 2.30pm-7pm .

The University is a leading research institution offering over 110 taught masters programmes and an extensive range of research opportunities. A postgraduate qualification helps you stand out from the crowd and can significantly boost your employability and earning potential. Research by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA ) indicates that graduates with a Masters qualification earn around 32% more as a starting salary than graduates with a first degree alone.

The event will give interested prospective students the opportunity to talk to academics and support staff about both research and taught postgraduate opportunities at the University of Aberdeen . The event will include talks on topics such as postgraduate funding, and, a question and answer session with University staff, students and alumni.

The following subject areas will be represented at the event:

* Medical Sciences
* Medicine
* Biological Sciences
* Life Sciences
* Health Sciences
* Psychology
* Engineering
* Geology & Petroleum Geology
* Geography & Environment
* Computing Science
* Chemistry
* Physics
* Mathematical Sciences



Tours of the Old Aberdeen campus will be available throughout the day, and a minibus will be on hand to take interested visitors to the Foresterhill campus to see the impressive medical research facilities on site.

For more information and to book your place on the Open day please visit www.abdn.ac.uk/semopenday

Thursday, March 1, 2007

MU Researcher to Assist U.S. Army in Fight Against Infections

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are often to blame when soldiers are wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. The makeshift weapons account for a high percentage of musculoskeletal injuries that, in both theaters, frequently lead to difficult-to-treat infections. Military physicians have faced challenges treating such infections, and the U.S. Army has turned to a University of Missouri-Columbia research physician to study the problem and develop medical solutions.

"The bacteria we're seeing is quite different than what we're used to dealing with," said Jason Calhoun, J. Vernon Luck Distinguished Professor and chair of the MU School of Medicine's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. "Many are resistant to common types of antibiotics."

Calhoun has been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research to study infections that are multi-drug resistant. He is partnering with Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center to build a database on veterans with infections and study how those infections could be better treated.

In Iraq and Afghanistan, Calhoun said about 70 percent of all injuries involve extremities. That statistic is higher than in past conflicts due to significant advances in protective body armor, he said. In addition, about half of those with extremity injuries develop significant infections that require additional treatment and surgery, which often leads to amputation, Calhoun said.

During a four-year period, lab tests will be conducted at MU's medical school to simulate blast wounds and examine four types of infections that have become increasingly common among those injured in action. The bacteria being studied include: Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus.

Calhoun will:

- identify antibiotics that can effectively treat those bacteria;
- determine when antibiotics should be administered after an injury; and
- determine an effective duration of antibiotic treatment to reduce the growth of resistant strains.

The study will give the Army guidance on how field medics can better administer antibiotics to injured troops. Calhoun said some of the infections occur naturally because of bacteria common to the region, such as soil contamination following the injury. Others result from intentional acts by opposing forces - devices which purposely contain harmful agents like manure and chemicals, he said.

"Every war is different, but this one is different because of the amount of explosive devices that our soldiers are encountering," Calhoun said. "In the last few months, there has been an increase in the tonnage of those devices, and the blast injuries are even worse. Over the past three years, many of our soldiers have had open fractures where the soft tissue is injured and the bone is injured, and there is significant contamination of that tissue. Many of those soldiers go on to develop a severe infection of their extremity. Ultimately this research could mean fewer extremity infections, fewer surgeries and fewer amputations."

He also is optimistic the advances can benefit the U.S. civilian population and lead to improved treatments for injuries occurring in automobile and farm accidents.

Calhoun has led the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons' (AAOS) infections committee. Last year, he co-chaired an AAOS symposium on the subject of war wounds and co-edited a special AAOS journal issue dedicated to war-wound research.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Stdent Prospector Upcoming Events

StudentProspector will be at various college events this year. If you know of a college event, just email us at events@StudentProspector.com and we will post it online. If you are an academic advisor and would like to receive some of our promotional items or need supplies for an upcoming event, please fill out our order form.


Nashville Area Teacher Recruitment FairLocation: Tennessee State Fairgrounds, Nashville, TNDate: 2/13/2007Times: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM URL: http://nashvillefairs.org/NATRF3.html
22nd Annual Job Fair - North Alabama Connection: Professional Employment Day (NACPED)Location: South Hall I Von Braun Center Arena, Huntsville, ALDate: 2/21/2007Times: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM URL: http://www.athens.edu/counseling/NACPED/index.html
The University of Alabama in Huntsville Career FairLocation: UAH University Center, Huntsville, ALDate: 3/14/2007Times: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM URL: http://www.uah.edu/
Athens State University Education/Community Service Job FairLocation: Athens State University - Sandridge Student Center, Athens, ALDate: 4/24/2007Times: 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM URL: http://www.athens.edu/
PACAC Northeastern Regional College FairLocation: Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre, PADate: 4/30/2007Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM & 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM URL: http://www.wachoviaarena.com/
Main Line Regional College FairLocation: Villanova University, Villanova, PADate: 5/1/2007Times: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM URL: http://www.villanova.edu/
PACAC Penn State Area Regional College FairLocation: Mount Nittany Middle School, State College, PADate: 5/2/2007Times: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM URL: http://www.scasd.org/mountnittany/
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