U4 Newsletter January 2017

Groningen Call for Applications: 5 Tenure Track Assistant or Associate Professor positions in Evolutionary Life Sciences

The Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES) is currently hiring for 5 faculty positions. GELIFES is a research institute within the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the University of Groningen.

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Call for Applications: Early Career Fellowships Fellowships Lichtenberg-Kolleg 2017-2019

The Lichtenberg-Kolleg, the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Göttingen, invites applications for up to 10 Early Career Fellowships to join one of the research groups for the period October 2017 to July 2019.

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Groningen Call for Applications: 13 Rosalind Franklin Fellowships December 2017

The University of Groningen has initiated the prestigious Rosalind Franklin Fellowship programme to promote the advancement of talented international researchers at the highest levels of the institution.

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New Guest Professor Programme at Uppsala University

In October 2016, Uppsala University's Vice-Chancellor Eva Åkesson officially decided to start the Uppsala University Guest Professor Programme. The programme has an initial funding of a little more than € 1 million (SEK 10 million) that will be used to increase the number of Guest Professors at Uppsala University.

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Göttingen, 6-8 November 2016

Staff Training 'Graduate Schools'

The U4 Staff Training Seminar on Graduate Schools took place in Göttingen from the 6th to 8th November 2016. Its aim was to deepen the mutual understanding of institutional settings, practices, and traditions as well as concepts of supervision and training. Graduate schools are located at an interface between young researchers and international offices.

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Groningen, 11-12 November 2016

U4 Rectors' Conference IX

On 11 and 12 November the University of Groningen hosted the IXth U4 Rectors' Conference. The annual Rectors' Conference forms the setting for the yearly evaluation and planning of the U4 strategic partnership.

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Uppsala, 13 December 2016

Uppsala University broadcasted Nobel lectures

On Tuesday 13 December Uppsala University invited the Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry, Economics and Physics for open lectures across the Uppsala campuses. Links to the recorded webcasts are available. 

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Göttingen, 12 January 2017

'Exhibiting science or scientists?' by Marika Hedin

As part of the 'Exhibition on/off. The Nobel Prize and the Boundaries of Science!' (11 December 2016 to 28 May 2017) at the University of Göttingen, Marika Hedin (Director of Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum) gave a speech on 'Exhibiting science or scientists? The dilemma of the modern science museum'.

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Ghent, 14-16 February 2017

Staff Week 'Digital Tools in Internationalisation'

From 14 to 16 February Ghent University organises its annual international staff training week around the theme of 'Digital Tools in Internationalisation' with various contributions from the U4 network on a.o. grade conversion, quality assessment, digital mapping, ticketing ..

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Ghent, 23-24 March 2017

International Rectors' Conference

The academic year 2016-2017 inaugurates “200 years Ghent University”. On March 23rd and 24th, on the occasion of Dies Natalis, Ghent University invites the rectors of its top partner institutions to an International Rectors' Conference, to debate on the central theme “Shaping our common future: universities in a global society”.

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Uppsala, 20-30 May 2017

Call for papers Cluster Conference SSEL - REMINDER

Uppsala University invites paper proposals for a U4 Cluster Conference Social Sciences, Economics and Law (SSEL) 'On the Move – Exploring Contemporary Dynamics of Migration', hosted by Uppsala University.

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Göttingen, 25 June - 8 July 2017

International Summer School 'Globalization and Diversity'

The international Summer School 'Globalization and Diversity' is organized by the Goettingen Diversity Research Institute in cooperation with partner universities in Europe, the United States and Japan. The summer school will provide students with an overview over current debates on social diversity on a global and local scale. 

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Groningen, 21-26 August 2017

Summer School 'What About the Family? An interdisciplinary course on ethical issues in health and social care'

Recent developments in healthcare and social care policy are challenging the scope of and theoretical justification for claims based on notions of family responsibility.

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Groningen, 20-24 August 2017

Summer School Antimicrobial Resistence

The AMR summer school offers medical students and life science & technology students to learn all major aspect of AMR from top experts. An innovative aspect of the summer school is the bedside hands-on teaching/practical of representative patient cases in the ‘skills lab’, with patients played by professional actors.

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