Feb 26, 2015

Meeting Europe’s big data skills gap

Researchers from the University of Southampton will play a major role in establishing a European Data Science Academy (EDSA) – a new online platform for training data scientists across Europe.

Feb 26, 2015

UMass expands its research horizons, joins the ºÚÁϳԹÏ

The University of Massachusetts has taken a large step toward advancing its international research capabilities, announcing in January that it would become one of a handful of schools in North America to join the ºÚÁϳԹÏ.

Feb 25, 2015

Sheffield Students to Participate in Research Mobility Programme (RMP)

Creating opportunities in international research and graduate education is at the core of WUN’s mission. Hence the Research Mobility Programme (RMP), which allows graduate students and early career researchers to spend a period of up to three months at other member institutions within the network. This not only allows them to take advantage of new facilities and resources, but also gives them experience working in different research cultures and an opportunity to establish international connections within their field.

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Feb 24, 2015

Indigenous research goes global

From climate change to improving public health, the world’s 350 million Indigenous people share a number of urgent challenges in common. Yet while many Indigenous groups are actively involved in forging solutions to the issues they face, there are surprisingly few organisations dedicated to disseminating and sharing their insights.

Feb 11, 2015

Research to prevent future pandemics

What is the connection between parasitic infections and allergies? This question is at the core of a new University of Bergen-led research project, which has received seed funding from the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï (WUN).

Feb 05, 2015

Evidence from warm past confirms recent IPCC estimates of climate sensitivity

New evidence showing the level of atmospheric CO2 millions of years ago supports recent climate change predications from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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Feb 02, 2015

Inaugural ºÚÁϳԹÏSummer School opens in Perth

Students from around the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï (WUN) gathered in Perth on Friday for the start of the Inaugural ºÚÁϳԹÏSummer School at the University of Western Australia. The 20 students, representing seven countries and nine ºÚÁϳԹÏuniversities, will spend the next two weeks sharing their global perspectives on responses to climate change.

Feb 02, 2015

The University of Basel joins ºÚÁϳԹÏ

The ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï (WUN) today announced that the University of Basel has joined its global research network, raising membership to 18 universities.

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Feb 01, 2015

Creating the world’s first health literacy network

Health literacy is a relatively young field of research which focuses on people’s ability to understand health information and make decisions about their own health care. By helping patients to become more health literate, researchers hope to find ways to improve public health outcomes across low, middle and high-income countries.