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Opportunity! DAAD Masterclass with Prof Christian Joerges
Publication date: 30 April 2013
UCL Graduate School & DAAD Masterclass with Prof Christian Joerges, 22 May 2013
UCL is home to numerous world-leading researchers, whose research, ways of working and careers provide inspiring models for any researcher at an early point in their career. Graduate School Masterclasses are a programme of talks and workshops designed specifically for researchers to hear from, interact with and be inspired by experienced academic researchers. This upcoming one is organised in collaboration with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German national agency for the support of international academic cooperation. The DAAD currently provides financial support to more than 55,000 individuals every year by offering funding to students, researchers and academics worldwide.
Postgraduate secondments to Whitehall
Publication date: 21 April 2013
New opportunity!
We would like to draw your attention to a new, exciting and wide-ranging opportunity for postgraduate secondments to Whitehall that is now being facilitated by UCL Public Policy through the Office of the Vice-Provost for Research.
Success of Eurocode 7 & New Design Challenges Event
Publication date: 21 March 2013
Workshop 2013
The Eurocode 7 and New Design Challenges workshop was held at UCL on the 19th of March 2013. The workshop was excellently successful with more than 100 attendees from different countries of Europe, the great majority students, graduates and young geotechnical engineers with a genuine interest in Eurocode 7 design. Among the event highlights were the 4 keynote lectures from the eminent members of the EC7 Evolution Groups:
Future public transport journey 2030
Publication date: 21 March 2013
Recent output from an EU research study - an animation of the future public transport journey 2030.
Call for Papers: Forced Migration - Global Perspectives & Practices
Publication date: 19 March 2013
Student Conference, 12th June 2013, University College London (UCL).
As we turn further into the twenty-first century, our ways of making sense of the world are becoming increasingly compromised. Shifting causes and patterns of human movement are encouraging a reassessment of perspectives and practices towards migration. In terms of forced migration studies, factors such as climate change, food security and the economic crisis, as well as the continuation of existing pressures, like protracted refugee situations and internal displacement, have dramatically altered the field. If people are not forced by the violent or persecutory actions of others to seek protection but feel compelled to leave their home due to natural disasters or poverty, to what extent can they be considered forced migrants?
French revolution: why is an all-female race for mayor so unusual?
Publication date: 18 March 2013
Professor Philippe Marlière (UCL French) says that the core difference in an all-women race is that there will be no temptation from male commentators to ask: is the female candidate fit for the job?
Tragedie of Cleopatra Play Outperforms!
Publication date: 18 March 2013
Professor Helen Hackett, English Department and Centre for Early Modern Exchanges report on Samuel Daniel’s The Tragedie of Cleopatra.
Europe in London Photo Competition
Publication date: 14 March 2013
UCLU's European Society put on a photo competition based on the theme ‘Europe in London’.
Video: Hillary Clinton Q&A
Publication date: 11 March 2013
UCL EI organised a volunteer to attend a Q&A with Hillary Clinton.
Live Stream
Publication date: 6 March 2013
We will be live streaming the upcoming EU & European Careers Event which is now sold out!!
UCL EI sponsored workshop makes headlines
Publication date: 28 February 2013
The workshop was held at UCL's Department of History in September 2012 with funding received from UCL European Institute.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Publication date: 28 February 2013
Video recording of Mélenchon's talk: 'For an alternative to austerity in Europe' is now now available with English subtitles!
EU Commission looking for 150 PhDs in Social & Human Sciences
Publication date: 27 February 2013
Closing date 1st March 2013. An historical opportunity is now available!
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) has advertised up to 150 positions of contractual agents with five-year contracts for PhDs (or researchers without a doctorate but who can prove five years of experience in the fields of social and human sciences).
Unity-Disunity: An Interdisciplinary Conference, 27-28 June
Publication date: 27 February 2013
"In union there is strength." Aesop
"You cannot conceive the many without the one." Plato "The principle of contradiction makes the thought of unity the measure of heterogeneity." Theodor W. Adorno "In the space between chaos and shape there was another chance." Jeanette Winterson
Nicos Anastasiades
Publication date: 26 February 2013
A UCL Laws alumnus was elected President of Cyprus on Sunday 24 February.
It was a clear victory: President Nicos Anastasiades took 57.5 percent of the vote, 15 points ahead of his rival Stavros Malas, who campaigned on an anti-austerity platform. The Guardian commented that: “With the ex-British colony facing financial meltdown in the wake of the huge losses sustained by its banking system when Greece restructured its debt, the election had assumed a significance not seen since independence in 1960. Foreign lenders at the EU and IMF had hoped Anastasiades would win, seeing the 66-year-old lawyer as a pair of safe hands in what could be tortuous times ahead as both try to finalise a rescue programme to keep the island's recession-hit economy afloat.”
Eureka
Publication date: 15 February 2013
Check out European Society’s Award Winning Publication
EUREKA magazine deals in the politics, arts and culture of modern Europe, showcasing some of the finest journalistic and photographic talent on UCL campus. Having received the UCLU award for Best Publication 2010/11, we are looking forward to another year of high quality student comment and debate.
European Union Raw Materials Initiative
Publication date: 6 February 2013
In 2008 the European Commission launched the “Raw Materials Initiative” (RMI)
Its aim was to establish an integrated strategy to respond to the challenges of sustainable access to and supply of raw materials, both outside and within the EU.
Spatial Analysis
Publication date: 6 February 2013
Spatial justice and regional calls for devolution and/or independence in a ‘European Union of the Regions’.
Herodotus
Publication date: 6 February 2013
The Reception of Herodotus in Antiquity & Beyond
This project will provide the first extended and detailed account of the reception of Herodotus, the first European historian, with a particular emphasis on the geographical space of Europe (Greece, Byzantium, Rome, Italy, France, Germany, Poland and Great Britain). The ancient Greek historian Herodotus has been both controversial and influential through time, called, for instance, 'Father of History' (Cicero, 1st century BC), 'Father of Lies' (Juan Luis Vives, 16th century), and author of ‘world literature’s first great work of reportage’ (Kapuściński, 21st century).
Counterpoint and the Open Society European Policy Institute Looking for postgraduate experts
Publication date: 5 February 2013
The Bridges Project is a ground-breaking initiative jointly coordinated by Counterpoint and the Open Society European Policy Institute.
Second Call for Proposals Out Now!
Publication date: 25 January 2013
Two funding schemes for UCL faculty and research students.

