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What status does work-family balance have at German universities' From 2011 to 2014 the Centre of Excellence/Women and Science (CEWS) in Cologne undertook a project on this issue entitled "Effective!

Talented young dancers in the spotlight for Men & Girls Dance this October Performance company Fevered Sleep will bring its joyful and thought-provoking project, Men & Girls Dance , to the University of Sussex's Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts this October.

Comprehensive information about medical, dental and vision plans for 2017 is now available. Stanford will offer its free employee-only coverage through Kaiser Permanente HMO in 2017, a change from last year's Stanford Health Care Alliance (SHCA).

In this year's presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton has focused on the importance of motherhood and families.

Footballers are mentoring young people in their community after teaming up with a University engagement project.

ANU is saddened by the death of Professor Desmond Ball AO, who was one of Australia's most influential and respected defence and strategic policy experts.

Chelsea Guillen, the early intervention ombudsman for the Early Intervention Training Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will serve as a statewide ambassador to spearhead use of newly recommended practices for the care and education of young children with disabilities.

This year's Swiss Human Relations Barometer focuses on the topic "loyalty and cynicism" - specifically, the tension between how employees experience and demonstrate both loyalty and cynicism, the latter being a negative, even derisive, attitude that employees develop toward their employers.

Nokia, the Finnish and information technology company, announced today [Tuesday 11 October] that it is forming a partnership with Bristol Is Open, an ambitious joint venture between the University of Bristol and Bristol City Council.

On 21 October 1966 a massive spoil-heap slid onto the mining village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, burying Pantglas Junior School in the valley below and killing 116 children and 28 adults.

The University of Glasgow has been invited by UNESCO's Director General to join its prestigious universities network (the UNESCO Chairs) and establish the first UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has accepted a specially bound set of the new edition of the Australian National Dictionary, the primary repository of Australian English .

Dr Emma Carmel from our  Department of Social & Policy Sciences gave expert evidence this week in the European Parliament at Tuesday's Committee hearing on the obstacles to freedom of movement for EU citizens. Focusing on the portability of social security rights for EU citizens - their ability to transfer entitlements between different member states - her contribution emphasised the complexity of regulations at EU level and in member states.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has accepted a specially bound set of the new edition of the Australian National Dictionary, the primary repository of Australian English .

ESA Space in Videos ESA Web-TV Watch in: MP4 (60. MB) SOURCE MP4 (1. GB) Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme.

ANN ARBOR'In an effort to make safer, longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries for technologies like electric vehicles, smartphones and laptops, a University of Michigan startup has formed a $1.5 million joint venture with two major players in the industry.

King's Entrepreneurship Institute has officially launched the first 20 startups it will support as part of its new accelerator programme.

With the fall semester well underway, many students are assessing their academic strengths and interests, measuring them against possible majors and long-term plans.

From left, Joe Fetcho, co-director of Cornell Neurotech; David Tank, Karel Svoboda, Winfried Denk and Chris Xu, co-director of Cornell Neurotech.

Dr. Sten H. Vermund, a professor of pediatrics, medicine, health policy, and obstetrics and gynecology at Vanderbilt University, has been named by President Peter Salovey and School of

ANN ARBOR'The University of Michigan signed a record 173 license and option agreements with companies seeking to commercialize the discoveries of university researchers in the past fiscal year.

Sussex prepares Qatari graduates to understand what causes corruption and how to tackle it The Prime Minister of Qatar has officially launched the University of Sussex Master's course in Corruption, Law and Governance , in collaboration with the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Centre (ROLACC).

The University of Zurich has proven that it can meet several US elite universities at eye level when it comes to recruiting the best talents.

Former University of Chicago Law School Dean PhilC. Neal, an antitrust expert, litigator and law firm founder whose ability to cut through complexity earned him a reputation as a deft problem-solver, died Sept.

Text of the annual oration, delivered by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Louise Richardson, in Convocation House, October 4, 2016.

Researchers are trialling a new mobile app which helps people with diabetes to monitor their blood sugar levels and enables health professionals to manage their patients remotely.

Cancer Research UK has today announced its first cross-company deal as part of its Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) Combinations Alliance.‌ MSD, Verastem and Cancer Research UK will trial a new combination of immunotherapy drugs in mesothelioma, non small cell lung and pancreatic cancers.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Otherwise, we'll assume you're OK to continue. Over two thirds (68 per cent) of the public would like more rest, according to the world's largest ever survey on the topic. The results of the survey, led by Durham University researchers, also revealed that nearly a third (32 per cent) of respondents said they need more rest than the average person, while 10 per cent think they need less.

The Work Foundation is strengthening its leadership team with the appointment of a new Director. Lesley Giles will take up the new role on 3 October 2016.The Work Foundation aims to be the leading independent, international authority on work and its future.

Commissioned by the Office for Fair Access (OFFA), the study aims to improve understanding of the impact of outreach on access to higher education for students from disadvantaged groups and to improve evaluation practice across the sector.

Matthias Egger, internationally renowned epidemiologist and public health expert, will be the new president of the National Research Council of the SNSF as of 2017.

The number of women in global leadership positions continues to increase, but the change seems one-sided, writes Dr Alice Evans (Geography) on The Conversation website.

People in permanent vegetative states (PVS) are being failed by the system, according to researchers at Cardiff University and the University of York who found that some people are being kept alive in PVS for years against their own - and their families' - wishes.

?by Jose Alonso Edward Joseph Lofgren passed away peacefully at the age of 102 on Sept. He was among the pioneering physicists at Berkeley's Radiation Laboratory, also known as the 'Rad Lab,' which would later become Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

Sam Nelson, ILR School senior lecturer and director of the Cornell Speech and Debate Society, predicts the presidential debates kicking off Sept.

The GW4 Alliance has announced the appointment of Dr Sarah Perkins, Programme Director (Research) at the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London, as its new Director.

Unemployed 60-year-old Geoff Green's daily struggle to crack a smile is coming to an end. Currently staying at Ozcare 's South Brisbane Homeless Men's Hostel, Mr Green recently underwent his first dental check-up in six years thanks to The University of Queensland School of Dentistry.

ANN ARBOR'Dave Camp, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2015, has donated the collected materials from his 24 years in office to the University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library.