University of Southampton student Andrew Cowan was named Young Engineer of the Year at the British Science Association’s ‘Big Bang Fair’ held in London to mark National Science and Engineering Week.
Two University of Cambridge spin-out companies were recognised in the third annual ACES awards, which recognise the best in academic entrepreneurship from across Europe.
Many of the day-to-day features and processes of present-day Russia and the CIS have their roots in Soviet times. Amongst these is the strong – but different in many ways from Western models – Higher Education system, and also still the significant cultural detachment and closedness.
An important characteristic of “Russian” education is the unified and fairly severe standards in terms of course content, study methods and grading. Depending upon the type of organisation, practically all undergraduate courses in the CIS can be classed as study programmes.
The Airborne Infectious Agents and Allergens MSc is the first of its kind in the UK.