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Mobile Tech Teaching Partnership with Kazakhstan-British Technical University
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KBTU's Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, Professor Zoya Tuiebakhova and Paul Wellings
This week Lancaster and Kazakhstan-British Technical University agreed to a new teaching partnership which will see Lancaster's Communication Systems experts deliver an MSc in mobile technology in Kazakhstan for the first time.
KBTU's Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, Professor Zoya Tuiebakhova travelled to Lancaster to sign an international collaboration agreement with Lancaster's Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings on Wednesday 17th March.
It is intended that undergraduate programmes will follow, as well as opportunities for KBTU's staff to come to Lancaster for their postgraduate studies.
The private university of Kazak-British Technical University was established in 2001 as a joint initiate between the British and Kazakhstan governments and has 4 Faculties: Petroleum & Gas; Information Technology (IT); Economics & Management and International School of Economics (LSE). It has around 2,000 undergraduate students and a small number of postgraduates. Its priority is to increase the number of postgraduates and it anticipates doing so by collaboration with foreign universities.
Fri 19 March 2010
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Geography student sets up film company
It is well known that Geography graduates are highly employable and use their degrees in many different ways. One of the more unusual we have heard about recently is Lancaster geographer Greg Tomaszewicz who has set up his own Video Production Company - Lanor Productions.
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Fri 22 February 2013
Eco-innovation businesses invited to attend pioneering project launch
Ambitious North West SMEs keen to drive forward eco-innovative ideas and products are invited to a major event in Manchester on March 4.
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Thu 21 February 2013
First Science and Technology Business Partnerships and Enterprise Annual Report 2011-2012 available to download now
2011-2012 saw the development of a new theme-based strategy for Business Partnerships and Enterprise in Science and Technology. The seven interdisciplinary themes are: Advanced Manufacturing, Energy, Environment, Health and Human Development, Information and Communication Technologies, Quantum Technology and Security. Each theme has dedicated professional staff to work with businesses and source the expertise they need.
Tue 19 February 2013
Lancaster University Coffeemat Challenge won by Science and Technology student Seb
The concept of a new university website, complete with mobile application, to capture the campus social scene at a glance, earned an enterprising student an iPad.
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Tue 19 February 2013