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Final Programme of the Workshop on Smart Specialisation, Brussels, 13 April 2012

First Seminar of the Leadership Development Programme
As an associate partner of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU), Swinburne proudly hosted the first of the three-part 2012 ECIU Leadership Development Program in mid-February.

Update Information on Administrative Staff Mobility

Update ECIU Research Facilties

ECIU universities signed the Sustainable Campus Charter
On 23 November 2011, several ECIU universities signed the Sustainable Campus Charter. With signing the Charter the first official step has been made in setting up an ECIU network for a sustainable campus that distinguishes ECIU from other university networks.

ECIU universities signed the Sustainable Campus Charter
During the last Board Meeting, several ECIU universities signed the Sustainable Campus Charter. With signing the Charter the first official step has been made in setting up an ECIU network for a sustainable campus that distinguishes ECIU from other university networks. The working group “Sustainable Campus” has been very active since the last Executive Board Meeting and hold meetings in Linköping and in Lausanne to discuss and finalize the Sustainable Campus Charter. The working group will now dedicate its efforts to implement the Sustainable Campus general strategy that had previously been approved by the Board. This implies that the working group will focus on formulating indicators to manage the three dimensions (economic, social and environmental) of the Sustainable Charter and work with each member of ECIU to formulate concrete goals per theme and to perform a benchmark. The benchmark will also be used to highlight best practices.

New ECIU member institution: Dublin City Universiy
ECIU is very pleased to announce that the Dublin City University accepted the invitation to become a member of ECIU. We are convinced that Dublin City University will make an excellent contribution to ECIU.

An ocean field research expedition and field oriented courses
Together with the European funded LIFE project MarPro campaign, the Santa Maria Manuela Expedition is a unique ?eld oriented research course on marine biology that provides a hands-on approach to marine zoology and ecology, namely regarding cetaceans and marine birds

Researcher from GEOBIOTEC is the Portuguese representative in the European Federation of Geologists
Dr. José Martins de Carvalho, researcher at GEOBIOTEC, has been selected by the Portuguese Association of Geologists to join the panel of experts in hydrogeology from the European Federation of Geologists (EFG). Martins Carvalho, eurogeologist with relevant professional experience, considers that «it will be an honor to represent Portuguese geologists within this this activity».

University of Aveiro will coordinate large European project on education and research in nanotechnology
As a world leader in nanoelectromechanical (NEMS) research - systems extremely attractive and useful for application in computer memories, nanogenerators, etc. -, the University of Aveiro will coordinate an international team led by Dr. Andrei Kholkin research coordinator at the Centre for Research in Ceramics and Composite Materials (CICECO) and the Department of Ceramics and Glass Engineering. The project entitled NANOMOTION, has been highlighted by the European Commission with funding over of 3M €.