Society and Culture Sample Clauses

Society and Culture. ‌ The University remains committed to being a leading contributor to the cultural life of Aberdeen and the wider North East of Scotland. In line with the UK Concordat for Engaging the Public with Research, and commitments made in its Strategic Plan (2015-2020), the University retains its high- level strategic commitment to engage and empower local communities through research. As reported in its three-year OA in 2017, it hosts a diverse range of events, exhibitions and activities throughout the local region, led primarily through its Public Engagement with Research Unit (PERU). Across 2016/17, attendance at University events collectively totalled over 100,000 people, with over 35,000 of those at initiatives directly delivered under the dedicated public engagement with research strategy. Outreach activities included 23 events, including public lectures and participation in Doors Open Day (see Case Study 4). A range of events are planned across the year ahead, extending the breadth of its audiences further as a partner in a new Wellcome Funded project, ‘Cellblock Science’, aimed at delivering informal science learning to prisons in Scotland. Further funding applications will be taken forward for activities such as future European Researchers Night activities, extending activities across the whole of Scotland, and to external sponsors for the May Festival, with many of the events in 2018 created in collaboration with students and youth groups, following the Scottish Government ‘Year of Young People’ theme. It should also be noted that the University both values and recognises academic staff for their involvement in public engagement – the annual Principal’s Prize for Public Engagement with Research celebrates the quality and creativity of engagement by staff and students, recognising individuals who make outstanding contribution in the field of research-led public engagement. The University enables staff and student participation through training where required, and through support structures in place throughout the research lifecycle, from grant development to reporting and impact planning. In addition, to ensure ongoing best practice, the University also undertakes regular reviews of its public engagement activities, taking account of both its own programmes, and also those of the wider sector. This is enabled through sector wide engagement via different networks, for example: we work closely with the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCP...
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Society and Culture. All have a Theme Leader to enhance the University’s research culture, HDR student support and to increase industry engagement for commercialisation. In 2020, ECU established nine Strategic Research Institutes and Centres to lead the University’s research excellence. ECU’s robust International Compliance Review process ensures all foreign activities comply with international obligations, sanctions, defence trade controls, foreign interference and relevant reporting. ECU’s Conflicts of Interest policy requires staff to disclose secondary employment including foreign interests and associations. A new Integrity Training Program for all staff will include foreign interference content. ECU’s Information Security and Information Technology, Compliance, Acceptable Use of Information Systems and Critical Incident and Business Continuity Management policies and procedures are consistent with Australian Cyber Security Centre guidelines. ECU participates in the Australasian Higher Education Cybersecurity Service initiative, through the Council of Australasian University Directors of Information Technology and the Cybersecurity Community of Practice. IMPROVING STUDENT EQUALITY AND OUTCOMES
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Society and Culture. Through its Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Strategy (2017-2021) the University of Glasgow is committed to ‘changing the world through Engagement, Innovation and Impact (xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xx/myglasgow/ris/knowledgeexchange/kestrategy/). One of the four key priorities within this document is Inclusive Community and Public Engagement, with an expressed desire to promote a culture of public engagement with our research, with a focus on socioeconomically disadvantaged communities, locally, nationally and globally. The University’s staff and students are well placed to enable communities to participate in, and derive value from research. Locally we have worked for many years with some of Glasgow’s most socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, based in Bridgeton in the heart of the disadvantaged Glasgow East End, is an example of the innovative manner in which University of Glasgow researchers are making an impact on policy and practice in this area (xxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx/). Community level engagement is similarly central to our approach in the international arena, and our teams work in successful partnership with communities in Africa to control the spread of livestock diseases. Putting key local Tanzanian village-level representatives at the heart of their research project has been recognised by the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) as an inspiring example of Public Engagement with Research (xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx/do-engagement/inspire-me/pen- portraits/dr-xxxxxxx-xxxxx). Various sources of funding are available for our researchers to develop and deliver public engagement activities. For a list of main funders, please visit the University’s Public Engagement Funding web page. University of Glasgow can showcase your research and engage with the public in events such as the Glasgow Science Festival, Explorathon - European Researcher's night or the ESRC Festival of Social Science. To demonstrate its support for this type of activity, the University of Glasgow recently appointed its first Xxxx of Public Engagement Professor Xxxxx X'Xxxx. In addition, Public Engagement activity can be recognised through Public Engagement Awards and is embedded in Performance and Development Reviews and can be included in promotion applications.
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Society and Culture. The university has built a unique portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate humanities programmes, along with world-leading research, linked to the history and culture of the region. Our history and archaeology teams have now developed skills specific elements within their fields which are helping to open up opportunities with heritage organisations and archives etc. for student to undertake work on-site and increase their employability skills.
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Society and Culture. The Iranian Seismological Centre reported about a strong magnitude 5.7 earthquake that took place in the North Khorasan prov- ince near Iran’s border with Turkmenistan. The earthquake killed two people, left more than 370 people injured and damage nearly 40% of the houses in the area. • According to the European Bank for Recon- struction and Development (EBRD), the bank and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on a strategic program to significantly up- grade irrigation systems in Kazakhstan with a $180 million financing package. It was noted that the Government of Kazakhstan transfers a $21.4 million grant from the state budget to the project, which covers the re- gions of Aktobe, Zhambyl and South Ka- zakhstan. • The 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games were officially opened by the President of Xxxx- xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, during a spectacular ceremony in the Baku Olympic Stadium. The Islamic Solidarity Games is a multina- tional, multi-sport event held by the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation. The first event was held in 2005 in Saudi Arabia. Prepared by
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Society and Culture. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched the Rus- sian classes for oralmans in East Ka- zakhstan. According to UNDP, the courses are unique, as the instructors themselves were once oralmans. • Kyrgyzstan started introducing drip ir- rigation on the country’s farmland. In-­ stallation of a drip irrigation system has begun in the Kemin, the Kara-Su and the Kadamjai districts of Kyrgyz- xxxx. • Chairman of the Senate Xxxxxx- Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and the permanent representative of the UNDP in Ka- zakhstan Xxxxxxx Xxxx discussed is- sues on creation of UN Regional Hub in Kazakhstan. • Tajik authorities have banned the hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, for citizens younger than 35. • During the visit of the working group of companies’ leaders from Kazakh National Welfare Fund Xxxxxx- Xxxxxx to the USA, the chairman Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx announced that the Fund would intend to establish a subsidiary company Samruk Innova- tion in the Silicon Valley.
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