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Get ready for EUPRIO 2014

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Registration for EUPRIO’s 2014 conference at the University of Innsbruck in Austria is open and here NIC MITCHELL looks at some the sessions on offer. The annual conference, titled ‘How to communicate in a world dominated by change’ takes place from 4-7 September 2014. Among the highlights will be several sessions looking at the ever-closer relationship between business and higher education & research – a development high up the agenda…

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Spotlight on Denmark

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As reforms sweep across Danish universities, quality is replacing quantity as the top political priority, according to the politicians. Others are not entirely convinced, as Thomas Sørensen explains in our latest blog, which shines the spotlight on the country’s higher education sector. A SMALL country in the North of Europe, Denmark is probably best known abroad for having one of the world’s happiest populations. But a recent wave of reforms…

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Science communication spotlight on the Czech Republic

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Alexandra Hroncová, the Czech member on EUPRIO’s Steering Committee, will be among the presenters at AFO – the 49th International Festival of Science Documentary Films, taking place from April 15-20, 2014. AFO aims to present science as an attractive, dynamic and diverse sector through films charting natural, humanities and social science disciplines. The event is hosted by the University of Olomouc in the Czech Republic, and Alexandra, pictured, says: “It…

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EUPRIO’s 2014 conference will have a global outlook

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The full programme for EUPRIO’s 2014 annual conference in Austria will be published later this month and it is going to be the strongest in the association’s 26-year history, with speakers from 15 countries, writes Nic Mitchell. The conference is being hosted by the University of Innsbruck, situated in the heart of the Austrian Alps, and takes place from September 4-7. The overarching theme is ‘How to communicate in a…

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