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Université de Nantes
Université de Nantes has never stopped moving forward. In the last 50 years, Université de Nantes has taken training and research to the highest level. Facing a rapidly changing world, Université de Nantes invents a new model of university.
This model places the student at its centre and, more than ever, the human being at the heart of its ambitions. Rooted in Nantes - a city renowned for its vitality, culture, economic development and its quality of life - Université de Nantes radiates also thanks to its 2 campuses in Saint- Nazaire and La-Roche-sur-Yon.
Université de Nantes actively participates in the city With 34,000 students (including 3,750 foreign students) and 4,250 staff, 50% of which is dedicated to research, 1 out of 12 Nantes residents works or studies at Université de Nantes. True cultural, sports and society contributor, our universtity also encourages the revitalization of its region by enriching public debate and by stimulating creativity : conferences, up to date media equipment, artists-in-residence programs, high-level sports, student commitment through 150 student organisations. Within its campuses, different disciplines meet to enrich one another. Université de Nantes is one of the rare French universities to promote interdisciplinarity.
Within 21 faculties and schools, 295 specialities are represented and 63 laboratories work in all fields of knowledge. 75% of them are A and A+ rated. Dynamic, combative, creative and united Université de Nantes enjoys the major assets needed to encourage local, national and international cooperation and to make interdisciplinary a factor of innovation and success. It contributes to the innovation of the socioeconomic make-up thanks to its researchers, laboratories, equipment and state-of-the-art technological platforms.
Furthermore, recent university graduates (8,000 every year) constitute a tremendous pool of skills and talent. By getting involved in local issues while keeping an international perspective, Université de Nantes shows its capacity to work with the new scales of territory. This is essential to any development.
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Drop-out rate remains at record low
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Post-study visa ‘should be brought back in Scotland’
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Université Bordeaux Montaigne
L'Université Bordeaux Montaigne réunit plus de 14 000 étudiants et 1300 enseignants et personnels administratifs autour des formations et de la recherche en arts, langues, lettres, sciences humaines et sociales.
Laboratoire d'idées et foyer intellectuel, l'Université Bordeaux Montaigne contribue aux débats scientifiques de son temps et cultive sans relâche ses valeurs fondamentales : indépendance et liberté de pensée.
Elle fait de l'égalité des chances une de ses missions prioritaires et travaille en permanence à perfectionner ses dispositifs de formation et à accompagner tous ses étudiants vers la réussite.
Elle s'inscrit plus que jamais dans le sillage de Montaigne pour continuer à proposer le modèle d'une université à dimension et visage humains, selon le valeurs qui la caractérisent depuis sa création : humaniste, exploratrice, polyglotte, citoyenne, créative, numérique.
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Students need better pastoral care, say private schools
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Students occupy art school over cuts plan
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Université Pierre-Mendès-France
Pierre-Mendès-France University / Grenoble 2 (UPMF) is a University in Social Sciences and Humanities, multidisciplinary, composed of 6 faculties or UFR (Research and Training Units), a training-school and 5 Institutes.
In 2006, the 19,000 students, among which 3,000 foreign students, are provided teaching and research programs in a wide range of subjects and sciences such as:
- Economy, Law, Politics, Management and Business strategy, History, Art History, Philosophy, Urbanism, Psychology, Sociology, Teaching sciences (Education), Musicology, Mathematics applied to social sciences
As for Research, UPMF combines a fundamental consideration / reflection to a capacity of applied research and expertise on the political and economics changes and on the social and cultural evolutions. This combination permits to put the university knowledge and theory into a scientific, technological or industrial context, either local or regional, especially because of the growing activity of these sectors in the Rhône-Alpes Region. The universitys contribution to this growth is noteworthy.
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Miracles of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics
Everywhere, every day, everybody uses language. There is no human society, no matter how small or how isolated, which does not employ a language that is rich and diverse. This course introduces you to linguistics, featuring interviews with well-known linguists and with speakers of many different languages. Join us to explore the miracles of human language.
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Learning by exploring the unknown
By Yuhao (Danny) Huang. Doing research is valuable for undergraduates. We need more opportunities to solve practical problems.
This time it will work. I have read countless articles on growing protein crystals for molecular imaging and scoured the web for advice. More...