18th December 2017
Science and Innovation Network
In 1870, Frances Hoggan qualified as a doctor of medicine in Zurich University, the second woman to qualify in Europe. She was born in 1843, the daughter of a curate in Brecon, mid Wales. Wanting to study medicine, she had to go to Zurich because women in Britain were prohibited from sitting professional examinations in […]
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13th February 2015
Kingston, Jamaica
Ever so often your private life and your public life collide – thankfully this time it’s for the better! In July, I will attend my graduation at the University of Leicester, where I will be given my certificate acknowledging that I have completed a Masters of Business Administration programme. It is the culmination of almost […]
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5th November 2014
Montreal, Canada
The Frankencell saga we started last year (“Creating-altering life – the Frankencell”) continued after the long awaited visit to Montreal of UK´s Synthetic Biology champion former Minister David Willetts and this third episode discusses last week’s first UK-Canada Synthetic Biology Workshop. British Consul General Nick Baker opened this two-day event in Montreal hosted by […]
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26th November 2012
Atlanta, USA
This is the time of year when the winners of two of the most prestigious scholarship awards in the US are announced: the Rhodes scholars and the Marshall scholars. The young Americans named on those lists will next year launch into an experience which will shape their life paths: one to three years of fully […]
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17th November 2011
Ottawa, Canada
This is Alexandra Weirich( SIN intern) guestblogging about a recent UK scientist visit to Canada. Dr. Jonathon Pines jumped the pond this week to “cross fertilize” (Dr. Pines’ phrase) with researchers in Montreal and Ottawa; that is, to exchange ideas, research approaches, and information with Canadian researchers in the cell cycle field. Dr. Pines is […]
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19th September 2011
Ottawa, Canada
On Wednesday August, the Science & Innovation Network (SIN) at the British High Commission in Ottawa (BHC) hosted our third Science Salon (See the following for Salons 1 and 2), featuring Dr. Adrian Owen, and in collaboration with the Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program. Dr Owen is one of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC […]
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8th August 2011
Toronto, Canada
This is John Preece guestblogging about a recent trip to the University of Western Ontario for the official opening of the Centre for Brain and Mind (see also Lara Kaute’s post from July 29th). The Centre boasts some 20 principal investigators, including Dr. Adrian Owen (Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging and […]
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29th July 2011
Ottawa, Canada
This is the SIN intern Lara Kaute sharing her impressions of the official opening of the Centre for Brain and Mind at the University of Western Ontario in London. Read on for an overview of the Centre, the work that goes on there and the staff. On Monday July 25th, John and I attended the […]
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22nd July 2011
Toronto, Canada
This is John Preece guestblogging about an excellent new guide from the UK Higher Education International Unit (UKHEIU). As UK science officers, we here at SIN Canada are often approached by Canadian universities for information about how they can collaborate or partner with their British counterparts. Now, UKHEIU has done all our information-finding for us […]
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18th July 2011
Ottawa, Canada
What better way to explore a new experience, while figuring out what you want to do with the rest of your life than doing an internship with the British High Commission in Ottawa (or in other posts around the world, where opportunities arise)? It is once again my pleasure to introduce you another of our […]
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