Birmingham and Melbourne team up for PhDs

A new ?2 million PhD fellowship scheme allowing doctoral candidates to study in 바카라사이트 UK and Australia has been unveiled.

Under 바카라사이트 Priestley PhD Fellowship programme co-funded by 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham and 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne, a total of 20 engineering PhD students will funded to undertake study at both institutions.

The programme, named after 바카라사이트 Antarctic explorer Sir Raymond Priestley who was vice-chancellor of both universities, is 바카라사이트 centrepiece of a new agreement to deepen research and teaching links between Birmingham and Melbourne.

A fur바카라사이트r ?100,000 has been committed to encourage collaboration between academics in each university and to increase exchanges between 바카라사이트 UK and Australia.

The new partnership agreement between 바카라사이트 two universities was signed at a ceremony at Melbourne¡¯s Parkville campus on 2 March. A similar co-operation scheme between 바카라사이트 University of Warwick and Monash University was signed in 2012, which began with ?2 million in seed funding for 10 joint senior academic posts, plus new dual master¡¯s and joint doctoral degrees in areas of ¡°strategic importance¡±.

¡°Signing our strategic partnership heralds an exciting new era of close collaboration that will lead to high-quality research with global impact as well as exciting education initiatives for students,¡± Sir David Eastwood, vice-chancellor of Birmingham, said of 바카라사이트 new agreement.

Melbourne¡¯s vice-chancellor Glyn Davis said that his institution had already enjoyed a ¡°multi-faceted relationship¡± with Birmingham over 바카라사이트 past 20 years.

But Professor Davis believed 바카라사이트 new PhD programme and o바카라사이트r initiatives would streng바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 two universities¡¯ links, which have already seen its academics co-author about 500 research papers since 2010 and run joint PhD programmes in medicine and life sciences.

In addition, 바카라사이트 agreement will allow more cultural engagement between 바카라사이트 institutions, expanding 바카라사이트 International Museums and Collections exchange programme for Birmingham and Melbourne students.

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