During the visit to Brussels President Brady met with science and university leaders at the Science|Business annual network.President Brady also met with UK Ambassador to the EU,Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby and Deputy Ambassador Will Macfarlane to discuss the importance of strong links with European partners for UK science.President Brady also spoke on aScience|Business panel about global collaboration in an age of competition,alongside Christian Ehler,a leading German MEP who sits on the European Parliament’s Industry,Research and Energy(ITRE)committee,Darja Isaksson,Executive Director of Vinnova,and François Bertrand,Vice President,Polytechnique Montréal.Imperial hosted an event for alumni living in Brussels to update them on the some of the College’s ambitious European partnerships.President Brady added:“The College has campaigned consistently with UK sector organisations and the support of European partners since the referendum.“We have also taken decisive steps to deepen our European collaborations.“Horizon Europe is akey building block for global science collaboration.64%of Imperial publications are the product of international research collaborations and about 60%of Imperial’s research papers with aUS collaborator also have aEuropean co-author,as do 72%with Canada and 81%with Brazil.” 查看详细>>

The world’s largest study on babies with brain injuries will start in India this week to help prevent epilepsy.Brain injury during labour or childbirth is one of the leading causes of epilepsy in babies in some areas of the world.A common cause is perinatal asphyxia–where oxygen is cut off to the foetal brain,damaging it.Imperial College London will lead the Prevention of Epilepsy by reducing Neonatal Encephalopathy(PREVENT)study–to try and reduce the number of epilepsy ca... 查看详细>>

Funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will allow six Centres for Doctoral Training to fund PhD students for four years.Each Centre is expected to receive between£5-7 million over the next nine years to train cohorts of PhD students in priority areas of research,including bioengineering,machine learning and next-generation chemical synthesis.Imperial was successful in securing funding for three new Centres for Doctoral Training(CDTs)and three renewal grants for existing CDTs.The EPSRC will fund 40 PhD students per CDT over five years,with extra funding coming from industry partners and the College.Professor Nick Jennings,Vice-Provost(Research and Enterprise)at Imperial,said:“I am very pleased that we will be leading six centres that will train around 300 PhD students in the coming years.“We are also partnering in six more centres led by other institutions,highlighting our collaborative nature and wide participation across the scheme.We are also pleased to support the centres with£1m of bursary support from the College to support their important activities.”As well as aresearch element,students trained through CDTs receive technical and transferrable skills training.The CDTS also aim to provide asupportive and exciting environment for students,creating new working cultures,building relationships between teams in universities and forging lasting links with industry.Science and Innovation Minister Chris Skidmore said:“The Centres for Doctoral Training at universities across the country will offer the next generation of PhD students the ability to get ahead of the curve."In addition,this has resulted in nearly£400 million being leveraged from industry partners.This is our modern Industrial Strategy in action,ensuring all corners of the UK thrive with the skills they need for the jobs of tomorrow.“As Science Minister,I’m delighted we’re making this massive investment in postgraduate students as part of our increased investment in R&D.” 查看详细>>

The new Centre,led by Imperial College London,will be the first in the world to address wildfire challenges from aglobal perspective.It will bring together physical and social scientists to help understand the factors that influence fire and provide guidelines on successful fire management for future generations.The Centre will be led by Dr Apostolos Voulgarakis from Imperial’s Department of Physics,with collaborators at Kings College London,the University of Reading and Royal Holloway University of London.The£10m funding will support the Centre for ten years.Huge wildfires have recently caused devastation in Canada,California and Greece,but natural fire can also have positive effects where species and ecosystems rely on them to recycle nutrients or provide new fertile ground.Fire has long been harnessed by humans but changing practices have meant predicting and managing wildfires has become more challenging.For example,large fires used to clear land for crop or farmland can displace local populations,and‘zero fire’policies have led to the accumulation of burnable material that result in larger-than-normal fires,which destroy lives and property,threaten biodiversity and cultures,reduce air quality,and emit huge amounts of carbon.Wildfires are also driven by,and can contribute to,climate change:a warming world makes large fires more likely,which in turn releases large amounts of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from burnt plant life.However,these relationships are at present poorly understood. 查看详细>>