Category: University

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    Innovative teaching concepts for Luxembourg secondary schools

    The Programme for Innovative Teaching and Training – short PITT – is an interdisciplinary project that aims to facilitate and foster contemporary teaching in Luxembourg’s schools. Researchers from the Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET) at the University of Luxembourg, together with teachers, the SCRIPT and the IFEN, are developing innovative teaching modules and best practice…

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    Retrospective Spring 2020: The COVID-19 Border Closure

    A year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic led to massive and abrupt border closures. Especially the Greater Region with its close interconnections was affected: students, cross-border workers, families or other commuters at the border experienced the separation as a significant cut in their professional and everyday life. The UniGR-Center for Border Studies (UniGR-CBS) looks back on…

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    Prof. Prüm receives order of merit for service to HRH The Grand Duke

    Prof. André Prüm, full professor in law and founding Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance at the University of Luxembourg, has received the Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolph of Nassau (L’ordre de Mérite civil et militaire d’Adolphe de Nassau) with the grade of Officer of the Crown (Officier avec…

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    Survey on sleep quality to better prevent neurodegenerative diseases

    The National Centre of Excellence in Research on Parkinson’s Disease (NCER-PD) launches a nation-wide research survey on sleep behaviour disorders under the patronage of the Ministry of Health. All Luxembourg residents aged between 55 and 75 years will receive a personal invitation letter in subsequent weeks. This survey is part of the second phase of…

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    Towards green steel: Paul Wurth Chair in Energy Process Engineering

    On 4 March, the University and Paul Wurth, a leading player in the design and supply of technological solutions for steelmaking and a company of the SMS group, announced the creation of the new Paul Wurth Chair in Energy Process Engineering at the University’s Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine. The chair will tackle questions…

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    University opens Master of Data Science in September 2021

    Starting September 2021, the University of Luxembourg will offer a new Master of Data Science. Based on a multidisciplinary approach, the Master’s programme will train students in data analysis, modelling and management, and prepare them to work in areas as artificial intelligence (A.I), cloud computing, machine and statistical learning or big data.

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    Ideation Camp 7 – The very first virtual Ideation Camp

    The first Ideation Camp of 2021 went ahead in full virtual mode and united 50 participants and 53 mentors.

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    No cold case – Uni researchers explore the future of forensic genomics

    Six new interdisciplinary research projects have received multi-year funding in the context of the Audacity funding instrument of the University’s Institute for Advanced Studies. 

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    University opens international branch of Bilingualism Matters

    The University of Luxembourg hosts an international branch of Bilingualism Matters, a research and information centre with headquarters at the University of Edinburgh and international partner branches all over the world.

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    “Girls hold biases about what they can do at the age of 6.”

    The world celebrates the International Women’s Day today, an excellent opportunity to reflect on the progress to be made in the area of gender equality. To mark the occasion, we interviewed Skerdilajda Zanaj, Gender Equality Officer at the University of Luxembourg who discusses the underrepresentation of girls and women in research and leadership positions. She highlights some of the…

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