In the framework of the activity of the UNIMED SubNetwork on Employability, UNIMED launches a call for applications for the 2nd edition of the international contest "Entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean", known as "Start Cup Competition".

This initiative is jointly organised by UNIMED and by the Lebanese University, coordinator of the UNIMED SN on Employability, with the collaboration of ETF - European Training Foundation, and sponsored by AUF, Agence Universitaire Francophonie. The final event of the “Start Cup Competition” will take place online on April 21, 2021, during a day dedicated to entrepreneurship-students in the Mediterranean countries. To find out how to participate, the selection criteria and any other details of this initiative, to which we encourage you to participate, please find attached the application call in English.

For more information or/and to confirm your interest in participation, please write by the 2nd of February 2021 to: start-cup.2021@ul.edu.lb  

The winning team will be awarded with 1.000,00 euros sponsored by the AUF. 

The Fox International Fellowship is a graduate student exchange program between Yale and 20 world-renowned partner universities. The goal of the Fox International Fellowship is to enhance mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and other countries by promoting international scholarly exchanges and collaborations among the next generation of leaders. To accomplish this goal, the program seeks to identify and nurture those students who are interested in harnessing scholarly knowledge to respond to the world’s most pressing challenges. For these reasons,  especially  students enrolled in the social sciences and kindred disciplines in the professional schools are welcome. Yale University jointly pursues these aims with 20 of the world’s leading universities in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. There are more than 600 alumni in the extensive Fox Fellowship network.

For more details, please visit this link.

Deadline for applications : 13 February 2021 

UNESCO is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the first edition of the UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences, funded by the Russian Federation, to reward those who work to ensure that science serves society and raise awareness of scientific values. It is these values that drove the renowned scientist Dmitri Mendeleev. His invention of the periodic table reflected the brilliance of his mind, the importance of collaboration and the significance of transmission - as seen in the empty boxes he left for future researchers to complete. This visionary figure, who anticipated contemporary challenges, was a forerunner in imagining science for sustainable development.

The Prize will be awarded annually to two prize-winners in recognition of their efforts to use the potential of the basic sciences to transform societies, by making a significant contribution to the excellence of research, the development of scientific education, or international cooperation in science. Prize-winners will be selected on the basis of assessments and recommendations made by the Jury. The Prize consists of a monetary reward of US $250, 000 for each of the two winners.

All applications must be submitted online via a dedicated template available on the webpage of the Prize, by 15 March 2021 at the latest, in English or French, in order to ensure their consideration by the Jury.

Information about the Prize and the nomination process can be found online at: UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences. Any enquiries with regard to the nomination process should be addressed directly to the Mendeleev International Prize's Team (tel. : +33 (0)1 45 68 10 61; e-mail: mendeleevprize@unesco.org ).  

The Association of Arab Universities ( AARU) announces a Virtual Workshop organized by the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council at (AARU) in cooperation with the Accreditation Service for International Schools , colleges & Universities (ASIC) in UK under the title How to Qualify for ASIC Accreditation within the context of ASIC criteria requirements.

The workshop will be held on Monday 21/12/2020 at 10:00 a.m. Amman time via Zoom program. The workshop deals with methodology and specific criteria for ASIC accreditation and the experiences of some accredited Arab universities.

For more details regarding registration and fees, please check this LINK