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18 November 2022 Online workshop: Did translation policy just change?
Rachel Macreadie and Anthony Pym moderate a panel discussion on Australian translation policies during the COVID-19 pandemic
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KU Leuven-Melbourne Research Training Group Mini Conference
KU Leuven-Melbourne Research Training Group's first virtual mini conference was held in October 2022 with presentations from cohort Graduate Researchers
KU Leuven Joint PhD Program in the news
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14 Jul 2020
Peter Lievens, Vice-Rector for International Policy at KU Leuven: ‘In this phase, Leuven and Melbourne will fund thirty joint PhDs, spread over three consecutive calls. That is a significant number, especially with a top-level institution such as the University of Melbourne: it is the highest-ranked university in Australia and has a rock-solid reputation worldwide.’ Their trip included negotiations with the University of Melbourne about stepping up research collaboration. The result: the two institutions will fund thirty joint doctoral projects together.
8 Jul 2020
A couple of months ago, when corona was still mostly known as a brand of beer, Rector Luc Sels and Vice-Rector Peter Lievens travelled to Australia with a KU Leuven delegation.
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Centre for Eye Research Australia researchers Associate Professor Peter van Wijngaarden and Dr Xavier Hadoux discuss their research to develop a simple eye test that will help identify people at risk of Alzheimer’s disease, opening the way to treatments and potentially a cure. The video is available on Youtube.
First published on 26 August 2022.
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