Storys zum Thema Education

Koç Group

Koç Group Calls for Bold Action to Tackle Gender Inequality

Istanbul (ots/PRNewswire) - Koç Holding Board Member İpek Kıraç says now is the time for leaders and institutions to take bold action on gender inequality. "The most significant indicator for leaders and institutions in tackling gender inequality should be to set targets and to be determined to accomplish them," Kıraç commented during the UN Women panel "A Year of Action: Building more equal and inclusive digital ...

Koç Group

Koç Group Calls for Bold Action to Tackle Gender Inequality

Istanbul (ots/PRNewswire) - Koç Holding Board Member İpek Kıraç says now is the time for leaders and institutions to take bold action on gender inequality. "The most significant indicator for leaders and institutions in tackling gender inequality should be to set targets and to be determined to accomplish them," Kıraç commented during the UN Women panel "A Year of Action: Building more equal and inclusive digital ...

The LEGO Foundation and Big Change

New movement launched for young people to shape the future of education

New York (ots/PRNewswire) - New digital platform supporting young people's participation in global conversations about the future of education launched by Big Change in partnership with the LEGO Foundation. 'The Big Education Conversation' was launched at the United Nation's Transforming Education Summit in New York. The platform, www.bigeducationconversation.org, has ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Urban and rural poor are different

ZINTINUS

Food tech on its way to reshaping a multi trillion market

Berlin & New York (ots) - - Bain & ZINTINUS: “The food sector is at a tipping point, about to grow exponentially” - Transforming the global food sector to a more sustainable industry is important to improve consumer health and reduce the sector’s carbon footprint – it is also a means to secure food supply - The transition of the food system opens enormous opportunity for value creation and thus also for ...

Firmenich

Firmenich Becomes Second Company in the World to Secure Living Wage Certification for All Employees

Geneva, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Living Wage is embedded within wider set of responsible pay practices aimed at creating equal opportunities and building a more inclusive society Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, announces it has achieved living wage certification across all of its global operations. Firmenich is the ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

882 million francs invested in research in 2021

Bern (ots) - Last year, the SNSF selected around 1800 research projects for funding. It also launched new funding measures because Swiss researchers are not able to participate in important areas of the Horizon Europe programme. Expanding knowledge and solving problems. That is what thousands of SNSF-funded research teams do at Swiss universities and other higher education institutions. Their curiosity and their ...

INFOSYS

Manufacturers Alliance Foundation and Infosys Issue Industry Progress Report on Carbon Neutral Goals

Arlington, Va. (ots/PRNewswire) - Industrial companies consume over half of the energy and produce one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions globally, giving the sector a significant opportunity to support climate initiatives. A new report from Manufacturers Alliance Foundation and Infosys (NYSE: INFY), "Delivering on ...

Qatar Foundation

QATAR FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF EARTHNA CENTER DURING DOHA FORUM

Doha, Qatar (ots/PRNewswire) - Qatar Foundation has announced the launch of its Earthna Center for a Sustainable Future, a non-profit policy center, at the annual Doha Forum summit. Building on a legacy of many years of work by Qatar Foundation (QF) in the field of sustainability, the new center will channel QF's education, research, and innovation ecosystem into ...

News Direct

Launching at BETT MEA 2022, Emmy nominated explorer, Denise Belliveau's history curriculum In the Footsteps of History…™ partners with Virtual Reality (VR) platform Edify

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Revolutionary way to teach History!

GSMA

Connectivity Unleashed as MWC22 Barcelona Opens for Business

Barcelona, Spain (ots/PRNewswire) - Day one sees innovative launches, inspiring speakers, sign language interpretation and insights from the GSMA's Mobile Economy Report The world's largest and most influential connectivity event opens its doors today at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona. MWC22 Barcelona will build on the success of last year, reflecting on a new era of connectivity and collaboration across the mobile ...

INFOSYS

Infosys InStep Ranked as the 'Best Internship Program' for Four Consecutive Years

Bengaluru, India (ots/PRNewswire) - Career development, training & mentoring, networking, and international opportunities valued highly by interns Infosys(NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced that its flagship global internship program, InStep, was ranked as the 'Best Overall Internship ...

Fulcrum Digital

Fulcrum Digital partners with Global Gate, helps them leapfrog the digital maturity curve

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Fulcrum Digital, a leading business platform, and digital engineering services company with a proven legacy of enabling digital transformation across sectors, partnered with Global Gate, a global investment management company, to accelerate a company-wide digital transformation. This strategic collaboration aimed at designing a modernised IT ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

SNSF opposes initiative to ban animal and human experimentation

Bern, 14.10.2021 (ots) - The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) strives consistently and continuously to improve the quality of research. A ban on animal and human experiments would massively restrict the opportunity to gain knowledge and adversely affect Switzerland as a research hub. On 13 February 2022, the Swiss electorate will vote on the initiative to ban animal and human experiments. Acceptance of the ...

BMO Financial Group

BMO Financial Group Reports Third Quarter 2021 Results

Toronto (ots/PRNewswire) - BMO's Third Quarter 2021 Report to Shareholders, including the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for the period ended July 31, 2021, is available online at www.bmo.com/investorrelations and at www.sedar.com. Financial Results Highlights Third Quarter 2021 Compared With Third Quarter 2020: - Net income of $2,275 million, an increase of 85%; adjusted net income1,4 of $2,292 ...

Globegarden Gmbh

Globegarden consolidates its position as a quality provider

Wyss Academy for Nature

New forms of engagement at the Wyss Academy

Bern, Switzerland (ots) - The exhibition and meeting space "Habitat" of the Wyss Academy for Nature in Bern will newly present the work "Morphologies", which explores the moment of wonder towards nature that is common to art and science. At the same time, the Wyss Academy is addressing a pressing issue in the field of sustainable development: Engaging with people from research, politics, business, and agriculture on four ...

News Direct

ForwardPMX Becomes A Fashion Avenger, Joining the Dynamic Movement to Accelerate the Fashion Industry’s Role in Achieving the UN’s Global Goals

My Size Inc.; Trutex Schoolwear

Integration of MySize's proprietary AI-driven sizing tech solution on Trutex Schoolwear's site will help parents find the right size school uniforms for their children.

Airport City, Israel (ots/PRNewswire) - Trutex Schoolwear, the premier school uniforms retailer in the UK, and MySize (the "Company" or "My Size") (NASDAQ: MYSZ) (TASE: MYSZ), the developer and creator of smartphone measurement solutions, today announced the successful integration of the MySizeID widget on Trutex's ...

Fundação Bial

BIAL Award in Biomedicine worth 300,000 Euros, nominations until 30 June

Porto, Portugal (ots/PRNewswire) - The second edition of the BIAL Award in Biomedicine is currently underway. Worth three hundred thousand Euros, this prize is intended to reward a work with exceptional quality results and scientific relevance published in the last ten years in the broad field of biomedicine. The winner will be chosen by an independent and ...

swissuniversities

swissuniversities and Wiley sign transformative Open Access agreement

Bern (ots) - swissuniversities has concluded a new Read&Publish agreement with John Wiley & Sons. It will provide students and researchers from over 40 Swiss higher education and research institutions access to the Wiley Online Library with over 1'450 journals. At the same time, this agreement enables authors affiliated to these institutions to make their scientific ...

Les Roches Global Hospitality Education

Les Roches: Student Mentoring by Airbnb Hospitality Guru for Top Hospitality Disruptive Idea

Crans-Montana, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Les Roches, the highly regarded hospitality business school recently ranked third for Employer Reputation by the QS World University Rankings 2021 is launching the second edition of "The Next Disruptor", a scholarship competition seeking ideas for positive disruption in hospitality, travel, and tourism. With the changing ...

Sommet Education

2021 World University Rankings: Sommet Education Institutions Leading Swiss Hub in Hospitality Management

Lausanne, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Sommet Educationis the only hospitality education group with two Swiss higher education institutions, Glion and Les Roches, in the top four for Hospitality and Leisure Management education in the QS World University Rankings 2021. According to global higher education analysts ...