International news stories
Santander Staff Mobility Awards: call for applications
28 January 2013
Grants of up to £2000 are available to enable staff to develop links with staff at universities that are members of the Santander Universities Network.
That network includes 100s of universities across Latin America as well as top universities in China (e.g. Peking, Tsinghua and Shanghai Jiaotong), the USA (e.g. MIT, Princeton and New York University) and elsewhere.
International Collaboration with the Neuroscience group (Psychology Department)
11 January 2013
The international collaboration with the Neuroscience group (Psychology Department) in 2012 was a unique opportunity to develop a top-level, innovative and interdisciplinary research. This cooperation was not only fruitful in terms of papers, but also crucial to the interchange of students, experiences and to establish future joint projects." João Ricardo Sato (Assistant-Professor at the Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil).
GSA Christmas Cabaret comments from Professor Marie Breen-Smyth
17 December 2012
This morning I had the pleasure of attending the Christmas Cabaret at the Guildford School of Acting.
GSA Christmas Cabaret Invitation
3 December 2012
GSA invites you to 'GSA Christmas Cabaret' on Friday 14th December 10.30am-12noon at The Ivy Theatre.
Dickens and the Visual Imagination Conference
21 November 2012
Check out our video below and links to the University of Delhi
Dickens and the Visual Imagination Conference - Sambudah Sen
Dickens and the Visual Imagination Conference - Sambudah SenInternational work in Columbia
5 November 2012
Dr Melissa Blanco Borelli was awarded a Santander Research Award to work with theatre, dramaturgy, dance and anthropology faculty and students at the Universidad de Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia. While there she guest lectured on the research methodologies that guide her forthcoming monograph She Is Cuba: A Genealogy of Mulata Corporeality (Oxford University Press). Informed by methodologies ranging from dance and performance studies, feminist ethnography, historiography, performative writing and critical race theory, her monograph presents innovative ways to conduct research and write about performances and people from the global South. While at Universidad de Antioquia, she was also invited to be give one of the keynote lecture at their Second International Congress of Theatre Studies. Dr Borelli gave a lecture-performance in Spanish based on her book chapter on the mulata women who used to dance in taxi dance halls in Havana in the 1920s-1940s. Faculty at UdeA are interested in collaborating further on a possible distance MA programme and she is currently researching grant bid opportunities so she can develop scholarly work with U de Antioquia.
International Collaboration and the Environmental Psychology Research Group, School of Psychology
5 November 2012
The University of Surrey was one of the first and remains one of the principal international centres of research and teaching in environmental psychology. Consequently it has established extensive international networks of colleagues and collaborations. We have two current international research projects.
The first, funded under the EU FP7 programme and called LOCAW: Low Carbon at Work: Modelling agents and organisations to achieve transition to a low carbon Europe is investigating six large-scale organizations in six European countries to understand the social macro and micro-level conditions which act as drivers for and constraints upon sustainable practices in production processes. Surrey is working with research teams in Italy, The Netherlands, Romania, Spain, and Sweden.
Dr Jack Holland interviews Prof Andrew Taylor of NCSU on Election Campaigns
5 November 2012
Dr Jack Holland from the School of Politics interviews Professor Andrew J. Taylor on the Election
Dr Jack Holland from the School of Politics is an expert on US politics, and is following the election campaigns of Obama and Romney.
Here he interviews Professor Andrew J. Taylor who is professor of Political Science in the School of Public and International Affairs at North Carolina State University, one of the University of Surrey's partners in the University's Global Partnership Network. Professor Taylor analyses the current state of play in North Carolina a 'battle ground state' in the battle between Democrats and Republicans.
Dr Kaeding in Taiwan
19 October 2012
Dr Malte Philipp Kaeding is an expert in East Asian politics, specifically in the so-called Greater China region including PR China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore. His research interests include identity politics, identity construction, election campaigning and political marketing and social movements with special emphasis on youth movements.
Signing of new ERASMUS agreement
19 October 2012
Earlier this year, members of the sociology department met with colleagues from the Institute for Media Studies at the University of Tuebingen. One of the key outcomes from this meeting was the signing of an ERASMUS agreement which will enable our BA Media students to spend one semester studying at Tuebingen.
Science Without Borders
17 October 2012
TRANS: Transnationalism, Translation and Travel in Literary and Cultural Studies
Language and Culture Exchange Scheme
16 October 2012
The University of Surrey offers all students and staff the opportunity to learn and practise another language through the Language and Culture Exchange Scheme.
What is LACES?
LACES is part of the University’s International Strategy “to internationalise the educational, cultural and social experience of all students”. It is a “tandem” network, where you can find a language partner who speaks the language you want to learn or improve. In return you can help them practise your first language. You will have the benefit of speaking your chosen language with a native speaker, and at the same time finding out all about their culture. Speaking another language enhances your future employment prospects, and is fun too.
You can join LACES at any time during your studies or employment at the University. It does not matter which department you are in and the Scheme is open to both undergraduates and postgraduates, with a separate network for staff.
You can choose to learn or improve any language at any level, but remember that you may not be able to find a LACES partner in the language of your choice.
European Commission's Framework Programme 7
15 October 2012
Members of the sociology department have recently been awarded funding from the European Commission's Framework Programme 7, to investigate the global dynamics of extortion racket systems. The GLODERS research project is directed towards development of an ICT model for understanding Extortion Racket Systems (ERSs). ERSs, of which the Mafia is but one example, are spreading globally from a small number of seed locations, causing massive disruption to economies. Yet there is no good understanding of their dynamics and thus how they may be countered. ERSs are not only powerful criminal organizations, operating at several hierarchical levels, but also prosperous economic enterprises and highly dynamic systems, likely to reinvest in new markets. If stakeholders - legislators and law enforcers - are to be successful in attacking ERSs, they need the much better understanding of the evolution of ERSs that computational models and ICT tools can give them.
