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Germany to test travellers from risk areas twice for coronavirus: Merke
Travellers arriving in Germany from risk regions will have to test for the coronavirus twice, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday after announcing an extension of an existing lockdown as well as some tougher measures. Even if a first test was negative, travellers from risk regions would in future have to enter quarantine for five days and take a second test, Merkel said.
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The Erasmus+ charter renewed until 2027 for SKEMA
SKEMA will continue to develop European and international academic cooperation by actively participating in the Erasmus+ programme.With SKEMA, over 300 Erasmus mobility programmes are financed each year as well as 10 mobility programmes for team members or professors, and there are over 45 European academic partners and partnership opportunities with countries outside Europe, like the one already established with the American University of Armenia (financed by the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility programme)."We are delighted with this success and the top…
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Uni­versi­ties pre­par­ing to or­gan­ise en­trance ex­am­in­a­tions on cam­puses
Universities have continued to prepare student admissions for 2021, taking into account the current coronavirus situation. The aim is to organise the spring and summer entrance examinations on campuses or other physical facilities.  Entrance examinations for the University of Helsinki will be held at the Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre. The tests are supervised and follow strict safety arrangements.Universities have also decided that no changes will be made to the selection criteria. This means that the quotas for students selected…
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Coronavirus News – Vaccine Development
The University of Pecs is working on vaccine development in partnership with the Austrian biotechnology company CEBINA. The Virological Research Group of the UP Szentágothai Research Centre started working with the Austrian company last year on active substance testing, and now they have achieved breakthrough success in vaccine development, so animal testing could begin soon. Prof. Ferenc Jakab, the leader of the Group explained that the vaccine developed by researchers in Pecs and Austria is different from Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna…
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A unique education introduces new profession in Sweden.
Pedorthist (in Swedish: Fotortist) is a brand new vocational education starting this spring at Jönköping University. The education is conducted as a distance programme and introduces Pedorthist as a professional role in Sweden.A Pedorthist is a professional working in a diabetic team which handles all foot-related issues and aspects. In many ways the profession is similar to a certified prosthetics and orthotist, but with a specialization in only foot-related issues – meaning they become experts in the foot and shoe-area…
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