Sentences with phrase «making university applications»

The questionnaires I completed at school before making university applications all pointed towards me becoming an accountant or an actuary (it might have been A-levels in maths and further maths that did it!)

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Celebrations were international but focused especially on his native Edinburgh, where the university has been keen both to honor his presence as a student there, and to make recompense for the fact that in 1745 it rejected his application for a professorship in philosophy — as, in 1751, did Glasgow University, preferring to appoint Auniversity has been keen both to honor his presence as a student there, and to make recompense for the fact that in 1745 it rejected his application for a professorship in philosophy — as, in 1751, did Glasgow University, preferring to appoint AUniversity, preferring to appoint Adam Smith.

Dec. 27, 2012 — Tufts University School of Engineering researchers have developed a novel method for fabricating collagen structures that maintains the collagen's natural strength and fiber structure, making it useful for a number of biomedical applications.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via Oxford University's recruitment website.

Doing so will still afford you the opportunity to humanize your application and make a lasting impression with someone affiliated with the university.

Study lead author Dr Ryan Hossaini, from the Lancaster Environment Centre at Lancaster University, said: «Dichloromethane is a human - made ozone - depleting chemical that has a range of industrial applications.

Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, a UCSF professor of anatomy and a senior investigator with the UCSF - affiliated Gladstone Institutes, as well as the director of the Center for iPSCell Research and Application (CiRA) and a principal investigator at Kyoto University, shared the Nobel Prize in 2012 for discovering how to make iPS cells from skin cells using a handful of protein «factors.»

Now John Bowders and Erik Loehr of the University of Missouri have come across another promising asphalt application: using it to make liners to seal off potentially hazardous landfills.

Speaking from the University of Southampton, he is describing man - made structures called metamaterials and how they will make almost any conceivable device or application faster, cheaper and more efficient.

Block polymers, which are two or more polymer chains with different properties linked together, show great promise for many of these applications, and a research group at the University of Delaware has made significant strides in their development over the past several years.

Researchers at McGill University have developed a new, low - cost method to build DNA nanotubes block by block — a breakthrough that could help pave the way for scaffolds made from DNA strands to be used in applications such as optical and electronic devices or smart drug - delivery systems.

Researchers from the University of California San Diego have developed a novel design for a compact, ultra-sensitive nanosensor that can be used to make portable health - monitoring devices and to detect minute quantities of toxins and explosives for security applications.

A Kansas State University engineer has made a breakthrough in rechargeable battery applications.

Dr Paul De Bank, Lecturer in Pharmaceutics at the University of Bath, said: «A significant worldwide effort is being made to create implantable polymeric matrices for a number of medical and surgical applications.

«The kidney is a very solid organ, which makes it very difficult to bring enough number of cells upon transplantation,» explains Professor Kenji Osafune, whose lab at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) at Kyoto University, Japan, is using iPSCs to investigate new treatments for kidney disease.

«Our inkjet printing demonstration makes possible for the first time the scalable mass fabrication of black phosphorus based photonic and optoelectronic devices with long - term stability necessary for a wide range of industrial applications,» tells Professor Zhipei Sun at Aalto University in Finland.

A joint application for such a facility has already been made by Forschungszentrum Jülich and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and is known by the abbreviation ER - C 2.0.

The application deadline for both positions is February 14th, and applications must be made through the Glasgow University College of Science and Engineering: https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/scienceengineering/graduateschool/postgraduateresearchstudy/howtoapply/

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) bend and twist easily in solution, making them adaptable for biological uses like DNA analysis, drug delivery and biomimetic applications, according to scientists at Rice University.

Perhaps the recent attacks on the SAT, especially University of California president Richard Atkinson's 2001 proposal to eliminate the SAT as a requirement for application, have made the Board wary of controversy.

The application of these findings goes far beyond decision - making that will affect those currently studying, and has an important role to play in enabling universities to attract students, and the fees and funding that they bring, in the future.

In contrast, if a large school district wants to redesign its processes for recruiting new teachers by changing when applications are due and offers of employment are made, it would be exceedingly rare if it either had anyone on staff or could find anyone in a local university who would be interested and able to carry out an experiment on the issue.

The aim of the project is to use the expertise of Harrow teachers and the resources at Harrow's disposal to help make applications to Oxford and Cambridge Universities more accessible to state - school applicants and, in particular, to demystify these universities and the application process surroUniversities more accessible to state - school applicants and, in particular, to demystify these universities and the application process surrouniversities and the application process surrounding them.

The project was initiated by the Head Master of Harrow School, with the aim of offering the expertise of Harrow teachers and the resources at Harrow's disposal to help pupils from state school make applications to Oxford and Cambridge and other Russell Group universities.

«Perhaps, while it's never too late to decide against making an application to university, it can get too late for individuals to start thinking that they will,» concluded the report.

«If they have not been planning to apply to university, young people will not have taken actions necessary to make a strong application.»

It began as a way to make an extra buck in university but I have since grown to love writing application essays which I am especially well suited to write on account of my educational background and expertise in writing.

Writing the statement of purpose is one of the most important parts of the university application process, and overlooking this step is a crucial mistake made by too many students.

The developer behind SayIt, BachKhoa University, has been hard at work to make sure you'll never be stuck again with their first PlayBook application called Handy Scanner.

When you make the decision to apply to a college or university, there are several steps involved in the application process, one of which is the admissions essay.

You will also need to check to make sure that your college or university qualifies before you begin the application process.

Once the application is made available, the scholarship will be open to any U.S. citizen who is dual - enrolled in high school and pursuing a bachelor's degree at least half - time at an accredited university or college.

She worked hard to make that dream a reality: taking AP classes in High School, attending the summer college program at Harvard University, Graduating Magna Cumme Laude from LMU with a BS in biology in only three years and then being accepted to UC Davis Veterinary School on her first application.

Jacob Proctor, the curator of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago, and Fabian Schöneich, the curator of the Portikus contemporary art center in Frankfurt, make recommendations to the fair organizers about galleries» applications for Frame.

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«If the applicant seeks leave to commence a future application involving the University regarding the matter of her official transcript or makes a request to add the University to another application in relation to the official transcript, written submissions must be included with her materials outlining why the application or the request is intended as a legitimate assertion of her Code rights, is not intended to vex the University or its representatives, and will not result in an abuse of process.»

It's a University of Toronto project that Ross is a finalist in in IBM's contest to see who could make the coolest application of Watson.

Applications such as that for access to Prince Charles» «black spider memos» would be «doomed to failure» if they were to be made in future, according to Mark Elliott, Reader in Public Law, Cambridge University, since «s 37 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 was amended in 2010 so as to render communications with the heir to the throne absolutely exempt from disclosure».

McCue applied verbally for study leave in April 2010, but was rejected because she had not made a formal application and because the university said they needed her for teaching, according to Walter's decision.

She said she's also talking to some universities about making Pathbrite an alternative to the Common Application.

2009 saw record numbers of university leavers and new figures show more than 660,000 people have applied for a university place for the next academic year. This staggering amount is up by 12 per cent from last year, once again breaking the record for the number of university applicants. With these figures on the rise, the coalition government have made an extra 10,000 university places to support the hefty amount of applications, meaning more students than ever will be graduating with degrees in the coming years. It is becoming even harder for employers to recruit graduates when they simply can not distinguish who is more qualified for the job â $ «how does one chose between the graduate with the 2:1 History degree from Durham or the 2:1 English Literature graduate from Bristol?

Applications are made directly to the universities mostly through an online system.

Ensure you come across as real, rather than too clichéd or structured Remember that universities sift through thousands of applications every single day, so don't be one of a number — make your goals seem exciting, but within reach!

Applications for postgraduate study are made directly to individual universities and can usually be done online.

You can make speculative applications all year round but if you will only be available for a limited amount of time — for example, if you're looking for work shadowing in your hometown during the university vacation — give as much notice as possible to ensure that the employer will be able to accommodate you at that time.

Speculative applications are advisable, particularly to larger companies — these should be made early in the autumn term of your final year of university.

Many students find the process daunting and it is advisable to get help from your university careers service with making applications, practising tests and preparing for assessment centres and interviews.

Graduate recruitment teams in law firms tend to be small (made up of fewer than five people, often) and have limited budgets — so while they encourage applications from students at all universities, they don't have the budget to visit all universities and have to prioritise.

When we interviewed recruiters for this article, they made it clear that they encourage applications from all universities.

However, if you're still unsure about your career direction by the time you need to make applications for university or school leaver programmes (typically year 13 in England and Wales, unless you're taking a gap year) then you may well decide to apply to university to keep your options open rather than trying to convince recruiters to hire you onto programmes you're not sure you want to do.