Sentences with phrase «particularly around funding»

Although there are the usual challenges for any new startup, particularly around funding, Enechi says she isn't fazed, thanks in part to her time at the Ed School.

Not exact matches

Donor - advised funds have been around for years, particularly at community foundations aiming to encourage giving to local causes.

What we know, however, is that most PE funds around the world are not particularly good at margin expansion.

We are particularly concerned that the additional freedoms that Academies and Free Schools enjoy around admissions, employment and the curriculum allow them to religiously discriminate more than has previously been possible in state - funded schools, and that a wider diversity of state «faith» schools are opening than ever before.

«Specifically, was he aware of concerns around the lack of armoured vehicles and did he receive any requests for funding (particularly in the period 1997 - 2006) to purchase armoured vehicles?

To complement the R&D expansion, the company is also creating a new research foundation, in partnership with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), to fund new research projects, scholarships, and exchanges for scientists working in protein science, particularly diabetes — a condition affecting around 40 million Chinese.

The country has excellent research infrastructure for life science and physical science, a powerful emphasis on collaborative projects and shared facilities, strong government funding of research, and an openness to scientists of all types — and particularly life scientists — from around the world

Some other statistics: About half of the world's tropical forests have been cleared (FAO) Forests currently cover about 30 percent of the world's land mass (National Geographic) Forest loss contributes between 6 percent and 12 percent of annual global carbon dioxide emissions (Nature Geoscience) About 36 football fields worth of trees lost every minute (World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-RRB- Deforestation occurs around the world, though tropical rainforests are particularly targeted.

Contrary to marketing claims, the drink isn't particularly high in minerals, and a study funded by Vita Coco, one of the biggest coconut water companies around, found that neither coconut water nor sports drinks hydrate better than plain old water.

«There was a lot of anxiety around coming to HGSE particularly at the first year because students would be worrying about how to come up with future funding,» Boodram said.

But to be sure, new teachers shouldn't have to shoulder the pension costs of retired teachers, particularly when the funds may not be around to support them when they leave the classroom.

One way they strove to correct this was to tackle state policy around funding education, particularly for disadvantaged student populations.

«I think we know enough about what the fundamentals should look like — particularly around flexibility, accountability and funding — that they can put that in statute now and not go back later and deal with it.»

This new program aims to strengthen the role of state charter schools in efforts to achieve policy and advocacy wins, particularly around equitable funding and charter school growth (especially in the approval and funding of new schools).

She says funding is a major issue, particularly for programs and initiatives meant to balance out inequalities around the state.

Institutional investors, particularly hedge funds, sometimes carry out around 60 % of all trading in leveraged and inverse - leveraged investments.

Institutional investors, particularly hedge funds, carry out around 60 % of all trading in leveraged and inverse - leveraged investments.

The sudden decline of funding hit the industry particularly hard, considering that a demo plant costs around $ 25M and a commercial plant requires somewhere north of $ 250M.

The concept of «branded coins» has become popular, particularly in the space of funding musicians and artists, and currencies based around «useful» activities, such as Curecoin, are becoming increasingly popular.

In its official statement, the Australia - based fund manager said that Facebook had been involved in a number of controversies and reputational issues, focusing particularly on the recent privacy issue involving British firm Cambridge Analytica which misused the personal data of around 50 million Facebook users without their consent.

, the Australia - based fund manager said that Facebook had been involved in a number of controversies and reputational issues, focusing particularly on the recent privacy issue involving British firm Cambridge Analytica which misused the personal data of around 50 million Facebook users without their consent.

Connect state leaders to work in other states to learn from their efforts on a range of issues and particularly including work around home visiting approaches and funding strategies.