Chapter 3 â Policy Implications for Gaelic - University of Edinburgh
Chapter 3 â Policy Implications for Gaelic - University of Edinburgh
Chapter 3 â Policy Implications for Gaelic - University of Edinburgh
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North America<br />
The <strong>University</strong>’s first Fulbright Lecture was delivered by <strong>for</strong>mer US ambassador Thomas R Pickering<br />
on 14 May.<br />
International Visits to the <strong>University</strong> included:<br />
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Khon Kaen <strong>University</strong>, Thailand<br />
Finnish Ambassador & Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Matti Klinge<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Canberra, Australia<br />
Osaka <strong>University</strong>, Japan<br />
Hangzhou Normal <strong>University</strong> China<br />
National Centre <strong>for</strong> Biological Sciences, India<br />
Economic Community <strong>of</strong> West African States<br />
CONICYT, Chile<br />
International Relations ICETEX, Colombia<br />
Xiamen <strong>University</strong>, China<br />
Science Innovation Manager, Korea<br />
Peking <strong>University</strong> Shenzhen campus<br />
Nanjing <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), China<br />
Chinese Academy <strong>of</strong> Social Sciences<br />
<strong>University</strong> Sao Paulo, Brazil<br />
Related meetings<br />
Prior to presenting David McAllister with his honorary degree in Berlin, I was delighted to welcome<br />
him to the <strong>University</strong> where we discussed a number <strong>of</strong> initiatives including the <strong>of</strong>fer <strong>of</strong> a 3 year<br />
programme <strong>of</strong> 20 placements at schools in Lower Saxony <strong>for</strong> <strong>Edinburgh</strong> student teachers <strong>of</strong> German.<br />
I was also very pleased to give the welcome at the inaugural Virtual Worlds Research Conference in<br />
May. Funded by a <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Edinburgh</strong> Innovative Initiative Grant, the network is the first <strong>of</strong> its<br />
kind to connect researchers in disparate faculties, departments, and regions that study in or about<br />
virtual worlds. I also greeted 600 delegates to an international conference on Machine Learning in the<br />
In<strong>for</strong>matics Forum at the end <strong>of</strong> June.<br />
During the graduation celebrations I was delighted to receive, on behalf <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong>, the<br />
President <strong>of</strong> Pakistan and the Rector <strong>of</strong> Charles <strong>University</strong>, Prague. Both were here to celebrate the<br />
graduation <strong>of</strong> their children.<br />
UK<br />
Tax Relief on Charitable Giving<br />
The <strong>University</strong> was very pleased to see that the Government announced on the 31 st May that they<br />
have dropped their plans to cap tax relief on charitable donations. Along with other Russell Group<br />
institutions the <strong>University</strong> lobbied heavily on this issue and it is excellent news <strong>for</strong> all charitable<br />
organisations and a very sensible and welcome decision.
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