INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER

Unique Confucius Institute for Law School The first Confucius Institute anywhere in the world to have afocus on Law, was opened officiallyat Bangor University on the 10thSeptember. Confucius Institutesspread understanding about Chinese language and culture. TheConfucius Institute was launched bythe First Minister Carwyn Jones, inthe presence of Mr SHEN Yang, Minister-Councellor of the ChineseEmbassy.

A delegation from Bangor University’s partner institution, theChina University of Political Science& Law led by its President, Professor HUANG Jin visited Bangor especially for the openingceremony. The event included performances of Chinese folk song

and dance by Yuannan University of Nationalities, Calligraphy performanceby Professor SUN He of the China University of Political Science & Law, awell-known calligrapher in China, and aspecial performance by the renownedMale Voice Choir, Hogia’r Ddwylan.

SEPTEMBER 2012

Budding BankersChoose LondonCentre...We are delighted to announce that inonly it’s second year of opening thatBangor Business School London Centre has reached its full capacityfor this academic year.

Professor John Thornton, Head ofBangor Business School commented:

“The early success of the LondonCentre reflects the strong academicreputation of the Business School inthe areas of accounting, banking andfinance and outstanding efforts bythe team at Bangor. The challengenow is to build on our success andmake Bangor Business School theplace to study accounting, bankingand finance in London."

Based at the impressive BroadgateTower, close to Liverpool Street station, Bangor Business School’s London Centre delivers a portfolio ofcutting-edge financial qualificationsat MBA and MSc level to busy executives and full-time studentswho wish to study and live in London.

Applications are now open for2013/14 entry.

www.bangor.ac.uk/international

Bangor University Vice-Chancellor, ProfessorJohn G Hughes & Professor Huang Jin, Presidentof China University of Political Science & Law

Research News...Food Dudes win international acclaimDr Pauline Horne and ProfessorFergus Lowe of Bangor Universityhave been presented with an awardfor their pioneering work on childhood obesity in front of 4,000academics from many differentcountries, at a conference held inSeattle recently.

“This is a project, initiated at Bangor University, that can make areal impact on the health of peoplein those societies worldwide thatare now faced with such a majorobesity challenge. I’m very pleasedthat the academics involved havereceived the recognition of theirprofessional peers for their contribution” said Vice-ChancellorProfessor John G. Hughes.

The Food Dudes programme influences children to eat more fruitand vegetables and less junk food.It has been introduced nationally inIreland, the UK and there are alsosuccessful projects running inMilan, Italy and in both Utah andCalifornia in the USA.

Bangor Business School tops rankingsBangor Business School has beenrated as the top institution in the UK and amongst the world’s top 30 forBanking reaserch, according to recent rankings. Bangor is placed 27thin the table, the highest placed UK institution, ahead of Oxford Universityand the London School of Economics.It is also currently ranked as the No.1Business School in the UK for research in the field of Accounting andFinance, according to the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)by the UK government.

Bangor University hosts prestigious Fulbright Summer School...

From the mountains of Colorado to thecoast of Wales...As part of a new Study Abroad partnership with the University of Denver, Colorado Bangor welcomes our first group of students this semester. The students will study at Bangor for one semester in a range of schools includ-ing Psychology, Social Sciences, Education and English before returning totheir home institution at Christmas.

The Vice-Provost for Internationalisation of the University of Denver, LucBeaudoin visited Bangor just prior to the arrival of the students to view ourfacilities and discuss the new partnership. Bangor has been selected asonly one of a few Foundation partners around the world and will see agrowing number of students from the University over the next couple ofyears.

”We look forward to the programme’s return to Walesand to Bangor in particular”

said Tecwyn Vaughan Jones,Course Director for Bangor University.

Bangor University has said a fondfarewell to eight Fulbright Scholars,who are among the USA’s brighteststudents, who visited the University aspart of their study of Wales’ culture,history, politics and landscape. Thestudents were competitively selectedfrom Universities spanning the USA,from Seattle to South Florida for thetop-flight summer study institute bythe leading US scholarship programme.

Bangor University was appointed byone of the most prestigious US-UK ed-ucational organisations, the FulbrightCommission to run the second WalesFulbright Summer Institute, along withCardiff and Aberystwyth universities.

An ‘inspirational’ lecturer from BangorLaw School was selected to carry theOlympic Flame afterbeing nominated forthe honour by her students.

Law lecturer SarahNason was nominatedin the ‘Inspiring Othersthrough Education’category.

Students nominateLaw School lecturer to carryOlympic Torch

“Banking research at Bangoris placed highest in the UK”

International Student AmbassadorsBangor’s International Student Ambassadors scheme has been successful running for a number of years. The scheme was set up to support international students during the application process right up to graduation day.

This year 22 students have been chosen to represent the University as ambassadors and will play a key part in recruitment activities both withinBangor and on overseas visits as well as contributing to the support programme offered to students during their studies at Bangor University.

Below is a list of the current Bangor University ambassadors for the newacademic year:

Bangor victorious on University ChallengeStudents appear on TV quiz show

Insight into snakevenom evolution couldaid drug discovery....

Dr Wolfgang Wuster, Bangor University among other UK-ledscientists have made a discoveryabout snake venom that couldlead to the development of newdrugs to treat a range of life-threatening conditions like cancer,diabetes and high blood pressure.

Researches have discovered thatthe toxins that make snake andlizard venom deadly can evolveback into completely harmlessmolecules, raising the possibilitythat they could be developed intodrugs.

Dr Wolfgang Wuster, Bangor University, co-author of the studysays:

“Many snake venom toxins targetthe same physiological pathwaysthat doctors would like to targetto treat a variety of medical conditions. Understanding howtoxins can be tamed into harmless physiological proteinsmay aid development of curesfrom venom”.

Ambassador forVietnamu Miss Huong Vu

Bangor University took on the University of St Andrews in Scotland in the ultimate TV quiz show onMonday 24th September and won!

Bangor University are now through to the next roundof University Challenge. Representing Bangor areNina Grant, Simon Tomlinson, Mark Stevens andAdam Pearce.

Research News

Ambassadors for Chinau Yongrui Zangu Xenia Xu u Lijun Zhao

Ambassadors for Indiau Santosh Mujaldeu Zia Katshuu Shanti Shanker u Raguvaran Loganathan

Ambassadors for Nigeriau Goselle Nanjulu Monalisa Odibo u Salamatu Fada

Ambassador for USAu Miss Brooke

Springthorpe

Ambassadors for UKu Dominic Wodehouse u Gareth Samuel u James McGough

Ambassador for Pakistanu Miss Zubaida Abdul Sattar

Ambassador forGermanyu Ilka Illers

Ambassador for Iranu Mansour Bagheri

Ambassador for Estoniau Daniil Mihhedko

Ambassador for Malaysiau Ponnusamy Subramaniam

Ambassador for Iraqu Abdulqader Qader

www.bangor.ac.uk/international

Country Representatives

Bing Li

Tel: +44 (0) 1248 388207Email: bing.li@bangor.ac.uk

Sukhjinder Bhatti

Tel: +44 (0) 1248 382990Email: s.bhatti@bangor.ac.uk

Maggie Parke

Tel: +44 (0) 1248 382028Email: maggie.parke@bangor.ac.uk

Responsible for:

Mainland ChinaHong KongJapanSouth KoreaTaiwanVietnam

Responsible for:

BangladeshIndiaNepalPakistanSri Lanka

Responsible for:

ArgentinaCanadaChileMexicoUSA

Sarah Jones-Morris

Tel: +44 (0) 1248 388843Email: s.jones-morris@bangor.ac.uk

Gwawr Williams

Tel: +44 (0) 1248 388844Email: gwawr.williams@bangor.ac.uk

Noor Al-Zubaidi

Tel: +44 (0) 1248 382879Email:n.al-zubaidi@bangor.ac.uk

Responsible for:

Australia New ZealandBrunei SingaporeIndonesia ThailandKazakhstan TurkeyMalaysia

Responsible for:

Botswana Nigeria Cameroon South AfricaGhana TanzaniaIran UgandaKenya SyriaLebanon ZimbabweBrazil

Responsible for:

Bahrain LibyaEgypt OmanIraq Saudi ArabiaJordan UAEKuwait Qatar

Upcoming VisitsUSA - September - NovemberWashington DC, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles, CA, Lancaster, PA, Portland Oregon, Seattle, WA.

China - October Beijing, Chengdu, ShanghaiTaiwan, November - Taipei

Sri Lanka - OctoberColombo

United Arab Emirates - OctoberRas Al-Khaimah, Dubai

India - NovemberDelhi, Mumbai

For further details about country visits please contact the relevant Country Manager.

There have been two new staff appointments in the InternationalEducation Centre:

Mandy Cutler - International Marketing Assistant

Lowri Jones - International Exchanges Assistant

The International Education Centrewill be moving to its new premises- Rathbone Hall, College Road - inOctober.

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