Project No: S_JEP-08017-95

Objective: Development of three new courses at undergraduate level in Business and Management of small and medium enterprises to be introduced in the three participating Bulgarian economic universities and establishment of an inter-university entrepreneurship training centre in Sofia with local centers in Plovdiv, Svishtov and Veliko Turnovo.

Subject Area: 310 - Management

British partners:

Unit of Assessment:43 Business and Management Studies
Business and Management Studies Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
University of Ulster

3a

E

51.5

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Project No: S_JEP-08043-95

Objective: Establishment of a university center for interdisciplinary studies in the field of biochemistry, clinical chemistry, clinical and molecular immunology and genetics aiming at graduate and postgraduate students.

Subject Area: 510 - Medical Sciences

British partners:

Unit of Assessment:12 Biochemistry
Biochemistry Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
University College London2

5

B

31.8
Napier University

none

University of East London, London

none

2 - Joint with Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine
Unit of Assessment: 14 Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
University of East London

2

E

9.0
University College London

5

B

39.0
Napier University

none

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Project No: S_JEP-08081-95

Objective: Development and implementation of postgraduate curricula for the pre-service, further or in-service education of teachers in the use of Information and Communication Technology.

Subject Area: 530 - Information Technology, Computer Science and Software Engineering

British partners:

Unit of Assessment: 25 Computer Science
Computer Science Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
Manchester Metropolitan University

3a

E

8.5

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Project No: S_JEP-09004-95

Objective: Development across the 4 Bulgarian partner universities of a new undergraduate curriculum in Agribusiness, using the ECTS principles as a point of reference, whilst simultaneously promoting university-industry cooperation through the creation of Continuing Education Development Centres, and establishing programmes for practical placements of staff and students within the framework of further university-industry cooperation.

Subject Area: 313 - Agro Business

British partners:

Unit of Assessment:15 Agriculture Studies
Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Sciences Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
University of Luton

none

Unit of Assessment:43 Business and Management Studies
Business and Management Studies Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
University of Luton

2

F

12.0

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Project No: S_JEP-09111-95

Objective: Development of new curricula and teaching methodology, at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels, in the field of Process Integration Based Energy Saving Studies for Low Energy Consuming and Environmentally Friendly Technologies. Linked to this, the creation of a new 'University Centre for Energy Conservation through Process Integration', the development of a new MSc entitled "Energy Conservation through Process Integration", and the development of retraining courses for Bulgarian engineers in order to introduce them to 'Supertarget' and other process integration technology.

Subject Area: 552 - Energy Efficiency

British partners:

Unit of Assessment:16 Food Science and Technology ,27 Chemical Engineering , 21 Environmental Sciences
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

none

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Project No: S_JEP-09112-95

Objective: Introduction of a 5 year undergraduate course in agricultural engineering at the Higher Institute of Agriculture in Plovdiv, combining agronomic subjects and engineering skills, and setting up a framework for continuing education at a new Regional Consultancy Centre in Agricultural Engineering located at the Higher Institute of Agriculture.

Subject Area: 541 - Agriculture

British partners:

Unit of Assessment:15 Agriculture
Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Sciences Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
Writtle College

2

F

5.0

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Project No: S_JEP-09299-95

Objective: Creation of a "Centre for Non-Destructive Testing Education and Training in Production Quality Control" to be located at the Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in Sofia. In close collaboration with the Higher Institutes of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Varna and Plovdiv, this centre will run a two-year postgraduate programme in NDT, some basic NDT courses for graduates, and some NDT courses within the framework of existing undergraduate programmes in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

Subject Area: 520 - Engineering and Technology

British partners:

Unit of Assessment: 6 General Engineering
General Engineering Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
University of Paisley

3b

F

2.0
Unit of Assessment: 29 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
University of Paisley

1

E

4.0

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Project No: S_JEP-09300-95

Objective: Establishment of the 'Euroquality Centre' at the Higher Institute of Chemical Technology in Sofia to promote inter-university-enterprise cooperation for education in EU Standardization in Production Quality Control. This centre will also serve the Higher Institute of Chemical Technology in Bourgas where a local branch will be established. The centre will organise courses and programmes as follows: - Continued Education and Distance Learning with courses in Statistics, Informatics, Total quality Control, EU Standardization in Chemical Industry and Metallurgy, Statistical Process Control, Robust Product and Process Design, Metrology and Testing Reliability, and Chemometrics; - A new MSc in Quality Engineering, following the same course structure as above; - Introducing courses in Quality control for undergraduates; - Supervision of PhD students producing theses in the field of Quality Control; - Introducing five short-term continuing education courses.

Subject Area: 591 - Quality Control

British partners:

Unit of Assessment:26 General Engineering
General Engineering Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
University of Warwick

4

A

87.3

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Project No: S_JEP-09349-95

Objective: Introducing multi-media Computer Aided Language Learning in the Higher School of Technology in Rousse, the Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in Gabrovo, the Higher Institute of National Economics in Varna and the Higher Institute of Economics and Finance in Svishtov through the use of new teaching technologies, the creation of conditions for individualised training in English and German, and the development of special language training provisions in professional English and German for engineers, economists and lawyers.

Subject Area: 710 - Modern European Languages

British partners:

UK King's College London (University of London), London

Unit of Assessment:50 English Language and Literature
English Language and Literature Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
King's College London

4

A

25.5
Coventry University

none

Unit of Assessment:52 German, Dutch and Scandinavian Languages
German and Related Languages Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
King's College London

5*

A

8.0
Coventry University

none

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Project No: S_JEP-09382-95

Objective: Implementation of the new BSc and MSc structure at the Faculty of Machine Tools and Technologies of the Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Sofia and the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at the Higher Institute of Chemical Technology in Sofia, introducing Quality Assurance principles in the courses. As a result 13 courses will be restructured and 3 new courses will be introduced.

Subject Area: 520 - Engineering and Technology

British partners:

Unit of Assessment: 29 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
Staffordshire University

1

C

14.1
Unit of Assessment: 30 Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering
Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering Panel
Institution

1996 Rating

Proportion of Staff Selected

Category A Research Active Staff (FTE) Flagged Research Groups
Staffordshire University

3b

E

7.0

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