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 | ||
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 |
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| University of East London, London |
none |
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| 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 | ||
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 |
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| 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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 |
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| 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 | ||