Twenty years ago, a senior colleague at Harvard told me about the Blue Fairy.
Whenever planning an event, be sure to include as many people as possible, especially all potential Blue Fairies.
What is a Blue Fairy? I asked.
Our first week in Dublin — and what a start! 💛 A huge thanks to @DubCityCouncil, @RayMcAdam, and the amazing organizers for turning Parliament Street into a wonderland of music, bubbles, and family fun. The kids were absolutely mesmerized!
#SummerInDublin#FamilyFun
The summer festivities continue on the traffic-free Parliament Street today from 12pm to 4pm! 🎶✨
Bring the whole family for an afternoon of fun with FREE on-street entertainment, music, and don’t miss the Blossom & Bees pop-up event! 🐝🌸
For more information visit https://t.co/v2auoLwfwi
#SummerInDublin #Freeevents #lovetemplebar
It was a pleasure. Congrats to Gohar on his doctoral defence! Tackling the challenges of bridging academia and industry in #AI/#ML applications for #offshorewind and #geotechnical engineering, his work sets a high standard. Wishing him the best for future endeavors!
Ruth Wenny Lekardal moved from 🇸🇪 to 🇵🇰 in 1970s for 2 yrs, but stayed 38 yrs! Dedicated 27 yrs to Christian Hospital Taxila, impacting the health sector. She was honoured with the Pride of Performance award in 2021. A true #EuropeaninPakistan making a difference!
Bonvoyage to the 189 🇵🇰 #ErasmusMundus scholars, the most from any country. Ahead of 🇮🇳(146), 🇲🇽(121), 🇧🇩(119), 🇳🇬(97) & 🇧🇷 (84). Bienvenu chez nous 🇪🇺
On Pakistan's 77th Independence day,the EU pays a special tribute to 🇵🇰’s vibrant diversity in the spirit of respect,unity and inclusion envisioned by the founder of nation. Once again 🇪🇺 Ambassador @RKionka joins 🇵🇰 musicians to perform a rendition inspired by the Qaumi Taranah.
Honoured to be in Tarbert to mark the unveiling of a plaque honouring and saluting the achievements of an extraordinary Kerry woman, Bridie Wren. I was joined by the Mayor of Kerry Cllr Brendán Fitzgerald, Ambassador Aisha Farooqui and Tarbert Historical & Heritage society (1/2)
As per available stats 37.5% of doctoral students in 🇮🇪 are from abroad & more than half of them are women. About 40.0 % of foreign doctorates are from Asia, mostly 🇨🇳 and 🇮🇳. The impacted students number around 1,500 and they need better support. #AcademicChatter@IUAofficial
Univs in #Ireland could provide short guides to apply for:
- PPSN
- IRP
- Bank account
- Health insurance
- Leap card
- Schengen visa
And:
A list of emergency phn numbers
These are such basics.
Sadly univs don't consider these challenges, esp for foreign students.
@IUAofficial
@nadeemhaque These banks also earn huge interest from deposit of development, reoccurring expense, and research grants awarded to universities, amounting to billions of rupees.
Banks and other corporations should be taxed higher & given tax rebate in exchange for funding universities.
Capturing the brightest minds uniting at the opening ceremony of 3rd International Conference of Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies. #ICoDT2
Update on our Water Quality Mapping Project! 📢 Phase 1 revealed six major Ecoli hotspots in Lahore (Chungi, Charar, Kirianwala, Kharas Mohalla, Mustafaabad, and Kot Khawaja Saeed.). Now, we're going deeper, collecting more samples from each area to uncover crucial insights. A 🧵
Several Pakistani universities have closed temporarily after being left unable to pay staff salaries due to soaring inflation – and more could be on the way to closing, academics warn
https://t.co/tsuSPCpISf
Our research team @ActionResear just completed the first phase of our water quality mapping project in Lahore. We collected and analyzed water samples from over 400 locations and discovered 6 major E.coli hotspots in the city. A 🧵. #waterquality#Lahore