Consolidating the Cambridge-Brazil relationship Ángel Gurría-Quintana, International Strategy Office
Cambridge-Brazil, 1832 Charles Darwin Cambridge University Herbarium
Cambridge-Brazil 2012: Simón Bolívar Chair
Cambridge-Brazil 2012: Partners • Brazilian universities and research institutes • Brazilian government : CAPES, CNPq, FAPESP, EMBRAPA, FINEP, BNDES, Itamaraty • UK funding councils : RCUK-FAPESP (AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, NERC) • UK government : FCO (Science and Innovation Network; Prosperity Fund); BIS • Brazilian industry (Petrobras, BG Brasil)
Cambridge-Brazil 2012: Student numbers Mexico: 54 Chile: 39 Denmark: 37 Vietnam: 35 Brazil: 33 Nigeria: 33 Iran: 33 R. Serbia: 33 Argentina: 14
Cambridge-Brazil 2012 • Cambridge Overseas Trust … 30 fully-funded PhDs for Brazilian students: 20 for STEM subjects (CAPES/ Ciência sem Fronteiras ); 10 for arts, humanities and social sciences (CAPES) • Cambridge Enterprise : Innovation & tech transfer programme with Inova/Unicamp, Survey of Brazilian IP landscape • Cambridge University Press (SP, Rio): Cambridge Books Online (2011, digitised content for Brazilian universities); distribution deal with Abril; CUP’s EFL books in national curriculum • Cambridge Assessment: 67 authorised ESOL centres; 30 types of qualifications • Judge Business School : Executive Education (SP, RJ, MG, BRAS) • Schools, Faculties, Departments, Research centres
Cambridge-Brazil 2012 Cambridge museums : • Museum Archaeology and Anthropology : Fran Vincent collection • Fitzwilliam Museum : “Heroes and Bandits: Brazilian Popular Art” (2001) • Kettle’s Yard : “Mischief: Works by Lucia Nogueira” (2011) Cambridge libraries : • UL, over 9000 books about Brazil (5110 books published in Brazil) • St John’s College: Kenneth Maxwell collection (2000 books)
Cambridge-Brazil: Strategic Initiatives and Networks
Cambridge-Brazil 2012: Collaborative projects • School of Arts and Humanities : New post in Brazilian Studies • School of Biological Sciences : Sustainable Amazon Network • School of Clinical Medicine : Intracranial pressure: UoC/IEA-USP • School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Centre of Latin American Studies, Centre of Rising Powers • School of Physical Sciences : UoC/Unicamp Chemistry cluster • School of Technology : Biofuel combustion, UoC/Esc. Politecnica USP
Cambridge-Brazil 2012: International Strategy Office
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