Description Southampton Business School has an ambitious quality driven strategy of growth, which will see us strengthen our position as a world-class business school in research, education and enterprise. To enable world-leading research and generate knowledge that is recognised in the global academic community, we are seeking to award full PhD scholarships to outstanding candidates in […]
Parliament formally approves EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement
Parliament voted with a large majority in favour of granting its consent to the agreement setting the rules of the future EU-UK relationship. The consent decision was adopted by 660 votes for, five against and 32 abstentions, while the accompanying resolution, setting out Parliament’s evaluation of and expectations from the deal, passed by 578 votes, […]
Commission refers the UK to the European Court of Justice over alleged unlawful aid
The European Commission has decided to refer the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to fully recover illegal State aid of up to around €100 million, granted as a tax exemption for passive interest and royalties in Gibraltar, as required by a Commission decision. This case relates to […]
Main results of the European Council meeting, 15-16 October 2020
On 15 and 16 October, EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss the epidemiological situation, relations with the United Kingdom, climate change and foreign affairs, in particular relations with Africa. COVID-19 The European Council assessed the current epidemiological situation, which is unprecedented and gives rise to very serious concern. Leaders welcomed the progress achieved so far […]
PhD studentship in Future Machine Learning Systems in the UK
One fully funded PhD position to work with Dr. Luo Mai in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, on a project titled “Future Machine Learning Systems”. Objective The aim of this project is to design and implement future software systems for large-scale machine learning. The proposed systems are expected to significantly improve […]
European Commission sends letter of formal notice to the United Kingdom for breach of its obligations
The European Commission sent the United Kingdom a letter of formal notice for breaching its obligations under the Withdrawal Agreement. This marks the beginning of a formal infringement process against the United Kingdom. It has one month to reply to today’s letter. Article 5 of the Withdrawal Agreement states that the European Union and the […]
EU-UK talks: MEPs display unwavering support for the EU position
Parliament regrets that differences remain substantial, with little time left to reach an agreement on the future EU-UK relationship. In a report adopted by a large majority on Thursday, Parliament takes stock of the EU-UK negotiations on a new partnership so far and acknowledges the negotiating parties’ call to intensify talks in July. They regret […]
PhD Studentship in Biologically inspired underwater soft robotics
Animals glide effortlessly through amazing underwater acrobatics, while our best underwater vehicles fight against the water during the simplest accelerations and manoeuvres. Using soft robotics, the student working on this project will develop highperformance underwater vehicles capable of biological levels of performance and efficiency. Southampton leads the UK in underwater robotics and biological fluid mechanics, […]
PhD Studentship in Artificial intelligence for smart engines at the University of Southampton
As a part of an European Clean Sky research project (I2BS) that aims to develop smart bearings for next generation aero-engines (the Ultra High Propulsive Efficiency (UHPE) engine), this PhD project focuses on sensor data analysis using artificial intelligence to enable accurate and efficient fault detection and life prediction for engine bearings. The Project This […]