The European Commission has adopted a Recommendation for a Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations for an EU-UK agreement on Gibraltar. The Commission also presented its proposal for negotiating guidelines. It is now for the Council to adopt this draft mandate, after which the Commission can begin formal negotiations with the United Kingdom. Gibraltar […]
Scholarship Position in Engineering in United Kingdom
Description This project provides an excellent opportunity to work with Luxfer MEL Technologies, a world leader in the design and manufacture of Magnesium Alloys for a range of industries, including aerospace, military, and biomedical industries. This project will involve fundamental studies aimed at developing and investigating novel, corrosion resistant magnesium alloys. Magnesium alloys are the […]
Rights of EU citizens living in the UK
What are the rights of EU citizens living in the UK? Do you have EU citizen family or friends living in the UK? Have they already applied for settled status? The deadline is 30 June. The application process is now available. Since the UK left the European Union, millions of EU citizens living in […]
PhD Scholarship in Management sciences in United Kingdom
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 […]