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Sir Martin Harris, the head of the Office for Fair Access, has been elected president of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Sir Martin, a former vice-chancellor of the universities of Essex and Manchester and a...
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Beware of fame-hungry climate change deniers
Dissident academics are helping to give the global warming denial lobby its veneer of credibility, says Bob Ward The most authoritative analysis yet of the options for mitigating climate change will...
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Commission Communication on Nanosciences and nanotechnologies: An action plan for Europe 2005-2009 (link)
Brussels, 08 Jun 2005 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE Nanosciences and nanotechnologies: An action plan for Europe 2005...
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All-seeing eye watches but often fails to notice
Research shows CCTV is oversold, but its ubiquity stifles work on other means of crime prevention, says Mike Press. Tackling crime is not rocket science - it is more complicated than that. But...
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Nanotechnologies - Council Conclusions (Extract from: Provisional Version, Competitiveness Council, 24 September)
Brussels, 24 Sep 2004 Following to an exchange of views on the Commission's Communication on an European strategy for nanotechnology, the Council adopted the following conclusions: "THE COUNCIL OF...
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Research jobs fillip at UCLan
The University of Central Lancashire is out to recruit senior academics and their research teams in a bid to boost its academic reputation. The university is advertising in this week's Times Higher...
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Select your cane, it's time for a good thrashing
Trust and free speech fly out the window as universities kowtow to the Government, argues Simon Larter The end of my second year is only days away, the pay dispute is having a direct impact on...
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Innovative Medicines Initiative path around bottlenecks to R&D efficiency favours setting up a European Medicines Research Academy (EMRA) (lenhth))
Brussels, 20 Sep 2006 The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) has published a new version of its strategic research agenda (SRA), outlining strategies to overcome specific 'bottlenecks' to...
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Embrace, don't shun, ethos of business
Tim Wilson, vice-chancellor of Hertfordshire, calls for the creation of a new generation of commerce-friendly universities. It has been heartening for academe to hear Government and Opposition...
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A new chapter for readers and writers
Although a believer in books, Tara Brabazon welcomes Amazon’s wireless reading device and its potential to transform reading and researching
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Bids invited for mutual gain
As India and the UK strengthen research links through a government-backed strategy, individual universities are really talking business. Olga Wojtas reports Academics and researchers across India and...
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Danish parliament asked to look into biotech for foods of the future
Brussels, 12 Nov 2004 A new Danish 'farm-to-fork' strategy has called on the country's parliament to investigate the role biotechnology could play in designing better tasting and safer foods. The ten...
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ITRE committee warns against any reduction in proposed FP7 budget
Brussels, 30 May 2005 The chair of the Parliament's industry, research and energy (ITRE) committee, Giles Chichester, has written to the European Parliament President Josep Borrell to express the '...
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The European Investment Bank supports promising R&D projects
Helsinki, 28 October 2005 The European Investment Bank supports promising R&D projects 2005 EIB Forum: “Lisbon Strategy – Closing the Gap” took place in Helsinki...
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Statement of the Council's Reasons on its Common Position for a Decision Concerning the Seventh Research Framework Programme (2007-2013) (extract)
Brussels, Sep 2006 Full text of Document 12032/2/06 Addendum 01 Revision 02 Suite of documents 12032/2/06 Subject: Common position adopted by the Council on 25 September 2006 with a view to the...