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Oxford and Wolverhampton represent opposite ends of the league tables. Claire Sanders and Tony Tysome visit them in search of common ground Get off the train at Oxford and the university's Said...
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Parliamentary reports on People Programme and Capacities Programme implementing FP7 goals for research (link)
Brussels, 2 November 2006 FINAL A6-0360/2006 16.10.2006 Type of Procedure: Consultation procedure REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision on the specific programme 'People' implementing the 7th...
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An action plan to boost research and innovation
Brussels, 12 October 2005 The European Commission has tabled an integrated innovation and research action plan, which calls for a major upgrade of the conditions for research and innovation in Europe...
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'Trust the Young': ERC Heads look to the future
Brussels, 17 Jul 2006 In October 2002, a conference in Copenhagen posed the question, 'Do we need a European Research Council?' The answer from researchers across the EU was a resounding YES, and now...
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Commission Communication: Security Research: The Next Steps (link)
Brussels, 23 Sep 2004 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Security Research: The...
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Institute unveils its blueprint for future
The Cambridge MIT Institute has launched a new strategy, halfway into its initial five-year lifespan. This week's statement follows a mid-term review carried out by new executive directors Michael...
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Computer-generated with soul left intact
CRAZY: The UK number one single by Gnarls Barkley The conventional wisdom is that if the pop charts ever mattered, they don't anymore. They no longer serve as a barometer of the taste and cultural...
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Today's news
Oxford silences animal activists Oxford University served an unprecedentedly strict injunction yesterday to protect students and staff by banning animal rights activists from screaming through...
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Broken pledge betrays post-92s, Driscoll says
Downing Street and senior ministers have "reneged" on a promise to give post-92 universities the lion's share of funding for applied research and knowledge-transfer work, it was claimed this week....
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Who will iron the papers?
The Servant Problem
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European food consumers in safe hands
Brussels, 16 October 2006 Recent news of banned genetically-modified products entering Europe, of the presence in food of the carcinogenic compound acrylamide and other harmful substances, have left...
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Today's news
University pay row threatens fee policy Universities are facing a year of pay strikes that could plunge the Government's flagship top-up fees policy into chaos. Academics are demanding at least one...
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Exploiting whole grain to improve health
Brussels, 29 Sep 2005 The EU-funded research project HEALTHGRAIN is to identify new sources of nutritionally enhanced grain, as well as to develop methods for producing new, competitive, grain foods...
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Annual pharmaceuticals conference organised by The Economist
Brussels, 30 Jan 2004 The tenth annual pharmaceuticals conference, themed 'exploring possibilities for a new era of growth', organised by The Economist, will take place on 12 February in London, UK....
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Annual pharmaceuticals conference organised by The Economist
Brussels, 30 Jan 2004 The tenth annual pharmaceuticals conference, themed 'exploring possibilities for a new era of growth', organised by The Economist, will take place on 12 February in London, UK....