The market's the devil, and we're about to sell our soul
US college admissions are being skewed by commercial values, warns Lloyd Thacker, and the outcome could be catastrophic If I don't get into a top-ranked college, I'll have to go to a public...
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Discovery and competitiveness: the keywords in Europe's policies and programmes for space
Paris, 28 Nov 2005 Objectives and priorities for Europe in space will soon be discussed at a Ministerial meeting in Berlin. On 5 and 6 December next, the Ministers in charge of space activities...
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Pay boost will come at a price
Key points £167 million over two years ring-fenced for rewarding and recruiting staff Pay rises will be linked to staff performance Market supplements to attract the best academics on the...
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Commissioner Neelie Kroes: State Aid Reform: Risk Capital, Research and Development and Innovation Conference on innovation and research, Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour
Berlin, 22nd April 2005 Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you very much for inviting me to take part in this conference, which brings together so many distinguished experts in the field of innovation and...
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Europe's fastest growing high tech companies identified
Brussels, 04 Dec 2002 The top 500 fastest growing high-tech companies in Europe have been identified by the international professional services company, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. The fastest growing...
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Respect research and watch economy boom
[Europe desperately needs research talent to thrive, yet a scientific career is often a turn-off, says Philippe Busquin If the European Union is to achieve its ambitious goal of making Europe the...
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Respect research and watch economy boom
[Europe desperately needs research talent to thrive, yet a scientific career is often a turn-off, says Philippe Busquin If the European Union is to achieve its ambitious goal of making Europe the...
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Can renewables avert an energy crisis?
Brussels, 12 Jan 2006 The depression of the 1930s spawned the phrase, 'When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches cold'. Today, in a more interconnected and interdependent world, economic...
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Commissioner Janez Potocnik: Towards a Europe of Knowledge and Innovation - EIROforum Science Policy Paper Presentation
Brussels, 20 April 2005 Dear Minister, Dear Chairman of EIROforum, Dear Directors General, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am really pleased to have the opportunity to give this speech for the presentation...
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ITRE committee urges more support for Europe's presence in space
Brussels, 21 Jan 2004 The European Parliament's committee on industry, external trade, research and energy (ITRE) has called on Member States and the Commission to increase national and Community...
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ITRE committee urges more support for Europe's presence in space
Brussels, 21 Jan 2004 The European Parliament's committee on industry, external trade, research and energy (ITRE) has called on Member States and the Commission to increase national and Community...
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Shell funds green chair at Imperial
Shell oil company is giving £500,000 to fund a chair in sustainable development in energy at Imperial College London as part of its sustainable energy strategy. Michael Warner, head of the department...
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Rallying cry for a Northern Way
Universities are at the forefront of plans to boost the economies of the North of England. In the first in our series on moves towards greater collaboration within regions, Alison Utley reports on...
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Fair treatment for candidate countries under 6th Framework Programme
Brussels, 09 Oct 2002 The Commission must ensure that researchers in the applicant countries receive fair treatment compared to their counterparts in the current Member States when it implements the...
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Conclusions from Symposium on Europe's Search for Excellence in Basic Research
Dublin, 17 Feb 2004 Introduction The EU Heads of State at Lisbon agreed the objective for Europe to "…become the most competitive, knowledge based economy in the world by 2010". The development of...