French PM moves to promote innovation
France is to break down the legal barriers separating public research and private industry and introduce tax and other financial breaks to support the creation of high-tech and other innovatory...
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European drive for post-genomic research: European Commission awards €39.4 million to three large-scale projects
Brussels, 19 March 2002 In a drive to gear up research on genomics - the study of genes and their function - the European Commission has awarded €39.4 million to three large research projects. The...
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A fine measuring tool
A five-layered 'footprint' for assessing engineering research excellence may be invaluable in other sciences, writes Jennifer Gristock A new approach to research assessment was unveiled this week by...
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Institutions join bid for NHS contracts
A consortium of universities, National Health Service trusts and small businesses are poised to bid for education and training contracts in health informatics - the use of information within the...
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NASA Chief Outlines Plans for New Space Exploration Program
Washington, 29 Jan 2004 NASA's Future Space Mission January 28 2004 The Testimony of The Honorable Sean O'Keefe Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Before the U.S....
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NASA Chief Outlines Plans for New Space Exploration Program
Washington, 29 Jan 2004 NASA's Future Space Mission January 28 2004 The Testimony of The Honorable Sean O'Keefe Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Before the U.S....
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No cash, but we're not going to give up
Martin Ince reports on the new institutions battling to preserve their research. Before last month's white paper on higher education, researchers might have thought that stratification was something...
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Task force to review qualifications
Scotland's Knowledge Economy Task Force, set up by enterprise and lifelong learning minister Henry McLeish, is set to debate whether higher education should include inbuilt professional accreditation...
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Eyeing up the future
Do you have the leadership vision to take your institution forward into the knowledge economy? Steve Molyneux assesses the positions taken by the various players in the field and says the time has...
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Commission launches debate on how to turn European universities into a "world-class reference"
Brussels, 5 February 2003 Today in Brussels, the Commission published a Communication on the role of universities in the Europe of knowledge, as part of an initiative instigated by European Research...
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Work experience gets a cash carrot
A pot of new cash to develop business and community links will reward institutions with good graduate employment records. The ÌÇÐÄVlog Reach-Out to Business and Community Fund will eventually...
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Robespierre is all the rage in America
The Roaring Nineties - The Great Unravelling
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Robespierre is all the rage in America
The Roaring Nineties - The Great Unravelling
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New-Tech Society: Why China's great firewall may not be so great after all
In a six-page special, The THES looks at the impact of new technology on our society and the degree to which we control it or it has come to control us. There is growing political and commercial...
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Analysis: Why the smart cash is not so clever
The Russell Group has made all the right moves so far as the research assessment exercise is concerned, but its financial tactics may not make long-term business sense. Alison Goddard reports...