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Scotland's universities 'must learn to exploit research' The principal of one of Scotland's most prestigious universities has called on the country's higher education sector to become more "...
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Barnett Christie Lectureship
Deadline: 15/09/2005
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, Monday 20 June 2005
Brussels, 17 Jun 2005 Full text of Document 2252/05 1. Proposal for the 7th Framework Programme: - continuation of examination: a) "Socio-economic sciences and the humanities" b) "Security" doc. 8087...
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Industry must now make the case for JTIs, says Commission
Brussels, 17 Jun 2005 In a staff working document published on 10 June, the Commission identifies six potential themes around which Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) could be established, but says...
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Marie Curie research training networks - call for proposals
Brussels, 17 Jun 2005 The European Commission has published a call for proposals for the Marie Curie Research Training Networks activity area under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The networks...
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European project recommends that developing a 'learning habit' may help to preserve job security
Brussels, 17 Jun 2005 Being a highly qualified manager in a high-tech industry is no longer a guarantee of job security, according to the findings of an EU-funded project. Many risk factors, such as...
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Communicating European research
Brussels, 17 Jun 2005 The European Commission's Research DG will hold its second 'Communicating European Research' conference in Brussels, Belgium, on 14 and 15 November. The programme includes...
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EU Structural Funds are key to promoting EU R&D, says Hübner
Brussels, 17 Jun 2005 Between 2000 and 2006, some 13 billion euro, financed through the Structural Funds, will be awarded to research infrastructure and networks, innovative business start-ups and...
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EPP-ED group calls on European Council to honour research promises
Brussels, 17 Jun 2005 Prominent members of the EPP-ED group in the European Parliament have released a statement calling on the European Council to honour its promises on research by maintaining the...
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If we cannot double funds, we must double effort, says Potocnik on FP7 simplification
Brussels, 17 Jun 2005 As EU Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik outlined the ten measures proposed to simplify access to the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), he admitted that he...
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Today's news
Most graduates still rely on parents three years later The majority of students are still financially dependent on their parents three years after they have graduated, according to a survey published...
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A rock of ages for humanity
The Rosetta Stone
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Galleries framed on fraud charge
What Good Are the Arts?
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Black learns hard way the risk of underestimating shareholders
The Fall of Conrad Black
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by a physicist who tried to make an atomic bomb but luckily failed: "When one speaks today of...