Big Don's dream of soccerdemia
Our contest to write an opening chapter for a comic novel about a 21st-century vice-chancellor showed satire is alive on campus. Harriet Swain relates the deliberations of the judges, while below is...
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Dragon spirit alive in steel and stone
With Cardiff about to unveil a distinctly Welsh landmark building, Adrian Mourby ponders how architecture can encapsulate a country's identity Can national identity be expressed through architecture...
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Middlesex abolishes exams for first-years Middlesex University has abandoned exams for first-year degree students in what critics claim is an unprecedented move to make it easier for students to pass...
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Statement on living modified organisms by Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at WTO
Geneva, 13 October 2004 Statement by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the Committee on Trade and Environment, Special Session of 12-13 October 2004. Paragraph 31 (i...
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EURid signs contract with European Commission to Operate the .eu registry
Brussels, 12 Oct 2004 At a small signing ceremony in Brussels today, Fabio Colasanti, the Director General of the European Commission's Information Society DG, joined with EURid board members: Pierre...
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Agenda of the EU Coordination Meeting for the Aarhus Convention Working Group on Genetically Modified Organisms, Geneva, 18 October 2004
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 3602/04 First EU coordination meeting will take place at time and venue mentioned above with the following agenda: 1. Finalisation of elements for an...
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Agenda of the Intermodal Questions and Networks - Galileo, 20 October 2004
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 3679/04 1. GALILEO­ Communication to the European Parliament and the Council "Moving to the deployment and operation phases of the European...
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BONDSHIP project targets greener, more competitive shipyards in Europe
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 An EU funded research initiative has identified a new process for joining lightweight materials in shipbuilding, which its inventors say will make shipyards in Europe more...
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Cambridge technology cluster is best in Europe, survey finds
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 The Cambridge region is ahead of the rest of Europe in terms of technology investment, a survey has revealed. The survey, carried out by financial advisors Grant Thornton, also...
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Worldwide clinical trials for UK eye disease detection technology
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 Clinical investigators from the Netherlands, Italy, the US and Japan are working with researchers from the University of Kent in the UK on clinical trials for new technology...
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German research institutions create web-based platform for scientific collaboration
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 Germany's Max Planck Society and FIZ Karlsruhe are to work together to develop a platform for web based scientific work, allowing the scientists at the Max Planck Society's 80...
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Earth and Space Week planned for 2005
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 A European Earth and Space Week will take place in Brussels from 12 to 20 February 2005. The event is a joint European Commission and European Space Agency (ESA) initiative, and...
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International conference on 'converging sciences'
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 The University of Trento and Microsoft Research are jointly organising an international conference on the theme of 'converging sciences', to be held in Trento, Italy, on 16 and...
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Nanocomposites in today's and tomorrow's industry
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 A conference on ' the implications of nanocomposities in the industry of today and tomorrow' will take place in Roubaix, France, on 9 December. The aim of the conference is to...
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ESA DG, J-J. Dordain, Succeeds Arthur C. Clarke as Chancellor of the International Space University
Paris, 13 Oct 2004 Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA's Director General, has accepted with honour the role of Chancellor of the International Space University (ISU). As Chancellor of the ISU, Mr Dordain will...