Clipboard versus the mortarboard
It's time to speak out against the raw politics and crude economics ruining our universities, says Frank Furedi The university has always existed in an uneasy relationship with other sectors of...
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Under-40s bemoan spoon-fed students
Today's students need much more spoon-feeding than previous generations of undergraduates, the first-ever survey of the country's young academics, conducted for The Times Higher , has found. Almost...
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Clarke: think national
Universities must be prepared to compromise on their autonomy in order to take a more active role in national strategies that affect society and the economy, Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary,...
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Nanotechnology - Draft Council Conclusions (link)
Brussels, 15 Sep 2004 Full text of Document 12203/04 Suite of documents 12203/04 1. The Commission transmitted to the Council, on 14 May 2004, its communication entitled "Towards a European strategy...
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Presidency Report Nanotechnology - Exchange of Views - Questions for Ministers to Address at the Council (link)
Brussels, 15 Sep 2004 Full text of Document 12384/04 Suite of documents 12384/04 ­ Questions for Ministers to address at the Council ("Competitiveness") on 24 September 2004 To structure the...
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Agenda of the 296th Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (Crest), 1 October
Brussels, 15 Sep 2004 Full text of Document 3243/04 Chairman: Mr Achilleas MITSOS 1. Adoption of the Draft Agenda 2. Approval of the Draft Summary Conclusions of the 295th Meeting - Doc. 1205/04...
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Cenelec Brochure on Standards and Research - COPRAS (link)
Brussels, 15 Sep 2004 COPRAS: The Link between Research and Standards - new Brochure COPRAS in a Nutshell COPRAS is a 3-year Specific Support Action under the European Union's Information Society...
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Moving towards a computer that describes what it sees - the CogViSys project
Brussels, 15 Sep 2004 'Until now, people have communicated by speech or signs, but the conversion has been done in the human brain. Now we want to do it in a machine,' This is how the coordinator of...
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Under-40s bemoan spoon-fed students Today's students need much more spoon-feeding than previous generations of undergraduates, the first-ever survey of the country's young academics, conducted for...
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Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboards - call for tenders
Brussels, 15 Sep 2004 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has published a call for tenders for the preparation of the Industrial R&D (research and development) Investment...
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Small satellites at international ESA/CNES symposium
Paris, 15 Sep 2004 More than 200 experts from 25 countries meet next week to discuss small satellites and what can be achieved with them, at the ESA/CNES Small Satellite Systems and Services...
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Europe's MSG weather satellite serves scientists as well as forecasters
Paris, 15 Sep 2004 The first Meteosat Second Generation meteorological satellite is today in operational service as Meteosat-8. The data it streams down from 36000 km over Africa's Gulf of Guinea...
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E-science studentships
Deadline: 15/10/2004
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Latest research news
The right formula Skills shortages and the Government's determination to encourage cutting-edge science are exerting a major influence on how the UK's £1.3 billion research funding is spent. Any...
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Today's news
Britain slips down education league table The proportion of youngsters who drop out of the British education system is one of the highest in the developed world, according to an international study...