Sister act
All four of the doctoral students The Times Higher is tracking ("My supervisor is great - but I can't get up in the morning", March 19) are women. Is this "girl power"? This confirms the point that...
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Consciousness raising 1
I was taken aback by Susan Blackmore's unenthusiastic review of Max Velmans' How Could Conscious Experiences Affect Brains? (Books, March 26). In discussions about consciousness, there are doers who...
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Leader: Public mission is lost in hill of beans
Once more economic arguments threaten to dominate the debate over the expansion of universities. On the eve of a second crucial Commons vote on the government's plans for top-up fees, much was made...
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Leader: Aid blue-chip research
The latest complaint against the research assessment exercise is that it is damaging British innovation by taking cash away from university departments that carry out research with a comparatively...
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EC ratifies international treaty on plant genetic resources improving access to seeds and agricultural biodiversity
Brussels, 31 March 2004 Today the European Community and nine of its Member States deposited at the FAO their instruments of ratification of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for...
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Revised Version of Proposed Council Decision on a Framework Agreement with the European Space Agency (link)
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 Full text of Document 6304/1/04 Revision 01 Suite of documents 6304/1/04 Subject: Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Framework Agreement between the...
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Management system for Galileo - avoid delay and guarantee security
Strasbourg, 31 Mar 2004 Alexander RADWAN (EPP-ED, D) on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radionavigation programme...
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Proposed Council Decision concerning the placing on the market of a maize product (Zea mays L. line NK603) genetically modified for glyphosate tolerance (link)
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the placing on the market, in accordance with Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of a maize product (...
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Battle of the brains
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 Current members of the European Union are pitched in battle to attract talented scientists from the ten countries preparing to join the Union, say a team of researchers in their...
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Conference on Increasing Human Resources for Science and Technology in Europe, Brussels, 2 April 2004 - Draft Report Now Available
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 Full text DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html
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New report encourages greater wealth creation from science and technology
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 More than 30 recommendations for increasing the commercial exploitation of science, engineering and technology (SET) results are contained in a draft report published by the UK...
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Franco-German agreement to fuel creation of ERA?
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The widely recognised Franco-German motor was given new impetus on 22 March, this time in the context of the European Research Area (ERA). A cooperation agreement between France...
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French and British researchers close to understanding skin cancer
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 A team of British and French scientists from the Institut Curie in Paris and the London Institute of Cancer Research has found that 90 per cent of malignant melanoma cells...
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Bayer decides against GM crop cultivation in the UK
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 The German company Bayer CropScience has scrapped plans to cultivate its genetically modified (GM) forage maize variety Chardon LL in the UK, citing government constraints for...
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New functional genomics centre to open in Germany
Brussels, 31 Mar 2004 A research centre dedicated to infectious diseases is set to open at Greifswald University in Northern Germany. The centre for functional genomics, which will open at the end of...