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Greenfield fails to make Royal Society shortlist Baroness Susan Greenfield has not been included on the confidential shortlist for membership of the Royal Society, The Times Higher can reveal....
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Chemical reaction to university cuts Swansea University's decision to close its renowned chemistry department to make room for more courses in "soft" subjects such as media studies has provoked an...
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Presidency summary of proceedings at meeting of EU Competitiveness Council
Dublin, Apr 2004 Ministers from 31 countries in Europe and three EU Commissioners gathered in Dromoland, Co. Clare to consider the competitiveness challenges faced by Europe and the performance and...
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Finalised Text of Council Decision on the Conclusion of the Framework Agreement Between the European Community and the European Space Agency (link)
Brussels, Apr 2004 Full text of Document 8755/04 Suite of documents 8755/04 COMMON GUIDELINES Consultation deadline: 29.4.2004 Council Register
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Proposed Council Decision on the signing of the Co-operation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the EU and Israel (link)
Brussels, Apr 2004 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signing of the Co-operation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the European Community and its Member...
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Finalised Text of Council Decision Concerning the Scientific and Technical Cooperation Agreement with Israel (link)
Brussels, Apr 2004 Full text of Document 8015/04 Suite of documents 8015/04 Subject: Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the...
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EU reference to European standard adopted in 2002 for breast implants is cancelled
Brussels, April 2004 Commission Decision of 20 April 2004 on the publication of the reference of standard EN 12180:2000 "Non-active surgical implants - Body contouring implants - Specific...
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Commission opinion approving plan for disposal of radioactive waste at Stade power plant, Germany
Brussels, April 2004 Commission opinion of 20 April 2004 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the decommissioning of the Stade Nuclear Power Plant in the Federal...
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14 Pilot projects to boost knowledge economy in European regions
Brussels, April 2004 The European Commission has selected 14 pilot projects, to be allocated a total of €2.5 million, to boost the regional dimension of the knowledge economy. The projects were...
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Event: "IST 2004 - Participate in your future - People and Economy" - The Hague, The Netherlands - 15-17 November
Brussels, Apr 2004 IST is the annual "networking" event for research and development in information society technologies (IST). IST 2004 will include a conference, an exhibition of research results,...
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Increased mobility and access to Structural Funds should lift research after 1 May, says President of the Estonian Parliament
Brussels, Apr 2004 Many politicians in the EU acceding countries of Central and Eastern Europe are proud to acknowledge that they have pockets of research excellence in their countries, and that they...
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FP7 needs a programme for the new Member States, says Hungarian innovation expert
Brussels, Apr 2004 Despite their strength in many areas of basic research and higher education, the EU's ten new Member States are some way behind the rest of Europe in terms of innovation and...
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EU project promotes animal science collaboration in Central Europe
Brussels, Apr 2004 Despite suffering from a lack of resources since the break up of their centralised economies, there are many high quality animal research centres in Central Europe's new Member...
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GM corn close to coming into EU
Brussels, Apr 2004 The EU's 15 agricultural ministers failed to reach an agreement, on 26 April on whether to allow the Swiss-based company Syngenta to sell its BT-11 bio-engineered corn. The UK,...
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Managing European research projects
Brussels, Apr 2004 A training seminar on managing European research projects will take place in Barcelona, Spain, on 1 and 2 July. The programme will include the following subjects: - project...