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'There will be no interference' insists A-level investigator The man conducting the inquiry into the controversy over A-level grading insisted today he would not allow any interference in his...
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Today's news
Minister accused of meddling in A-level inquiry The controversy over A-level grade-fixing erupted into a furious political row last night when Estelle Morris was accused of interfering in the inquiry...
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Network meets to discuss vehicle passive safety
Brussels, 25 Sep 2002 The third European vehicle passive safety network conference will take place in Brussels, Belgium on 2 October. The objective of the European vehicle passive safety network is...
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Growth programme publishes project synopses
Brussels, 25 Sep 2002 The European Commission has published two synopses of projects funded under the Growth programme of the Fifth Framework programme. The two publications, covering 'land transport...
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CORDIS publishes project ideas from Europe's research community in preparation for FP6
Brussels, 25 Sep 2002 In March 2002, the European Commission launched an invitation to submit Expressions of interest (EoI) for research actions under the Sixth Framework programme's (FP6) new...
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Commission to invest EUR 2.2 billion in research projects for SMEs
Brussels, 25 September 2002 The European Commission will present its research initiatives devoted to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at the 4 th SME Technology Days Conference which will...
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Classroom science in a whole new light
Brussels, 24 Sep 2002 University science professors in the USA have come up with an inventive way to liven up lessons - by showing their students how to transmit electric signals at least four times...
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Strong link between climate change and cholera outbreaks
Brussels, 24 Sep 2002 The link between climate change and cholera is three times as strong as first thought, according to researchers in Spain, Bangladesh and the USA. The relationship between...
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European Commission inaugurates a laboratory to foster innovative solutions for nuclear waste management on 25 Sep
Brussels, 24 Sep 2002 Full text [...] Some of the long-lived elements contained in spent fuel from reactors maintain a high level of radiotoxicity over very long time periods. This is why many...
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Council ready to adopt decisions giving guidance on sale of products containing GMOs
Brussels, 24 September 2002 Full text of Document 12082/02 20 September 2002 Adoption of Council Decisions: ­ establishing, pursuant to Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of...
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Cross-border movement of GMOs (codecision, proposal approved with amendments)
Strasbourg, 24 Sep 2002 Jonas SJÖSTEDT (EUL/NGL, S) Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on the transboundary movement of genetically modified organisms ( COM(2002...
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European Commission carries out research towards preventing the occurrence of osteoporosis
Brussels, 24 Sep 2002 Full text [...] The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements) is working with the project partners* to evaluate a novel...
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Avoiding the fate of the dinosaurs
Paris, 24 Sep 2002 Tales of asteroids or comets in a collision course with the Earth are always good to fill space in newspapers during the quiet summer months. Is there any truth in these tales of...
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Update 13:00
QCA boss quizzed at A-level inquiry Sir William Stubbs, chairman of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, was today giving his side of the story to the inquiry into allegations that it...
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Today's news
Students fight call to attend lectures More than 1,000 students at East Anglia University have signed a petition protesting against new recruits being told to begin lectures during freshers’ week....