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Hodge: universities must compete or close Universities will have to compete for students or close under government plans to unleash a 鈥渇ree market鈥 in degrees, Margaret Hodge, minister for higher...
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Fears of elite split grow Elite universities will be warned at this week鈥檚 meeting of vice-chancellors not to go it alone with top-up fees and 鈥減ull up the ladder鈥 behind them. Fears of a binary...
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TUC conference calls for abolition of tuition fees Universities are in crisis, the TUC conference heard yesterday as it called on the government to abolish tuition fees, restore student...
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Hodge strengthens pledge to increase graduate numbers University vice-chancellors will be told this week that there is no going back on the government鈥檚 pledge to give half the population a...
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FE staff call on TUC to support November strike Lecturers were today calling on the Trades Union Congress to support their campaign for better pay for staff in further education colleges, which is...
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Commission tackles Community patent jurisdiction
Brussels, 05 Sep 2002 A working document adopted by the European Commission on 30 August aims to clarify the jurisdictional provisions in a Community patent. While the Community patent has so far...
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Committee chairman recommends rejecting accelerated procedures following stem cell dispute
Brussels, 05 Sep 2002 Chairman of the European Parliament's Industry, external trade, research and energy committee, Carlos Westendorp Y Cabeza is to recommend that Parliament does not accept...
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Classification of zinc as a dangerous substance: Commission answers parliamentary question
Strasbourg, 5 September 2002 Verbatim report of proceedings, 5 September 2002, Part A Answer As you mention, the Commission chairs the Member State group responsible for Classification and Labelling...
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South eastern European science and research cooperation event, Bulgaria
Brussels, 05 Sep 2002 An event which will analyse opportunities for regional cooperation in south eastern Europe will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria on 29 and 30 September. One of the main areas to be...
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Integrating economic, research and environmental policies
Brussels, 05 Sep 2002 The University of Heidelberg and the Centre for European economic research are organising a workshop in Brussels on 26 and September on the integration of economic, research and...
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Timing is critical as launch windows approach
Paris, 05 Sep 2002 There will be greater tension than usual among engineers and scientists at Europe's spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, in January 2003, as they gather to see ESA's comet-chasing...
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New research identifies conditions that inhibit progression of HIV virus to AIDS
Brussels, 05 Sep 2002 New research from German researchers provides estimates on the likely success of drugs for treating AIDS which are currently in development and pinpoints the factors of HIV...
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European nano and microtechnology brokerage event
Brussels, 05 Sep 2002 A European brokerage event on nano and microtechnologies, organised by the East central France Innovation relay centre (IRC), will take place in Besan莽on, France from 2 to 4...
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Student agents aid illegal entry
Unscrupulous agents are exploiting the booming overseas student market, promising to fix university and college places in Britain for illegal immigrants with no intention to study. The British...
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Analysis: Search for the formula to put spark in science
Next week's BA Festival will portray science in rude health. But students are shunning maths, physics and chemistry. What should universities do? Claire Sanders reports Oxford University has put an...