RAE failure verges on criminal 1
May I add to the suspicion voiced by Colin Blakemore and Richard Morris of "a colossal failure on the part of Hefce to achieve comparability between panels" ("More join RAE lynch mob", THES , May 17...
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RAE failure verges on criminal 2
It is encouraging to see growing dissent towards the RAE within universities that have traditionally benefitted from it ("Boycott the behemoth", THES , May 17). Given the growing chorus of protest...
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RAE failure verges on criminal 3
It is not often that academics are tempted down from their towers to tiptoe to the edge of their territory for a little constructive engagement with their neighbours. The disgraceful RAE process...
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Scenarios for co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops in European agriculture
Brussels, 22 May 2002 Report from the Joint Research Centre (JRC), as commissioned by the Agriculture Directorate-General, now available at http://www.jrc.cec.eu.int/GECrops/ and http://www.jrc.es/...
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Commission rejects allegations of deliberate GM report delays
Brussels, 22 May 2002 The European Commission has rejected allegations from environmental campaigners Greenpeace that it was holding back publication of a new report on GMO (genetically modified...
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IRMM's "Beef Gender Testing" taken up in EU legislation
Brussels, 22 May 2002 Geel (BE): EU export and import of beef carries a subsidy difference of some 130 EUROS per 100 kg of meat depending on whether the beef is declared as male (considered to be...
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Commission's statement for the minutes, Council's information note and note on Parliament's approval of FP6 and Euratom Programme
Brussels, 22 May 2002 Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and...
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Major new private research institution created in Basque country
Brussels, 22 May 2002 A new grouping of research centres in the Basque country, Spain, has created what it claims to be the fifth largest private technological institution in Europe. The new...
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Galileo: point approuv茅 sans d茅bat au Conseil, 21 May 2002
Brussels, 22 May 2002 Le Conseil a adopt茅 le r猫glement relatif 脿 une entreprise commune GALILEO, syst猫me de navigation par satellite (doc. 7637/02). L'entreprise commune a pour objet d'assurer l'...
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Closing date approaches for Slovenian national research programme tenders
Brussels, 22 May 2002 The Slovenian government has opened up its national research programme to research partners from the EU with the publication of a call for tenders. The call follows a decision...
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Commission publishes Leonardo da Vinci call for proposals
Brussels, 22 May 2002 The European Commission has published a call for proposals under the second phase of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme, which supports vocational training within the EU. This call...
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Blue-chip talent to help poor schools Britain鈥檚 brightest graduates are to be invited to spend two years鈥 鈥渘ational service鈥 teaching in London鈥檚 roughest schools before heading off to lucrative jobs...
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UUK supports rich-pay-more policy University chiefs have given their clearest indication yet that they favour higher tuition fees for students. Baroness Warwick, chief executive of Universities UK,...
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Access to confidential data for scientific statistical purposes: Commission Regulation 831/2002
Brussels, 21 May 2002 Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 of 17 May 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, concerning access to confidential data for...
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Fusing art, science and history - a retrospective of Gregor Mendel's work
Brussels, 21 May 2002 'The Genius of Genetics, a celebration of Gregor Mendel through science and art' honours the life and work of an Augustinian friar whose experiments with peas in the 1860s...