MPs call for major research funding boost
A group of MPs has called on the government to ensure 3 per cent of GDP is invested in research and development by 2020 or risk the UK falling behind
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Irish scientists protest 鈥榝unding apartheid鈥
Hundreds of researchers sign letter warning of cost of focusing exclusively on business-led priorities
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Discussing the European strategy for biotechnology and the life sciences
Brussels, 05 Aug 2004 The European Commission will host a satellite conference on 'A European strategy for biotechnology and life sciences' at the BIOnale event in Maastricht, the Netherlands, from 2...
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The view from industry
Increased precision, good science and technical rigour are essential to risk-based decision-making. But by themselves they are not enough. People's values can dominate their feelings about a level of...
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Industry moves to prevent accidents at work
Brussels, 08 Feb 2006 European industrial accidents cause an injury every eight seconds, and a death every two hours. These alarming statistics were called 'astonishing and unacceptable', by Janez...
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AHRC needs new focus and funding to boost creative-industry research
Million+ highlights increasing economic value of sector to the UK. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Brian Cantor: why I took the Bradford v-c job
The former leader of the University of York on how his new role鈥檚 focus on technology made the decision an easy one
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Societal value at the heart of new Finnish space strategy
Brussels, 05 Jul 2005 Finland has outlined its national space strategy for 2005 to 2007, which has the aim of developing those fields of space science with the most substantial societal impact. The...
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News in brief - 30 October 2014
USS pensionsTobacco investments under attackThe Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) should reconsider its investments in companies that sell tobacco, arms and fossil fuels, a new campaign says....
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Making Marie Curie: Intellectual Property and Celebrity Culture in an Age of Information, by Eva Hemmungs Wirt茅n
Robyn Arianrhod welcomes an unsentimental study of the first woman to win a Nobel prize
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Innovative collaboration
The engineering skills shortage debate has been raised again as the result of a recent report 鈥 Excellence in Postgraduate Education: Manufacturing, Materials and Design 鈥 published by Cranfield...
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UK outlines medium-term technology strategie
Brussels, Apr 2006 The UK is setting up 'innovation platforms' in areas identified in a recent report as key to developing the UK's position in the international arena. Two pilot platforms, in the...
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Mock job applications: should they be part of a university degree?
An academic and a graduate give their views on embedding employability into higher education courses
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Catapult centres 鈥榮hould number 30 by 2030鈥
The government should double the annual budget of its innovation agency to 拢1 billion so it can establish more 鈥淐atapult鈥 centres, a new report says
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Campus close-up: Queen Margaret University
A Scottish institution aims to tackle obesity with products developed in a new food innovation centre