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Lords told spending review will address academic pay Academic pay will be addressed by next month's spending review, a senior Labour peer has said. Lord Davies of Oldham, a government whip, told the...
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Weather forecasting and climate change: Meteosat seminar for journalists in Cannes
Paris, 21 June 2002 About 25 years after the first Meteosat weather satellite, the first of the second generation (MSG-1) is to be launched in August. With sophisticated new instruments on board, MSG...
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International conference to examine future of steel research
Brussels, 21 June 2002 A conference on the future of EU steel research following expiry of the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty on 26 July 2002. Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin and...
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Proposed directive on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, storage, and distribution of human tissues and cells
Brussels, 21 June 2002 Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, storage,...
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New research on stem cells could mean breakthrough
Brussels, 21 June 2002 Adult stem cells could provide the same benefits as embryonic stem cells according to new research carried out in the USA and published in the journal Nature . Injecting adult...
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Biomass vital in achieving 100 percent sustainable energy supply, says Dutch minister
Brussels, 21 June 2002 Biomass will play a crucial roll in the achievement of a 100 per cent sustainable energy supply, the Dutch Minister for economic affairs, Anne-Marie Jorritsma-Lebbink said on...
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Committee of Regions to host e-learning exhibition
Brussels, 21 June 2002 The Committee of the Regions is to host an exhibition on e-learning during its plenary session from 3 to 4 July. Presented in association with Cisco Systems, the interactive...
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New ESA antenna: Stardust tests new ESA deep-space ground station in Australia
Paris, 21 June 2002 The spacecraft Stardust, which is on its way to meet the Comet Wild 2 in January 2004, last week helped ESA to carry out final testing of the Agency’s first deep-space ground...
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Update: 12:50
Morris confirms tuition fees here to stay Education Secretary Estelle Morris has confirmed that tuition fees are here to stay. She told ITV: "If we want 50 per cent of our people under 30 to go to...
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Todays' news
Hodge admits higher education is failing the poor Margaret Hodge has admitted that Labour's idea of widening access to higher education has failed, so leaving untouched the major cause of inequality...
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Union exposes despair of hard-up students
The financial plight of the UK's students has been laid bare in thousands of letters sent to prime minister Tony Blair. More than 3,000 letters handed into Downing Street in February have been...
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Manchester admits 'sexism and hostility'
An internal review of Manchester University's department of English and American studies has concluded that it is "dysfunctional" and racked by hostility, sexism, bullying and harassment. The damning...
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Industry refuses to cough up for lab
Oxford University will open its £60 million Chemical Research Laboratory today with almost no funding from UK industry. Graham Richards, chairman of chemistry, is expected to be highly critical of...
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Society accused of stalling funding
The Royal Society was recalled by MPs this week to explain events leading up to the resignation of Bridget Ogilivie from the Committee on the Public Understanding of Science. The House of Commons...
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Turkey's Uludag University theology department has published a book on Satanism after a spate of suicides by Turkish youths who were linked to devil worship.