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Marian Holness, 42, reader in petrogenesis, Cambridge University Educational background: Comprehensive school and sixth-form college. BA and PhD, Cambridge University. Research area: I am interested...
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Want to be a high-flyer? It'll cost you
Business $43,380 Medicine $31,779 Law $31,765 US universities increasingly apply variable fees to those subjects that lead to mega-bucks earning potential, says Stephen Phillips, and the same may...
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The thought police are among us 2
These days, academic freedom is rarely the target of an overt direct assault. Occasionally, politicians remind universities to "watch it", but most of the time there is little external pressure to...
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Amendments 51-64 for the Draft Report by Erna Hennicot-Schoepges on the Proposed Council Regulation on the establishment of a Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic manag
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 AMENDMENTS 51-64 Draft report Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (PE 374.009v01-00) Proposal for a Council regulation on the establishment of a Joint Undertaking to develop the new...
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Facilities and Financial Support for COST Activities at National Level (extract)
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 Full text of Document 290/06 Suite of documents 290/06 At the 164th meeting of the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO), the Secretariat was invited to collect information...
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Report on a Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010 (link)
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 FINAL A6-0290/2006 19.9.2006 REPORT on a Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010 Full text [...] EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Introduction It is the...
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European researchers revolutionise anodized aluminum tools
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 The EU-funded project Alamo has made remarkable achievements in the field of anodised aluminium used in industrial tooling by improving the technical specifications of treated...
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MEPs call for more emphasis on Charter for Researchers in FP7
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 The European Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) adopted consultation reports on specific programmes under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) on 3...
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Effective science teaching starts with the teacher trainers, says study
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 In a new study looking at educational policies for school science teaching across 30 European countries, EURYDICE - the information network on education in Europe - has called...
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Expectation of food excites brain's hunger centres
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 A new study has revealed that even the expectation of food sparks the brain's hunger centres. The research, which is partly funded by the EU, is published in the October edition...
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EGEE becomes world largest scientific grid
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 The EU funded 'enabling Grids for e-science' (EGEE) project is processing more than 30,000 computing jobs a day - over a million a month - making it the world's largest...
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Industry launches ambitious paper recycling target for Europe
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 The paper industry has set a new recycling target of 66 per cent, to be reached by 2010. The signatories will award priority to waste prevention, improving the recyclability of...
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International conference on converging sciences -- 16-17 October in Trento, Italy
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 An international conference on converging sciences will take place on 16 and 17 October in Trento, Italy. The main aim of the conference is to discuss computer science as an...
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FP7 financial workshop -- UK, 14 November
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 A one-day workshop on financial regulations under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) will take place on 14 November at the University of Southampton, UK. The workshop will be...
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Britain and America dominate list of best universities Cambridge and Oxford now rank among the top three universities in the world, second only to Harvard in the US, according to the latest global...