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Universities provide £300m for poorer students English universities are to give away £300 million a year in means-tested bursaries and scholarships in return for the right to charge students annual...
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Scottish universities sign open access deal Scottish university heads have agreed to make their academic research more freely available to one another in a bid to bypass the costly fees for...
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Spanish and UK scientists identify cancer inhibitor in green tea
Brussels, 15 Mar 2005 A European Union funded project involving Spanish and UK scientists has established for the first time why drinking green tea can protect the body against certain forms of...
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OECD Working Paper on International Licensing and the Strengthening of Intellectual Property Rights in Developing Countries (link)
Paris, 15 Mar 2005 Full text ABSTRACT This study presents an empirical analysis of the extent to which stronger intellectual property rights promote international technology transfer through...
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Nobel Prize winners visit Commission
Brussels, 15 Mar 2005 On 14 and 15 March, European Commission President Barroso met with a group of European winners of Nobel Prizes in Physiology/Medicine, Chemistry and Physics. As the Commission...
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Synthesis Report on the "Future of EU Foresight" Consultation (link)
Brussels, 15 Mar 2005 Full text DG Research http:///europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html Previous Item Back to Titles Print Item
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Barroso calls on innovators and entrepreneurs to mobilise and create a 'Europe of opportunities'
Brussels, 15 Mar 2005 'The knowledge society' and 'innovation' are 'dreadful buzz words' according to Commission President José Manuel Barroso, but are nonetheless key to the growth and...
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EU funds network for sharing food expertise between Europe and Asia
Brussels, 15 Mar 2005 With food safety a major priority in Europe, some third countries have expressed the fear that this issue could become a new trade barrier, preventing imports from countries...
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UK launches pioneering brain and tissue bank
Brussels, 15 Mar 2005 Following two high profile inquiries, in 2001, into the improper retention of organs without the consent of the bereaved families, public confidence in the post-mortem system in...
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Research and innovation - call for proposals
Brussels, 15 Mar 2005 The European Commission has published a call for proposals for the identification of new methods for promoting and encouraging transnational technology transfer under the '...
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Financial management in FP6
Brussels, 15 Mar 2005 A one-day briefing event on the financial management principles governing projects funded under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on...
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Energy forum, Spain
Brussels, 15 Mar 2005 A conference dealing with the promotion of energy and environmental technologies applied to energy saving and efficiency within the EU will be held in Pamplona, Spain, from 15...
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ESA and NASA to consider joint mission to Jupiter
Brussels, 15 Mar 2005 The United States has responded with interest to a suggestion by the European Space Agency of a joint mission to Europa, Jupiter's icy moon. The two parties are keen to follow...
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ESA announces Call for next Earth Explorer missions
Paris, 15 Mar 2005 Today, ESA is releasing an opportunity for scientists from the Earth Observation communities in ESA Member States and Canada to submit proposals for ideas to be assessed for the...
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European student had right to UK loan The European Union's highest court yesterday ordered the Government to ease restrictions on university grants and subsidised student loans for EU students,...