My worst nightmare
Back from a field trip, I found an email from my MPhil student's external examiner saying he would be in Portsmouth that day. The student had arranged the viva behind my back. I rang her in London to...
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A stage for high-grade work
Practice-based research at postgraduate level has emerged out of a shift from the idea that only text-based knowledge can be studied at a high level. This has transformed study in the performing arts...
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Teacher audit
Name : Pauline Corbett Age : Old enough to remember the thrill of sitting in the local public library reference section on a wet Saturday afternoon reading some of the weightier works on its shelves...
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New UHI deans bring title bid closer
The UHI Millennium Institute is moving closer to its goal of university status in 2007 with a series of senior appointments. Until now, its three faculties have been headed by part-time deans who...
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Who's in, who's out?
Clinical trials that could lead to the repair of spinal-cord injuries are scheduled to begin within three years at University College London, with the arrival of an internationally renowned research...
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Job drives and revamps signal shift in gear for RAE
Universities are gearing up for the 2008 research assessment exercise with a bold programme of recruitment, restructuring and redundancies. A number of institutions are revamping research activities...
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Today's news
We will not set access quotas, Howells says Kim Howells, the new Higher Education Minister, this week insisted that the Government had no "backdoor agenda" to interfere in university admissions and...
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Revised version of statement to WTO by Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity (link)
Geneva, 14 October 2004 Statement by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the Committee on Trade and Environment, Special Session of 12-13 October 2004. Paragraph 31(i...
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Notes from the Greek and Polish Delegations on the Initiatives to Ensure the Co-existence of GMO Crops and Other Crops, Including the Setting Up of a European Task Force (link)
Brussels, 14 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 13430/04 Suite of documents 13430/04 Subject: Initiatives to ensure the co-existence of GMO crops and other crops, including the setting up of a European...
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EIB loan of EUR 250 million for Science and Innovation in Poland
Luxembourg, 14 Oct 2004 The Science and Innovation Framework Loan will support projects that are included in Poland's current and future Research and Innovation Investment Programmes. The EIB loan...
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ITRE committee endorses Potocnik and Verheugen
Brussels, 14 Oct 2004 Members of the European Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) committee have delivered a positive verdict following the hearings of Janez Potocnik and Günter...
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Dutch researchers ready for EU ban on plastic softeners
Brussels, 14 Oct 2004 Concerns about the health impacts of phthalates mean that some researchers were able to react quickly to the decision by the EU Competitiveness Council on 24 September to ban...
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Evaluations in the European Research Area
Brussels, 14 Oct 2004 A conference entitled 'Evaluations in the European Research Area' will take place in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on October. The conference will include discussions on the...
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The biomarket and bioproducts
Brussels, 14 Oct 2004 An international commercial networking event on the biomarket and bioproducts for food will take place in Rothamsted, the UK, from 9 to 11 November. The Rothamsted International...
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Science and technology indicator reports - corrigendum to call for tenders
Brussels, 14 Oct 2004 The European Commission has issued a corrigendum to its call for tenders for support with the preparation of indicators, analysis and statistical issues related to the...