All ready to pop the question?
As in all relationships, wooing research funders requires long-term commitment. So don't be hasty when it comes to making that proposal, warns Harriet Swain. It's a brilliant idea. You have a first-...
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My worst nightmare
To increase revenue and prevent departmental cuts, a new MA was set up at my previous university to attract middle managers looking for fast-track promotion. Most of the students had no prior...
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There's safety in networks
Good policy is rarely developed in isolation from the group it affects. Unfortunately, traditional communication systems used to encourage dialogue with permanent university staff seldom work for...
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Teacher audit
Name - Joe Bennett * Age: 35 * Job: Course director, FdMus and BA (Hons) commercial music, Bath Spa University College. * Salary: Senior lecturer (£,390 to £36,428). * Qualifications: BA (Hons)...
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Neutron lab seeks top staff
Nineteen world-class researchers are being sought as part of an upgrade of the Isis neutron source at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. The Council for the Central Laboratories of...
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Who's got the cash?
Harold Short and Marilyn Deegan have secured King's College London its first £1 million grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Board. The money will go towards an information technology research...
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Union applauds 15% deal
Expectations that this year's pay reforms will drive up salaries across the sector have been raised as the Open University agreed a deal that will increase starting salaries by 15 per cent....
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UK Position Regarding the Seventh Rtd Framework Programme of the EU
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 Full text of Document 15162/04 Suite of documents 15162/04 Please find attached the UK position relating to the Seventh Framework Programme and Future European Policy to support...
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German Position Regarding the Seventh RTD Framework Programme of the EU
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 Full text of Document 15195/04 Suite of documents 15195/04 Please find attached the German position relating to the Seventh Framework Programme and Future European Policy to...
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European Space Policy (Extract from: Provisional Version, Competitiveness Council of 25 November)
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 In the margins of the Council, the first meeting of the "Space Council"1, which is a joint meeting of the Council of the European Union and of the Council of the European Space...
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Potocnik calls for a 'Knowledge for Growth Pact' to complement Stability Pact
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 In his first public speech as the new Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potocnik called for a renewed commitment to research, innovation and education in order to...
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Round table assesses challenges of AIDS research
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 We need a 'Coca-Cola' therapy for HIV/AIDS: well-known, affordable for all and available in every corner of the globe, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) representative, Ronny...
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Europe fights new TB on the rise in former Soviet Union
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 Europe's first anti-tuberculosis centre, aimed at combating the spread of a new multi-drug resistant strain of the disease, opened in Riga, Latvia on 22 November. The official...
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Scientists warn of increased risk of extinction
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has revealed the extent of the extinction threat facing thousands of animals and plants in its latest Red List. The environmental network,...
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BioChannel 2004 - Ashford, UK
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 More than 130 companies from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agro/food sectors will be participating in BioChannel 2004, which takes place in Ashford, UK, on 2 December....