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....
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Today's news
Royal protest at Essex A visit by the Queen to Essex University was disrupted when six anti-monarchy protesters were ejected from a ceremony to celebrate the university's 40th anniversary. The Queen...
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Laurie Taylor column
From - The Office of the Vice-Chancellor To: All Academic Staff You will no doubt have seen the recent Times Higher survey in which 48 per cent of academics reported that they had felt obliged at...
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Alan Ryan
It's time to stop being smug and admit that the US has reared a generation of cosmopolitan high-achievers One of our last occasions for self-congratulation is destined for the dustbin. Whatever we...
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Leader: Mixed messages on key subjects
The proposed closure of a range of courses at Exeter University has provided a dry run for funding council officials wrestling with the problem of how to preserve endangered subjects....
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Leader: Pay deals give hope
One favourable pay deal - at the Open University (back page) - and the prospect of another at Manchester University are not enough for firm conclusions to be reached about the value of local...
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Rights and rungs of promotion (1)
I am sure that Susan Bassnett's contribution to your How to Get Promoted booklet (November 19) was intended to be supportive of academic staff on fixed-term contracts. It was, however, very...