Teaching stars win 'Oscars'
Fifty university and college lecturers and support staff were this week awarded National Teaching Fellowships, dubbed the "Oscars" of higher education. The winners, who each receive £50,000 for...
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Kiwi allergy incidence soars
Large numbers of children are developing severe allergic reactions to kiwi fruit, scientists have found. In the largest detailed study of its kind, Southampton University researchers have revealed a...
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Scots increase fees by £700 for the English University tuition fees for students coming to Scotland from the rest of Britain will be increased by about £700 a year from 2006. Scottish ministers were...
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'Plants for the future': a 2025 vision for European plant biotechnology
Brussels, 24 June 2004 As the world’s population will grow from 6 to 9 billion over the next 50 years, and fossil resources will diminish, the need for food, "bio-fuels" and "bio-materials" from...
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Commissaire Philippe Busquin: "Plantes pour le futur" Une vision européenne pour la biotechnologie des plantes en 2025 Conférence de presse Bruxelles, le 24 juin 2004
24/06/2004 Mesdames et Messieurs, Le Conseil européen du printemps 2003 (mars) a lancé un appel « pour que l’espace européen de la recherche et de l’innovation soit consolidé par la création de...
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Mixed progress towards gender equality in the EU
Brussels, 24 Jun 2004 Positive news that Europe is producing a growing number of female science and engineering graduates is tempered by a disproportionate take-up in industry, the latest figures...
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Researchers' mobility: EU offers new prospects, fresh opportunities
Brussels, 24 Jun 2004 European Commission to launch European Network of Mobility Centres at International conference on making Europe more attractive for researchers WHAT? INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE +...
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How Europe intends to meet increased demand for alternatives to animal testing
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EU funds project for the advancement of animal health
Brussels, 24 Jun 2004 The European Commission is providing 12 million euro for a new project funded under the thematic priority 'Food Quality and Safety' of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) that...
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Spain to use 'independent' research to review its GM crop stance
Brussels, 24 Jun 2004 The Spanish Environment Minister, Cristina Narbona, has pledged to seek the advice of independent researchers before deciding whether or not the country should continue its...
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Protesters destroy Finland's study on GM trees
Brussels, 24 Jun 2004 Finland's only field study on genetically modified (GM) trees in Punkaharju in the eastern part of the country has been attacked and destroyed. The 400 GM birch trees were...
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President Bush urged to expand policy on stem cell research
Brussels, 24 Jun 2004 A group of 142 patient groups, universities and scientific societies in the United States, collectively termed the coalition for the advancement of medical research (CAMR), has...
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Evaluation of the R&D needs of business-related service enterprises
Brussels, 24 Jun 2004 The European Commission's Enterprise DG has published a call for tenders relating to an evaluation of the research and development (R&D) needs of business-related...
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Satellites aiding disaster relief
Paris, 24 Jun 2004 Recent demonstrations have shown how making use of digital processing technology on board satellites can help emergency services share information more effectively during natural...
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Accession by Greece to the ESA Convention – Signing ceremony postponed
Paris, 24 Jun 2004 Please note that the signature of the Agreement on Greece's accession to the ESA Convention, which was scheduled to take place at the Agency's Paris headquarters on Monday 28 June...