EESC Opinion: Community Patent Court (link)
Brussels, 31 March 2004 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Decision establishing the Community Patent Court and concerning appeals before the Court of...
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EESC Opinion: White Paper on Space Policy (link)
Brussels, 31 March 2004 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the White Paper Space: a new European frontier for an expanding Union An action plan for implementing the European...
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EESC Opinion: Coherent Framework for Aerospace (link)
Brussels, 31 March 2004 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social...
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French government meets protesters demands
Brussels, 12 Apr 2004 The new French government has announced it will create 550 new research jobs in public institutions and 1,050 teaching post at universities in response to large-scale protests...
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Integrated Project to investigate genetic factors behind depression
Brussels, 12 Apr 2004 A new EU funded project was launched at the human genome meeting in Berlin, Germany, this week, with the goal of developing new drug treatments for depression by studying the...
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Commission adopts new rules to encourage innovation through licensing
Brussels, 12 Apr 2004 The Commission introduced new rules on 7 April aimed at reducing bureaucracy and increasing legal certainty for the licensing of patents, know-how and software copyright. The...
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Joint IST-NMP call information day
Brussels, 12 Apr 2004 An information day will be held in London, UK, on 6 May to outline the objectives and funding instruments of the planned joint IST-NMP call for proposals. The event will give...
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Neurological conference, France
Brussels, 12 Apr 2004 The European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) is organising a conference hosted by the French Society of Neurology in Paris, France from 4 to 7 September. The main...
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Aeronautics workshops, Berlin
Brussels, 12 Apr 2004 The European Aeronautics Science Network is organising a workshop entitled 'academic vision for aeronautical research of tomorrow' in Berlin, Germany, on 12 May. The workshop...
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Human reproduction conference, Germany
Brussels, 12 Apr 2004 The European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology (ESHRE) is organising its annual meeting in Berlin, Germany, from to 30 June. The event will gather world experts...
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Lords to focus on Offa issue
The monitoring of university efforts to recruit more working-class students by the government's proposed access regulator is set to be the key issue of debate as the higher education bill comes under...
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UK failing to prepare for tide of foreigners
The UK is poorly prepared to meet the needs of the more than 800,000 international students expected to flood into its universities and colleges by 2018, experts have warned. Academic institutions...
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Down under vs over here: What's on offer?
Down under vs over here: What's on offer? UK: Scholarships Chevening Scholarships: about 2,400 offered a year, most covering postgraduate fees plus maintenance but some fees only. Commonwealth...
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US urged to look across Atlantic for tips on how to cut dropout rates
British universities excel at managing the transition of students from school to degree courses, and US universities could learn from them in order to cut dropout rates, a conference heard last week...
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Tension over plan for Scots merger
Scotland's further and higher education organisations radically disagree over the powers of a planned merged funding council for the two sectors. And key tensions have emerged over the possible...