Study warns of lack of information on GM health effects
Brussels, 25 Jun 2004 A recently published survey by a team of scientists in Norway and Denmark has revealed a serious lack of public research into the health effects of genetically modified...
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EMBO to award communication in the life sciences
Brussels, 25 Jun 2004 The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) is inviting entries for its third award for communication in the life sciences. The award is intended for a life scientist who...
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Conference on e-learning, e-teaching and e-support
Brussels, 25 Jun 2004 The University of Leicester in the UK is organising a conference on e-learning, e-teaching and e-support, to be held in Leicester on 20 July. The aim of the conference is to...
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Multi-generational space science missions
Paris, 25 Jun 2004 The Cassini-Huygens mission, which is arriving in orbit around Saturn, has taken more than six-and-a-half years to reach its destination, and scientists have been working on its...
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Breathless medical crisis simulated by parabolic experimenters
Paris, 25 Jun 2004 The inability to breathe is one of the most serious medical situations there is: emergency workers receive extensive training in methods of airway ventilation. So how well would...
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U.S., EU to Sign Landmark GPS-Galileo Agreement
Washington, 25 Jun 2004 The United States and the European Union (EU) have completed negotiations on an agreement to harmonize their respective satellite navigation systems: the existing U.S. Global...
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Women crack glass ceiling
Women are winning their struggle for promotion in UK universities as men turn their backs on a lecturing career, new figures suggest. The latest staffing figures from the Higher Education Statistics...
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Resist lure of reality TV, warns academic
David Wilson, the criminologist who resigned from the Big Brother television show last week, has warned academics not to participate in reality TV programmes. Professor Wilson, a former prison...
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In the news: Greg Philo
Glasgow University professor Greg Philo, who has been putting the media under the spotlight for 30 years, was in the limelight himself this week as he underwent a series of gruelling media interviews...
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Appointments
Reading University's business school has appointed Philip Allmendinger , former head of the department of land economy at Aberdeen University, chair of planning studies; and Michael Ball , who...
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Visitor quits in union dispute
Bust-up between AUT and management at Swansea escalates into 'all-out war'. Tony Tysome reports. A top barrister acting on behalf of the Queen as visitor to the University of Wales Swansea has...
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Commons committee rounds on top mandarin for gaps in knowledge
The new director-general of higher education has worrying gaps in his knowledge and a lack of awareness of some of the key challenges facing the sector, according to a select committee report...
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Newby on rack over 'scandalous' bonuses for online university staff
Thirty-one members of the UK eUniversity's staff, including the sales and marketing director, were paid performance-related bonuses of between 10 and 50 per cent of their salary while running the...
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Next week
Brain drain or brain gain? What's really happening? Exclusive new research. Also Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke: Is the neo-conservatives' time up? On the money : The Cambridge Economic History of...
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Review by peers 'good for science'
Study shows current system works. Anna Fazackerley reports. Academics should stop complaining about the pressures of the peer-review system and start working to educate the public about its...