Auditors - Bland? That's us!
Is the University of Essex trying to discourage scrutiny of its finances? Poring over its accounts searching for any item of interest, the Diary happened upon the name of the university's auditors...
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Don's diary: the Pliosaur's incredible journey
January 2003 I'm in Bogotá to see the fossilised remains of a pliosaur, a 4m-long Cretaceous marine reptile, in the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. The specimen is truly amazing - the prepared...
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Why I...think humanities journals are often irrelevant
Should academic journals in the humanities meet performance standards, as they expect their authors to? The answer is a self-evident "yes", yet very few such journals do so. By contrast, leading...
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10% off if you take this BSc
With market forces unleashed, Peter Knight looks forward to an end to restrictive practices The excitement is over. The wailing and gnashing of teeth has stopped, and the gentle snapping sound of...
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Cool way to sell <i>thexperience</i>
Luton is one of the few institutions that connects with students, Wayne Hemingway says I have four kids. The eldest two are doing their A levels and contemplating university. Both have been emailing...
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Today's news
Bonus for Grimsby helped to secure fees vote Austin Mitchell, MP for Great Grimsby, revealed yesterday that he had traded his support for university top-up fees at the last minute for two favours for...
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Commission Pushes for GMO Green Light
Washington, 29 Jan 2004 The European Commission today sent a strong signal to European Union member states and trading partners that it is in favor of moving ahead with authorizations of genetically...
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Galileo - Strong welcome for new satellite positioning technology
Strasbourg, 29 Jan 2004 Yves PIÉTRASANTA (Greens/EFA, F) Report on the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the state of progress of the Galileo programme...
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Amendments on EP Report A5-0003/2004 on the State of progress of the Galileo programme
Brussels, 29 Jan 2004 Full text of Amendments 001 - 001 PIN archive of Amendments 001 - 001 {22/01/2004}22 January 2004 A5-0003/1 AMENDMENT 1 by Eryl Margaret McNally and Norbert Glante, {PSE}on...
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European Space Policy - Over the Moon and on to the Space Station
Strasbourg, 29 Jan 2004 Guido BODRATO (EPP-ED, I) Motion for a resolution on the action plan for implementing the European space policy Doc.: B5-0045/2004 Debate: 28.01.2004 Vote: 29.01.2004 Vote In...
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NASA Chief Outlines Plans for New Space Exploration Program
Washington, 29 Jan 2004 NASA's Future Space Mission January 28 2004 The Testimony of The Honorable Sean O'Keefe Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Before the U.S....
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Finalised Text of Council Decision Concerning the Adoption of a Supplementary Research Programme to be Implemented by the Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic Energy Community (link)
Brussels, 29 Jan 2004 Full text of Document 5507/04 Suite of documents 5507/04 Subject: Council Decision concerning the adoption of a supplementary research programme to be implemented by the Joint...
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MEPs hear of the socio-economic importance of chemistry in Europe
Brussels, 29 Jan 2004 With discussions on a proposed new regulatory framework for chemicals set to begin in the European Parliament in the near future, the President elect of the UK's Royal Society...
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Environmental technologies are focus of new EU action plan on innovation, growth and sustainable development
Brussels, 29 Jan 2004 The Environmental Technology Action Plan (ETAP) was adopted by the European Commission on 28 January, with the dual objective of developing environmental technologies and...
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Civil society groups call for more communication between nanotechnology stakeholders
Brussels, 29 Jan 2004 The UK working group charged with carrying out a study on the likely developments in nanotechnology has heard calls for the creation of a 'space' where scientists, government...