Critical decisions on Cosmic Vision
Paris, 07 Nov 2003 At its 105th meeting, on 5/6 November, ESA's Science Programme Committee (SPC) made important decisions concerning the Cosmic Vision programme. Due to the current financial...
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Fear for standards as universities go for local students A growing trend for universities to offer places to local students at the expense of better-qualified applicants from further afield was...
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Brussels briefing on the essential elements of consortium agreements
Brussels, 07 Nov 2003 A one-day briefing on the drafting of consortium agreements for the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in Brussels on 11 December. The event will cover the elements...
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UK workshop on FP6 consortium agreements
Brussels, 07 Nov 2003 A workshop on consortium agreements for the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in Cambridge, UK, on 9 December. FP6 significantly increases the powers of the...
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Information day and launch of FP6 regional support service, UK
Brussels, 07 Nov 2003 To coincide with the launch of a new regional support service, Beta Technology Ltd (a national contact point), with funding from Advantage West Midlands, is organising an...
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Ramon Marimon tells CORDIS News of his role in evaluating the new FP6 instruments
Brussels, 07 Nov 2003 As agreed by the Council of Ministers during negotiations on the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), a mid-term evaluation is to be carried out on the effectiveness of the...
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Duration of the Mandates of the Technical Committees and Ad Hoc Groups in COST (link)
Brussels, 07 Nov 2003 Full text of Document 292/03 Suite of documents 292/03 [...] Council Register
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Agenda of the COST JAF Group, 17 November 2003
Brussels, 07 Nov 2003 Full text of Document X04798/03 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Summary of Conclusions of the SIG meeting on 11-12 September 2003 (COST 269/03) 3. International co-operation -"...
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Summary of Conclusions of the Meeting of COST Senior Officials Committee of 3 October 2003 (link)
Brussels, 07 Nov 2003 Full text of Document 289/03 Suite of documents 289/03 Subject: 156th meeting of the COST Senior Officials Committee held in Brussels on 3 October 2003 [...] Council Register
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Informal debate on ITER (Extract from: Preparation of the Competitiveness Council of 10 Nov.)
Brussels, 7th November 2003 The Council will hold an informal debate on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) at lunchtime. ITER aims to build a new large-scale experimental...
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Baz puts the fizz in physics
The public may be clinging to the image of the geeky physics boffin, as a survey out this week suggests, but Basil Singer, a quantum physicist and devotee of extreme sports, is one of a new breed...
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Bursaries rock top-up talks
Universities are threatening to withdraw their support for the forthcoming top-up fees bill as government attempts to broker a deal for poor students reach deadlock. With less than three weeks to go...
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In the news: Madeleine Atkins
If Coventry University considers itself an enterprising institution now, it can expect to be shouting louder about it when its new vice-chancellor, Madeleine Atkins, takes up her post next September...
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Appointments
John Glascock , former Oliver T. Carr professor at George Washington University, has been appointed Grosvenor professor of real estate finance in the department of land economy at the University of...
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AUT demands stall pay deal
An impasse over the status of academic-related staff could lead to a strike and scupper the agreement on pay. Phil Baty reports The Association of University Teachers could call all of its 47,000...