Rainfall research to aid flood control
Brussels, 01 Oct 2002 Researchers at the University of Essex, working with partners in Italy, Germany, Denmark and other UK organisations, have discovered a new method of measuring rainfall that...
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Prize to reward technological innovation for early childhood
Brussels, 01 Oct 2002 The Altran Foundation is calling for nominations for the 'Technological innovation and early childhood' prize. Created in 1996, the Altran Foundation for innovation supports and...
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Meeting calls for long term EU-Russia aeronautics and space strategy
Brussels, 01 Oct 2002 A European Parliament sky and space intergroup meeting with representatives from Russia called for a long term strategy for aeronautics and space on 25 September. Participants...
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European Business Angels Congress, Düsseldorf
Brussels, 01 Oct 2002 The first European Business Angels Congress will take place between 4 and 5 November 2002 in Düsseldorf, Germany. The event, hosted by The European business angels network (EBAN...
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UK Food Standards Agency calls for project proposals
Brussels, 01 Oct 2002 The UK Food Standards Agency has released information on the areas in which it is looking to commission research projects. Proposals are welcome from both UK and overseas...
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Update: 13:45
A-level review process will last until 11 October Thousands of students are to have their grades reviewed, the head of the inquiry into this summer's A-Level exams fiasco said today. A total of 31...
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Today's news
First state school alumnus heads Oxford college The first alumnus of a comprehensive school to head an Oxford college has taken up his post. Andrew Dilnot, 42, former director of the Institute of...
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Teaching and Learning Programme Fellowships
Deadline: 04/11/2002
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6th research framework programme - specific programmes (Extract from the Council's report of the Competitiveness Council Meeting)
Brussels, 30 Sep 2002 The Council adopted the decisions establishing the five Specific Programmes for Research under the 6 th Research Framework Programme 2002-2006 (EC and Euroatom). One of the...
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Draft statement to the Council minutes on "Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area" and "Structuring the European Research Area"
Brussels, 30 Sep 2002 Full text of Document 12374/02 26 September 2002 From : General Secretariat To : Council No. Cion prop. 5943/02 RECH ATO 13 Subject : Council Decisions: - adopting the specific...
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China to share its rice - research, that is
Brussels, 30 Sep 2002 China's decision to share its latest research on rice gene sequencing has been hailed a significant step towards greater food security and improved livelihoods for poor farmers...
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Benchmarking report links European research and European education areas
Brussels, 30 Sep 2002 A group of experts has urged the European Commission and Member States to recognise the synergy between the proposed ERA (European research area) and European education area...
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Putting Canada in the frame
Brussels, 30 Sep 2002 Dr Christophe Sensen of the University of Calgary, Canada, is well placed to discuss Canadian collaboration with the EU. A German who went across to Canada over a decade ago, he...
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Old hands at the new tools
Brussels, 30 Sep 2002 As the EU's Sixth Framework programme (FP6) prepares for launch, with the new instruments of integrated projects and networks of excellence taking centre stage, applicants could...
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UN seeks anti-cloning treaty
Brussels, 30 Sep 2002 A worldwide treaty to ban human reproductive cloning is a step closer after the United Nations General Assembly's legal committee set up a working party to draft an agreement....