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Most FE lecturers want to quit Two-thirds of further education lecturers are seriously considering leaving their job or taking early retirement because they feel overworked and undervalued, a...
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Student fees need to rise, says Blair adviser Britain will never become a world leader in science unless the best universities are allowed to charge students higher fees, government science adviser...
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Latest research news
Brain scan provides early Alzheimer’s warning Researchers from the universities of Florida and Kentucky have found that a key region of the brain – the hippocampus – begins changes early in life that...
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Commissioner Philippe Busquin's call to increase research spending in Europe supported by UNICE
Brussels, 23 May 2002 Research and innovation are key in fostering EU economic performance, so as to meet the March 2000 Lisbon European Council's objective of turning the EU into the most...
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Dutch-Hungarian research cooperation and socio-economic research in Hungary - events
Brussels, 24 May 2002 The Hungarian science and technology foundation and coordinator of the Budapest regional Fifth Framework programme (FP5) liaison office is organising two events in Budapest: a...
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Co-Existence of GM Crops with Conventional and Organic Crops, Q&A plus link to a new Commission study
Brussels, 24 May 2002 New Commission study on co-existence with GM crops 1- What does co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops mean? Co-existence means the principle of...
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Galileo at GNSS 2002 - global satellite navigation systems conference, 27-30 May, Copenhagen
Paris, 24 May 2002 The European Space Agency will be joining forces with the European Commission in a major contribution to GNSS 2002, the sixth in a series of international conferences devoted to...
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Spanish Presidency lends impetus to creation of European space for higher education
Santander, 24 May 2002 The European Bologna Declaration Follow-up Group, made up of representatives of the 32 countries taking part in the Bologna Process, student and university associations, the...
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Today's news
Anger as hijacker visits university Palestinian hijacker and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Leila Khaled, has been allowed into Britain to address a department at London...
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Update: 12:50
Blair science adviser calls for differential fees Sir Richard Sykes, rector of Imperial College and government adviser on science, today called on prime minister Tony Blair to allow universities to...
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Academic freedoms bill progresses in Lords
The Export Control Bill, with amendments to protect the free exchange of academic communication, received its final reading in the House of Lords this week. But a Universities UK spokesperson said...
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Draft Council conclusions on biotechnology ready for approval on 6 June 2002
Brussels, 23 May 2002 Draft Council Conclusions on biotechnology. Report from Permanent Representatives Committee to Council on 14 May 2002. Brussels, 16 May 2002 (document 8917/02 ECO 156 RECH 83)....
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Environment Committee Call for complete ban on new animal-tested cosmetics
Brussels, 23 May 2002 The Environment Committee this morning demanded an immediate ban on the sale of new cosmetic products tested on animals where other validated testing methods exist, to be...
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Mr Erkki Liikanen: "GÉANT - the benefits of Europe's Broadband Research Network", Global Research Network Summit and GÉANT Commissioning event, Brussels, 22 May 2002
Brussels, 22 May 2002 Ladies and gentlemen, It gives me particular pleasure to close this event, and to send you away from here with a sense of the immense contribution that GÉANT - and research...
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Mapping experts discuss generalisation technology
Brussels, 23 May 2002 Delegates from Europe's major mapping agencies met to discuss the future of automated map generalisation - technology which helps shrink maps to a smaller scale without...