Postgrads pinpoint study gaps
Nearly half of former PhD students believe their research training should have been more structured, while four out of ten research council postgraduates would have liked more training to prepare...
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Moo-vers and shakers
(Photograph) - The Scottish Agricultural College provides vital research into BSE and dairy cattle in general north of the border and is a lifeline for the highly pressurised farming community,...
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Tokyo gives budget boost to scientists
Government funds for Japanese research will increase by almost 5 per cent during the 1998-99 financial year as the country implements its five-year plan to increase spending on scientific research by...
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MP protests at York lab move
MP Charles Clark has urged agriculture secretary Jack Cunningham to resist civil servants' recommendations to close the agriculture ministry's Central Science Laboratory at Norwich and transfer its...
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Wellcome Pounds 5m to aid bio-ethics
The Wellcome Trust, Britain's largest medical research charity, has announced a Pounds 5 million initiative to boost research into the social, ethical and public policy implications of biomedical...
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Londoners develop own space craft
Julia Hinde reports on UCL's novel architectural consultancy that aims to make money from the spaces between buildings. How is it that some company coffee machines become the focus of office life,...
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Scot finds that silence may prove golden
Olga Wojtas discovers the beginnings of a sound revolution that could bring relief to the seven million people in the UK cursed by noisy neighbours. The old Highland Tollbooth church by Edinburgh...
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OST predicts visionary Foresight
Themes for the next round of the United Kingdom Foresight programme, scheduled for launch in April 1999, could include the ageing population, cities of the future, crime control and social cohesion....
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Oscar minister announces Clear Zone winners
The first six winners of the Foresight Clear Zones Awards have been announced by transport minister Glenda Jackson. The awards aim to encourage business, academic and industrial scientists and local...
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Glaxo Wellcome earmarks more for research
Pharmaceutical giant Glaxo Wellcome spent Pounds 1.15 billion on research and development in 1997, according to its annual report. The firm, which notched up global sales worth Pounds 8 billion, says...
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Engineering trio forge professional body
Three institutions have merged to form one professional engineering institution representing incorporated engineers and engineering technicians. The new Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE)...
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Labs plug into microelectronic circuit
A "network of excellence" has been created in silicon microelectronics manufacturing technology to coordinate integrated circuit processing expertise and resources at five major research and...
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Council tempts young engineers with Pounds 50,000
The Engineering Council is inviting 11 to 25-year-olds at school, college or undergoing training in industry to register their entry for the "Young Engineers for Britain" competition. The deadline is...
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BT awards Pounds 500,000 to six universities
Six universities have been awarded a total of Pounds 500,000 by BT to encourage greater collaboration between industry and higher education to meet the challenges of the information society. The...
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Project aims to boost business biologists
The Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme has launched its 1998 competition aimed at addressing the shortage of business-minded scientists in Britain's rapidly expanding biotechnology industry....