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Statistics to dominate research assessment Radical changes to the way British academic research is assessed and funded were announced today by Bill Rammell, the higher education minister. The...
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Draft Summary Conclusions of the 308th Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST) Held in Brussels on 19 May 2006 (link)
Brussels, 13 Jun 2006 Full text of Document 1204/06 Suite of documents 1204/06 The meeting was chaired by Mr José SILVA RODRIGUEZ (European Commission, Director General for Research) and...
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Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen: ” Meeting with the ENVI Committee
Strasbourg, 12th June 2006 Dear Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you for the invitation and am very glad to have another opportunity, after some considerable time, to discuss our...
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€54.5 billion for European research - a priority for MEPs
Brussels, 13 Jun 2006 MEPs debated the EU research and development programme (FP7). With some â'¬54.5 billion at stake, MEPs saw this as crucial to achieving increased economic...
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UK's response to Euratom verification reports on Dounreay (link)
Brussels, 13 June 2006 Verification reports under the terms of Article 35 of the Euratom Treaty Dounreay, Scotland, UK, 28 to 30 September 2004 UK response to the verification findings (20 KB) Main...
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Amendments 60-65 for the Draft report by Anne Laperrouze on the Proposed Council Regulation (Euratom) laying down the rules for participation in the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Atomic
Brussels, 13 Jun 2006 AMENDMENTS 60-65 Draft report Anne Laperrouze (PE 372.058v01-00) Proposal for a Council regulation (Euratom) laying down the rules for the participation of undertakings,...
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Amendments 19-59 for the Draft report by Angelika Niebler on the Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the 7th Framework Programme (2007-2013) for research (link)
Brussels, 13 Jun 2006 AMENDMENTS 19-59 Draft report Angelika Niebler (PE 368.075v01-00) Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the 7th Framework Programme (2007-2013) of the European Community for...
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Amendments 17-76 Draft report Umberto Pirilli Specific programme "People" implementing the 7th Framework Programme (2007-2013) of the European Community for research, technological development and dem
Brussels, 13 Jun 2006 AMENDMENTS 17-76 Draft report Umberto Pirilli (PE 368.076v01-00) Specific programme "People" implementing the 7th Framework Programme (2007-2013) of the European Community for...
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Amendments 6-37 Draft report Umberto Guidoni Specific Programme implementing the seventh Framework Programme (2007-2011) of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for nuclear research and trai
Brussels, 13 Jun 2006 AMENDMENTS 6-37 Draft report Umberto Guidoni (PE 368.078v01-00) Specific Programme implementing the seventh Framework Programme (2007-2011) of the European Atomic Energy...
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Draft Opinion on Biotechnology: prospects and challenges for agriculture in Europe (link)
Brussels, 13 Jun 2006 PROVISIONAL 2006/2059(INI) 29.5.2006 DRAFT OPINION of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development on Biotechnology:...
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Commissioner Janez Potocnik: Why is hydrogen so important for Europe? 16th World Hydrogen Energy Conference
Lyon, 13 June 2006 16th World Hydrogen Energy Conference Lyon, 13 June 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen, This World Hydrogen Energy Conference was initiated some 30 years ago – with a vision of...
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Juggling Gadgets May One Day Be "Simplicity Itself"
Brussels, 13 Jun 2006 An EU-funded project has developed a system which could make life a lot easier for people who regularly have to use a range of electronic devices, some of them unfamiliar. The...
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Galaxy-Sized Ball of Fire Detected Rampaging Through Distant Space
Paris, 13 Jun 2006 XMM-Newton spots the greatest of great balls of fire Thanks to data from ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray satellite, a team of international scientists found a comet-like ball of gas over a...
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Common positions agreed on science and research in Croatia's and Turkey's EU accession: General Affairs Council, 12 June
Brussels, 13 June 2006 36th Council Meeting - General Affairs and External Relations: General Affairs. Luxembourg, 12 June 2006 Provisional version Preparation for accession conferences The Council...