Institute advances communications to new level
Up to 150 academic posts will be created with the launch of Europe's biggest telecommunications research institute at Swansea University, it was announced this week. Swansea will initially seek 40...
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Who got that job?
Fraser Sturt Lecturer in maritime archaeology, School of Humanities, Southampton University Job advertised in The Times Higher, April 29, 2005 Fraser Sturt has landed his dream job. As lecturer in...
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GMOs (Extract from: Preparation for the Environment Council 2 December 2005)
Brussels, 1 December 2005 GMOs Maize MON863XMON810 The Council will vote on a proposal from the Commission to authorise the GM maize known as MON863XMON810 for import and processing in the EU. The...
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New COST Domain Structure as Approved by the CSO at Its 163rd Meeting on 23/24 November 2005
Brussels, 01 Dec 2005 Full text of Document 325/05 Suite of documents 325/05 28 November 2005 NOTE To: COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) Subject: New COST Domain Structure as approved by the...
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Working Methods of the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) as Approved by the 163rd CSO Meeting on 23/24 November 2005
Brussels, 01 Dec 2005 Full text of Document 326/05 Suite of documents 326/05 Article 1 The Committee of Senior Officials (hereinafter referred to as the CSO)1 consists of two delegates from each COST...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action 298 "Participation in the Broadband Society" (link)
Brussels, 01 Dec 2005 Full text of Document 323/05 Suite of documents 323/05 Attached is the abovementioned Memorandum of Understanding signed in Brussels on 13 October 2005 by the Netherlands, on 14...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action 299 "Optical Fibres for New Challenges Facing the Information Society - FIDES" (link)
Brussels, 01 Dec 2005 Full text of Document 324/05 Suite of documents 324/05 Attached is the abovementioned Memorandum of Understanding signed in Brussels on 13 October 2005 by Germany, on 14 October...
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Buried craters and underground ice - Mars Express uncovers depths of Mars
Paris, 01 Dec 2005 For the first time in the history of planetary exploration, the MARSIS radar on board ESA's Mars Express has provided direct information about the deep subsurface of Mars. audio...
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Mars Express evidence for large aquifers on early Mars
Paris, 01 Dec 2005 Substantial quantities of liquid water must have been stably present in the early history of Mars. The findings of OMEGA, on board ESA's Mars Express, have implications on the...
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Electromagnetic Levitator Launched by the IMPRESS project: first in-flight results onboard Texus sounding rocket
Paris, 01 Dec 2005 The IMPRESS project saw the first launch of an experimental payload, the Electromagnetic Levitator, onboard an ESA/DLR-funded Texus 42 sounding rocket, from the Esrange launch site...
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First Galileo satellite travels to launch site
Paris, 01 Dec 2005 GIOVE A, the first Galileo satellite, departed from ESA's test facility at the European Space Research and Technology Centre in The Netherlands on the morning of 29 November, bound...
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European Union and Ukraine sign an agreement on GALILEO
Brussels, 1st December 2005 Government leaders meeting in the EU-Ukraine Summit have decided to extend the Ukraine-EU partnership to cover Europe’s satellite radionavigation programme...
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Commissioner Danuta Hübner: “Research, Development and Innovation in new Regional Agenda: Developing Synergies” EP ITRE Committee
Brussels, 29 November 2005 Honourable Members, I am delighted to have the opportunity to join you today and discuss the Commission’s proposals for cohesion and research. Let me start by...
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Laurie Taylor Column
The vice-chancellor of Birmingham University has publicly reprimanded the large numbers of staff who fail to attend degree congregation ceremonies and thereby "create a very poor image of the...
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Alan Ryan
Two-year degrees are not a financial quick fix, but they are worth trying for students who would prefer not to hang about A couple of weeks ago, there was an interesting exchange in the House of...