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John O'Leary hopes that legendary German efficiency matches its ambition to turn higher education on its head Imagine introducing simultaneously many of the main reforms that have reshaped UK higher...
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Commission to invest €1 billion into Research on Information and Communication Technologies
Brussels, 3 August 2005 The Commission is about to launch 6 new research projects in the field of Information and Communication Technologies with €1 billion in EU funding. This is the result of the...
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Proposed Council Decision a Cooperation Agreement with Ukraine on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) (link)
Brussels, 03 Aug 2005 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signing of the Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the European Community and its Member...
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MESSENGER project launches consultation on science, society and the media
Brussels, 03 Aug 2005 An EU funded project has launched a Europe-wide consultation with the aim of improving informed debate between scientists, journalists and civil society on science, and...
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The contribution of EU research to the fight against terrorism
Brussels, 03 Aug 2005 The European Commission has outlined how it is contributing to tackling terrorism through research, giving details of security projects that it is funding under its Preparatory...
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ESA takes delivery of first Galileo satellite
Brussels, 03 Aug 2005 The first Galileo system test bed satellite, GSTB-V2/A, has arrived at the European Space Agency (ESA) space research and technology centre in the Netherlands to undergo testing...
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Scottish universities receive 12 million euro research boost
Brussels, 03 Aug 2005 The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) is to provide eight million GBP (11.6 million euro) to eight Scottish universities working within six research groups in...
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Nanoelectronics technologies 2020: a European strategic research agenda
Brussels, 03 Aug 2005 The European Nanoelectronics Initiative advisory council (ENIAC) is organising a workshop to take place on 16 September in Grenoble, France, entitled 'Nanoelectronics...
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Transport and sustainable mobility
Brussels, 03 Aug 2005 A conference on transport and sustainable mobility will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 19 and 20 September. The event will include presentations on transport technologies,...
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Hradec Kralove to host TECHFILM festival 2005
Brussels, 03 Aug 2005 The TECHFILM festival, which presents, awards and makes accessible the latest television programmes and films in the fields of science, technology and the arts, will take place...
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Venus Express Passes Last Tests, Ready for Shipping to Baikonur for Launch in October
Paris, 03 Aug 2005 ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has just completed its last phase of testing in Europe and is ready to be shipped to its launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. One...
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Students likely to stay in debt till 35 Students will still be paying off their university debts when they are 35, thanks to the introduction of variable tuition fees, the Government has confirmed....
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Latest research news
Research funding boost for Scottish universities Eight Scottish universities will share nearly £8 million to develop Scotland's research base in areas including clinical trials and carbon storage in...
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Galileo satellite arrives at ESA-ESTEC for testing
Paris, 02 Aug 2005 One of the two Galileo satellites currently under development, GSTB-V2/A, has arrived at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre to undergo testing. Two satellites are...
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India seeks ITER membership
Brussels, 02 Aug 2005 India has approached South Korea in a bid to join the six-party international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER) project. India's Minister for Foreign Affairs, K. Natwar...