Transport Research Knowledge Centre
Brussels, 02 Jul 2004 New website (replacing the "Transport EXTRA Information Site") to connecting transport research solutions to European transport policy. Through this site find out how European...
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EU network homes in on inflammatory diseases
Brussels, 02 Jul 2004 Current treatments and drugs for chronic inflammatory conditions like arthritis and Alzheimer's can sometimes cause as much harm as they correct. Using post-genomic techniques,...
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Pioneer in European research collaboration speaks to CORDIS News
Brussels, 02 Jul 2004 'It was as if I looked into a crystal ball, saw what was coming and prepared us for it. Europe was coming,' says Paul Kiekens, head of the Department of Textiles at Belgium's...
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Europe must help developing countries benefit from their expat scientists, says French report
Brussels, 02 Jul 2004 Europe needs to promote the scientific and technical diasporas of 'southern brains' to enrich its scientific and technical cooperation policy, states a report conducted at the...
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Today's news
£1 million to be spent on top-up persuasion campaign The government is drawing up plans for a £1 million-plus campaign to explain to students and parents how its controversial top-up fee plans - now...
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Wiley Foundation
Deadline: 31/07/2004
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European Association for Cancer Research
Deadline: 31/07/2004
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Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
Deadline: 31/07/2004
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Class gap widens under Blair
The class divide in UK higher education widened during Tony Blair's first term in office as the children of Middle England reaped the benefits of university expansion, new research reveals. In the...
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Supernerd weaves his way out of the closet
What would Batman be without the Batcave, Superman without a phone box or Spiderman without his closet? writes Steve Farrar. Not much, according to a study that suggests the source of the comic book...
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In the news: Baroness Sharp
The Liberal Democrats can lay claim to saving thousands of students a small fortune in tuition fees thanks, in significant part, to the efforts of education spokeswoman Baroness Sharp of Guildford....
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Appointments
* Merfyn Jones, chair of Welsh history, will take up his appointment as vice-chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor on August 1. He succeeds Roy Evans. * Keith Peters, regius professor of...
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Survey shows cheating is rife
Conference reveals full extent of plagiarism and how the UK system is partly to blame. Phil Baty reports A quarter of students admit to plagiarising - and almost all of them are getting away with it...
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Copycats spur system rethink
Conference reveals full extent of plagiarism and how the UK system is partly to blame. Phil Baty reports Universities need a fundamental rethink of the way students are assessed as the preoccupation...
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'Wimpy' bosses cause staff to duck showdown
Conference reveals full extent of plagiarism and how the UK system is partly to blame. reports Phil Baty Academics are turning a blind eye to the growing problem of plagiarism on degree courses...