Who got that job?
David Watling, 40 Centenary Chairs at Leeds Job advertised in The Times Higher October 17, 2003 David Watling started his new job as head of the ten-strong networks research group within the...
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Make your presence felt, stick in that dibber
An adapted sports timing system is just one of the innovative ways the attendance of students at lectures is being monitored. Jon Brooke reports. Lord Lucan, Mickey Mouse and Osama bin Laden all have...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Peter T. Robbins Age : 36 Job : Lecturer in sociology, Institute of Water and Environment, Cranfield University;...
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UK to lose millions in fees from EU incomers
UK universities stand to lose millions of pounds because they will no longer be able to charge full-cost tuition fees to students from the ten countries joining the European Union this Saturday....
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Red, white and blue with cold
The truth about what foreigners really think of Britain and its people was revealed at this year's International Student Awards. The entrants wrote letters home that paint a picture of a country...
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Today's news
Ucas applies pressure for more exam information The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service is to discuss with exam boards whether they could reveal marks for the six parts of the A-level course...
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GMO screening: EU Control Network expands to new Member States
Brussels, 29 April 2004 As part of the enlargement process, 24 national enforcement laboratories from the acceding countries will today sign an agreement in Prague to become part of the European...
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EurOcean 2004 Conference - 10-13 May 2004 in Galway, Ireland
Brussels, 29 Apr 2004 The EUROCEAN 2004 Conference, will take place from 10th-13th May 2004 in Galway, Ireland. Celebrating European Marine Science Building the European Research Area Communicating...
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New challenges beget new security needs
Brussels, 29 Apr 2004 Amid fears of terror attacks and the shifting demographical and political sands across Europe, EU policy-makers are keen to raise the profile of research on security challenges...
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Social learning and the sustainable use of water
Brussels, 29 Apr 2004 The SLIM project, funded under the European Commission's Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) will hold a public seminar in Brussels, Belgium, on 26 May. The SLIM (social learning...
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Three training courses for research managers, Brussels
Brussels, 29 Apr 2004 EARTO, the European association of research and technology organisations, together with Hyperion consulting, is organising a series of three training course for research...
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Commission to attend US biotech meeting
Representatives from the European Commission will attend BIO 2004, the world's largest biotech industry meeting, which will take place in the US, in San Francisco, from 6 to 9 June. The Commission...
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Space technology competes on Europe's racetracks again
Paris, 29 Apr 2004 As the 2004 motor-racing season gets underway, technology from Europe's satellites and launchers is being put to the test on Europe's race tracks. Henri Pescarolo is again using...
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Demise in ice and fire
Paris, 29 Apr 2004 Images The Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, is one of the brightest and most extreme planetary nebulae known. At its centre lies a superhot dying star smothered in a blanket of 'hailstones'....
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Mars Express radar deployment postponed
Paris, 29 Apr 2004 The MARSIS team has advised ESA to delay the deployment of the MARSIS radar instrument on board Mars Express, scheduled for this week. New and improved computer models suggest that...