Forecasting the effects of drought on EU crops
Brussels, 18 Sep 2003 The EU's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has used its advanced crop-yield forecasting system to predict the effects of this year's persistent drought on the upcoming harvest,...
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EU and China are set to collaborate on GALILEO, the European global system of satellite navigation
Brussels, 18 September 2003 An agreement has been reached between the European Union and China on its participation in the GALILEO programme. This agreement was initialled in Beijing on 18 September...
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Philippe Busquin: Pour la création d'un espace européen de la recherche sur le cerveau Conférence "Brain Research in Europe: Structuring European Neuroscience" Centre Borschette - Bruxelles, le 18 sep
Centre Borschette - Bruxelles, le 18 septembre 2003 Mesdames et Messieurs les Parlementaires, Mesdames, Messieurs, D'abord et avant tout, bienvenue à tous, et merci d'être venu à Bruxelles aujourd'...
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Intellectual Property Rights - Community Patent (Extract from Background for the Competitiveness Council of 22 Sep)
Brussels, 18 Sep 2003 The Council will take note of a progress report on the proposal for a Regulation creating a Community patent. Following the common political approach reached by the Council at...
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Research Action Plan (Extract from Background for the Competitiveness Council of 22 Sep)
Brussels, 18 Sep 2003 The Council is expected to adopt a resolution on "Investing in research for European growth and competitiveness" which follows the presentation last May by the Commission of its...
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Space Policy - Agreement with the European Space Agency (Extract from Background for the Competitiveness Council of 22 Sep)
Brussels, 18 Sep 2003 The Council is expected to reach a political agreement on the draft Decision on the signing of a framework Agreement between the European Community and the European Space Agency...
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Background for the Competitiveness (Internal market, Industry and Research) Council of 22 Sep (link)
Brussels, 18 Sep 2003 Full report The Council session will start on Monday 22 September 2003 at 10.00 hrs.under the chair of Mr Rocco BUTTIGLIONE, Italian Minister for European affairs and Mrs....
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Report on European space policy - Green Paper (link)
Brussels, 18 Sep 2003 FINAL A5-0294/2003 10 September 2003 REPORT on European space policy - Green Paper Full text Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy - Rapporteur: Guido...
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EUREKA project develops cheaper cleaner process for dying fabric
Brussels, 18 Sep 2003 In an attempt to offer a cleaner and more cost effective alternative to traditional methods of dying fabric, a project funded by EUREKA has developed a method that uses...
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Busquin and Mitsos to attend European Social Survey conference
Brussels, 18 Sep 2003 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin and Research Director-General Achilleas Mitsos will attend a conference presenting data from the European Social Survey (ESS), in...
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Private heads curb bias claim
Private-school heads have moderated their claims that top universities are discriminating against their pupils in favour of lower-quality students from poorer backgrounds. A new survey of university...
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Call for nurses to carry out research
The care of patients would improve significantly if nurses and other healthcare workers had more training in clinical research, according to a national think-tank on postgraduate education. The UK...
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Academe to aid maths revival
Universities will be key to revitalising mathematics in schools, the chairman of a government inquiry into post-14 maths teaching has told The THES . In a week that saw further controversy over GCSE...
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ILTHE to vote on disbanding
Ballot forms will drop through the letterboxes of the 14,500 members of the four-year-old Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education this week asking them to vote on dissolving the...
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Small screen switches on to recruitment
University Choice Television, a digital channel broadcasting information on higher and further education opportunities, will be launched next spring. Backed by private money, the channel has been...