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Ofsted fails to make impression Ofsted inspection has had no positive effect on examination achievement, according to new research that studied more than 3,000 schools over six years. A four-strong...
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Model Contract Working Group - contract with annexes now online in 11 languages (link)
Brussels, 07 Jul 2003 The Model Contract Working Group was set up by the research DGs to work on the drafting of model contracts for the new instruments for the Sixth Framework Programme. The working...
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Scientists discuss latest findings from fat research
Brussels, 07 Jul 2003 The 25th world congress of the international society for fat research will take place from 12 to 15 October in Bordeaux, France. The theme for the congress is 'the research and...
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Italian Presidency announces research priorities
Brussels, 07 Jul 2003 The Italian government has announced that raising research investment and developing the European Research Area (ERA) will be among its priorities during its six month...
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German researchers achieve tenfold increase in bacterial fuel cell power
Brussels, 07 Jul 2003 Researchers in Germany are now able to generate ten times as much electricity using microbial fuel cells compared with previous designs, thanks to the use of a newly designed...
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Multi-million euro investment in nanotechnology announced in UK
Brussels, 07 Jul 2003 The UK government has announced a 90 million GBP (131 million euro) investment in nanotechnology aimed at helping the country's industry to take advantage of the commercial...
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BioTech Forum 2003
Brussels, 07 Jul 2003 The Karolinska Institute, together with the Swedish academy of pharmaceutical sciences, is organising BioTech Forum 2003, to take place from 26 to 28 November in Stockholm,...
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Imaging vineyards from space will benefit Europe's wines
Paris, 07 Jul 2003 Space data are set to become an added ingredient in future European wines. ESA is contributing Earth Observation data and expertise to a European Commission-backed project called...
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Mapping the public understanding of scientific knowledge
Brussels, 04 Jul 2003 The scientific knowledge of UK citizens is 'patchy', but increased media coverage is not the answer, finds a new report. The UK's Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has...
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EP Amendments to the amended proposed regulation concerning the traceability and labelling of GMOs, for examination by the WP on 7 July (link)
Brussels, 04 Jul 2003 Full text of Document 11014/03 Suite of documents 11014/03 No. prev. doc.: 9946/03 ENV 303 AGRI 169 WTO 60 CONSOM 58 MI 129 CODEC 742 No. Cion prop.: 12213/02 ENV 501 AGRI 213...
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EuroCommerce response to the EP vote on GMOs labelling, traceability and co-existence
Brussels, 04 Jul 2003 EuroCommerce, the EU trade representation of the Retail, Wholesale and International Trade, welcomes the outcome of the EP vote on 2 July on the draft Regulations on Genetically...
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Sustainable agriculture must have an ethical dimension, scientists argue
Brussels, 04 Jul 2003 Before society's various interest groups can pursue common goals on sustainability, particularly in the agricultural sector, an ethical dimension must be introduced to the...
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Textile, leather and pulp and paper industries to discuss joint research priorities
Brussels, 04 Jul 2003 The EU funded PANATEX project will hold a workshop in Copenhagen on 18 and 19 September 2003, bringing together researchers from the leather, textile and pulp and paper...
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Visit Europe's space image banks
Paris, 04 Jul 2003 Looking for images of space? The selection of photos available to ESA Portal visitors has now been enhanced by the addition of a new service - a gateway to national galleries. This...