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One-third of academics want to quit Nearly one in three of Britain's university academic and teaching staff is seriously considering quitting the profession because of a growing workload and poor pay...
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Commission to produce guidelines on issue of GMO crop coexistence
Brussels, 06 Mar 2003 The European Commission has announced that it will draw up guidelines on how to address the issue of coexistence of genetically modified (GM), conventional, and organic crops....
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I/A item note and draft statement of the Council's reasons: Common position for a Directive on the approximation of laws regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific
Brussels, 06 Mar 2003 Full text of Document 6903/03 Subject: Adoption of a common position by the Council with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council...
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Networked research collaboration is essential for an effective ERA, suggests EU evaluation report
Brussels, 06 Mar 2003 A recently published assessment of information society technology (IST) research has concluded that the effectiveness of research in the European Research Area (ERA) depends on...
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"I/A" item note and statements for the minutes: common position for a Regulation on the traceability and labelling of GMOs and the traceability of food and feed products produced from GMOs
Brussels, 06 Mar 2003 Full text of Document 6903/03 Subject: Adoption of a common position by the Council with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council...
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Today's news
More cash to widen access for students Universities are to receive a five-fold increase in the cash they are given to widen participation by recruiting more students from a broader range of social...
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Bristol cries 'no-win' over access
Funding chiefs today cut Bristol University's teaching grant for failing to recruit enough students from poorer backgrounds, days after private-school heads agreed to boycott the university for...
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Probe into partnership cash split
The Higher Education Funding Council for England has launched a review of partnership agreements between universities and further education colleges. A team of reviewers from three universities, two...
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Bath gets nod for double vision
The University of Bath is set to double its size in the biggest shake-up since it received its royal charter in 1966. Vice-chancellor Glynis Breakwell has received the go-ahead from higher education...
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Criminals to steal research limelight
A series of studies in which criminals are filmed re-enacting their offences and are then interviewed about them has been unveiled by one of the UK's leading crime specialists. Martin Gill, professor...
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Languages study hurt by A levels
Bad experience at A level is a key reason why students are shunning language degrees, according to an Anglo-German Foundation report published this week. Sixth-formers are put off by the jump in...
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Scots win £150,000 to wage war on midges
Aberdeen University scientists are waging war on that scourge of the Scottish summer - the common midge - with a £150,000 grant from Scottish Enterprise's proof of concept fund to commercialise...
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Next week
News Hefce unveils its strategy Darwin and the barnacle An eight-year love affair that inspired one of science's most far-reaching theories Virtual vision Tony Smith, president of Magdalen College,...
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Whistleblowers: Aston faces £100,000 High Court claim
Aston University faces a High Court claim for more than £100,000 in damages next week from a former PhD student who hopes to set a legal precedent and consign the quasi-judicial visitor system to...
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Ruskin left in lurch as site deal collapses
Ruskin College - the workers' university - faced a difficult future this week after a crucial property deal fell through. Principal Jim Durcan had drawn up plans to move the 100-year-old Oxford...