Class, fees and sin 3
Debates about funding and widening participation are nothing new. A 1229 recruiting leaflet from the "new" University of Toulouse offers prospective students the "plenary indulgence of all their sins...
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Interview critiques 1
Alison Wolf writes that she is "utterly bemused by Oxbridge's arrogant belief that abandoning exams for interviews meant they would be 'fair' to everyone" (Opinion, THES , February 7). She may well...
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CREST Opinion on Commission Communication "More Research for Europe; Towards 3% of GDP" - Overall opinion of CREST (link)
Brussels, 12 Feb 2003 Full text of Document 1202/03 CREST welcomes the Commission Communication as a good starting-point on the basis of which the EU can approach spending of 3% of GDP on R&D...
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Commission Staff Working Paper - First implementation report on "A Mobility Strategy for the European Research Area" (link)
Brussels, 12 Feb 2003 Full text of Document 6237/03 Delegations will find attached Commission document SEC(2003) 146. Council Register
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Conference to examine foresight in the enlarged European research and innovation area
Brussels, 12 Feb 2003 An international conference on the subject 'foresight in the enlarged European research and innovation area' will take place on 15 and 16 May in Ioannina, Greece. The main aim...
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MED-REUNET seminar on wastewater reclamation
Brussels, 12 Feb 2003 The Mediterranean network on wastewater reclamation and reuse (MED-REUNET), a cooperative programme funded by the European Commission, will hold a seminar in Izmir, Turkey, from...
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Draft statement of the Council's reasons: Common Position for a Directive concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyreostatic action and of be
Brussels, 12 Feb 2003 Full text of Document 14502/02 [...] III. ANALYSIS OF THE COMMON POSITION There is no difference of opinion between the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission...
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Some UK universities set to lose government research funding
Brussels, 12 Feb 2003 Further concentration of government funding for research at UK universities may mean a loss of funding for some university departments doing research of national excellence...
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Ariane-4 launch delayed
Paris, 12 Feb 2003 The last launch of an Ariane 4, due to take place this morning at 08:00 CET from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, has been postponed due to unfavourable weather...
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Today's news
£3,000 top-up fees are just the start Universities UK made clear yesterday that the £3,000-a-year fee will be just the starting point for charges. The universities had told the government they needed...
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Presidency proposal for a common political approach on the Community Patent
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 Full text of Document 6205/03 10 February 2003 from: Presidency to: Permanent Representatives Committee (Part 1) No. prev. doc.: 5063/03 PI 1 No. Cion prop.: 10786/00 PI 49...
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French lead in nanotechnologies under threat
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 France needs to invest more in the emerging 'revolutionary' science of nanotechnologies if it is to remain competitive in this promising field, a French parliamentary committee...
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Fischler adds his voice to calls for agreement on a Community patent
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 Franz Fischler, Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, has called on national governments to find a solution to the open issue of a Community patent in...
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French laboratories have significant role to play in developing ERA, says French government
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 French laboratories have a significant role to play in helping to develop the European Research Area (ERA), said Claudie Haigneré, French Minister for Research and New...
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Euroscience proposes first pan-European scientific open forum
Brussels, 11 Feb 2003 Euroscience, a pan-European association of some 1,500 research scientists, has announced its intention to host the first Euroscience open forum (ESOF) in Stockholm from 25 to 28...