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University of Cambridge - the Charles Darwin Correspondence Project Deeside College, North Wales - Training for Business University of Greenwich - IT Evacuation Tools for the Safety Industry Imperial...
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London students hit by staff strike Tens of thousands of university students in London are being hit by a strike over pay involving staff from porters to professors. Four unions are staging the...
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Today's news
Ministers accused of 'softening us up' for top-up fees A shake-up of universities with the prospect of students paying top-up fees is the most controversial education proposal in the Queen's Speech....
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University-industry relationship key to technology transfer, agrees innovation panel
Brussels, 13 Nov 2002 'I was very surprised and quite glad to hear that, from the Commission point of view, universities will continue to play a very strong role in the innovative process,' Yves...
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Europe's innovators to attend TAFTIE conference
Brussels, 13 Nov 2002 The 10th annual TAFTIE conference is being held in Helsinki from 25- to November, the key focus being on networking. TAFTIE, or 'Through the association for technology...
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Science and society website
Brussels, 13 Nov 2002 A new web service hosted by Observa contains information on the results of studies and surveys, news and links on the theme of the relations between science and society. Observa...
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Envisat's MERIS captures phytoplankton bloom
Paris, 13 Nov 2002 From 800 km in space, you would have to squint really hard to see one of these – a micron-sized phytoplankton and its armoured shell. But when a lot of them get together, say, a...
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EP Briefing 2002-11-18: Scientific Research in the Candidate Countries (own-initiative report)
Strasbourg, 13 Nov 2002 Jürgen ZIMMERLING's (EPP-ED, D) own-initiative draft resolution for the Industry Committee on the state of research in candidate countries states that the Commission must...
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High-level panel split over the need for a European Research Council
Brussels, 13 Nov 2002 Participants in a round table discussion on the coordination of European research were divided over the issue of whether a European Research Council (ERC) would improve...
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Erkki Liikanen: "Research beyond the 6th Framework Programme", European Research 2002 Conference, Brussels, 13th November 2002
European Research 2002 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to adress such a distinguished audience of Europe's most eminent scientists and researchers. The record number of...
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Busquin hails EIROforum as 'the best network of excellence under FP6'
Brussels, 13 Nov 2002 EIROforum, a collaborative group made up of representatives from Europe's leading intergovernmental research organisations, was formally established on 12 November at a signing...
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International forum on patent protection for software-related inventions
Munich, 13 Nov 2002 Patent protection for inventions relating to computer software and business methods will be the subject of an international forum on 21 and 22 November at the European Patent...
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European DataGrid is a step closer to reality
Brussels, 13 Nov 2002 The European DataGrid (EDG) project, which promises scientists unprecedented computing power to tackle major challenges, such as modelling climate change or analysing genomic...
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Business organisations join the Commission in growing call for urgent hike in research spending
Brussels, 13 November 2002 European business leaders today added their voices to calls for increased research efforts to strengthen EU competitiveness, economic growth and employment. The call came...