Today's papers
Blair rules out abolition of student tuition fees Tony Blair last night ruled out the abolition of student tuition fees, but he said the government was looking at ways to ensure that children from...
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Call for more ethinic minority staff in colleges An equality watchdog has called for immediate action to tackle "institutionalised racism" in further education. Only four out of 500 colleges in the...
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Expert group report on genetic resources in agriculture
Brussels, 01 July 2002 Full text from: Special Committee on Agriculture on: 17 June 2002 Nos prev. docs.: 9645/02 9989/02 No. Cion prop.: 13672/01 Subject: Proposal for a Council Regulation on the...
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Proposal to amend the procedure for signing COST Actions
Brussels, 01 July 2002 Full text Subject: Proposal to amend the procedure for signing COST Actions (Memoranda of Understanding) I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION Recently, there has been a marked increase in...
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ERA to be Danish Presidency's 'headline', says Research Minister
Brussels, 01 July 2002 Danish Minister for science, technology and innovation, Helge Sander, took over both the chair of the EU Research Council and the chair of EUREKA on 1 July. The 'headline' for...
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Danish Presidency kicks off with broad approach to innovation
Brussels, 01 July 2002 The Danish Presidency of the European Union, which begins on 1 July, will see research as a key element of the Union's competitiveness. To reflect this, the Danish Minister for...
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Guidance note on the development of vaccinia virus based vaccines against smallpox
Brussels, 01 July 2002 At the request of the European Commission, Enterprise DG, the Pharmaceuticals Unit, the EMEA and its Scientific Committee, the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (...
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The EU Joint Research Centre has produced high resolution maps, useful for de-mining, for Afghanistan
Brussels, 01 July 2002 Ispra (IT): The JRC has produced maps for DG External Affairs useful for the efficient planning and execution of ongoing de-mining activities. One of the main problems of...
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Metropolis - putting environmental monitoring to the test
Brussels, 01 July 2002 Metropolis, a network of 38 scientific institutions from 17 countries active in the field of environmental control and metrology, will address European environmental and...
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Transponders flying high over Moscow
Brussels, 01 July 2002 Scientists from Moscow's State Aviation Institute have researched a novel approach to positioning communication transponders: radio-controlled gliders! Traditionally,...
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DNA-based testing will help fight fraud in beef export payments
Brussels, 01 July 2002 The Commission is to introduce new DNA-based gender tests for cattle to combat fraudulent claims for export refunds. The beef trade receives several million euros of EU export...
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Call for tenders for study on biotechnology legislation
Brussels, 01 July 2002 The European Commission has published a call for tenders for means to improve the consistency and efficiency of the legislative framework in the field of biotechnology Article...
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Question and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU
Brussels, 01 July 2002 Question and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU This questions and answers fact sheet is divided into two sections; Part A covers legislation in force; Part B covers...
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Update: 12:30
Non-EU overseas students in UK FE double The number of students from non-EU countries attending further education colleges in the United Kingdom nearly doubled over five years, lifelong learning...
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Today's papers
Trapped Russian researchers rescued from pack ice Two South African helicopters yesterday airlifted the last of 79 Russian scientists from a research ship that has been trapped in the Antarctic pack...