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Higher education ‘enhances social rift’ Social mobility has fallen in the UK over the past 40 years, and a key cause has been the rise in higher education, according to a study from the London School...
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Update: 12:15
Pressure mounts on exams watchdog The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, the government's exams watchdog, was today being put on notice that ministers may be running out of patience with its...
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Commission reports on Lithuania's progress towards closure of Ignalina nuclear power plant: answer to parliamentary question
Strasbourg, 13 June 2002 Verbatim report of proceedings, 13 June 2002 (Part A) Anfrage Nr. 19 von Marialiese Flemming (H-0360/02) Betrifft: Hochrisikoreaktoren vom Typ Tschernobyl Answer Over the...
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Euratom and the Joint Research Centre (consultation - non-binding amendments passed)
Strasbourg, 13 June 2002 Konrad SCHWAIGER (EPP-ED, D) Report on the proposal and amended proposal for a Council decision adopting a specific programme 2002-2006 for research and training to be...
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Commission to invest Euro 700 million in nanotechnology research
Brussels, 13 June 2002 Machines not bigger than a molecule will one day surf our blood stream, search and destroy infected tissues, and heal our wounds. This is just one of the applications of...
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Research and Training on nuclear energy (consultation - Commission proposal approved with non-binding amendments)
Strasbourg, 13 June 2002 Konstantinos ALYSSANDRAKIS (EUL/NGL, GR) Report on the proposal and on the amended proposal for a Council decision adopting a specific programme 2002-2006 (Euratom) for...
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SUCCESS 2002 is a competition that offers European students the prize of a one-year internship with the European Space Agency, and the chance to see their experiment fly on board the International Spa
Paris, 13 June 2002 SUCCESS 2002 - an opportunity for students The competition winner will receive a one-year internship at ESA’s research and technology centre, ESTEC, in Noordwijk, The Netherlands...
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Parliament approves reports on ERA
Brussels, 13 June 2002 The European Parliament approved reports on strengthening and structuring the European research area (ERA) at its plenary session in Strasbourg on 12 July. Parliament, which...
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Belgium's comments on proposal for application of Euratom safeguards
Brussels, 13 June 2002 Proposal for a Council Decision approving a Commission Regulation on the application of Euratom safeguards. Cover note. Brussels, 5 June 2002 (12.06) (document 9630/02 ATO 70...
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Solar loops spring into view
Paris, 13 June 2002 Huge loops of very hot gas rising above the Sun's surface vibrate with enormous energy at times of solar storms. This is the latest surprise from ESA's flotilla of spacecraft -...
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Per Tegnér, currently Director General of the Swedish National Space Board, is the new Chairman of the ESA Council for the next two years (as from 1 July 2002)
Paris, 13 June 2002 Mr. Tegnér was unanimously elected at the 159th meeting of the ESA Council, held at the Canadian Space Agency in Montreal on 12 and 13 June. He will take over from Mr. Alain...
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France's comments on proposal for application of Euratom safeguards
Brussels, 13 June 2002 Proposal for a Council Decision approving a Commission Regulation on the application of Euratom safeguards. Cover note. Brussels, 4 June 2002 (11.06) (document 9602/02 ATO 69...
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Commission to co-finance study of deep vein thrombosis suffered by air passengers: answer to parliamentary question
Strasbourg, 13 June 2002 Verbatim report of proceedings, 13 June 2002 (Part A) Question no 16 by Robert J.E. Evans (H-0442/02) Subject: Aircraft passengers and deep vein thrombosis Answer The...
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Paris to host Fifth Virtual Reality World Congress
Brussels, 13 June 2002 The fifth Virtual Reality (VR) World Congress will take place in Paris, France on 9 and 10 September 2002. The congress, with the theme 'Systems for visionaries,' is timed to...
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Update: 12:45
Scottish FE colleges pledg ed extra £10m Scotland's enterprise and lifelong learning minister, Iain Gray, has pledged an extra £10 million to help further education colleges buy the latest equipment...