ESA's Envisat satellite ready for lift-off
Paris, 25 February 2002 ESA PR 7-2002. During the night of 28 February/1 March, Envisat, ESA's most powerful and sophisticated Earth observation satellite, will be launched by an Ariane 5 rocket from...
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£25 million more for Scots research Wendy Alexander, Scotland’s minister for enterprise, transport and lifelong learning, today announced a £25 million cash boost for researchers in the wake of the...
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Students threaten boycott of Israeli goods Attempts to persuade students to join a boycott of Israeli goods are raising fears that the bitterness of the Middle East conflict is spilling over onto...
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EU ready to ratify seven agreements with Switzerland on transport, agriculture, research, free movement, procurement, trade
Brussels, 22 February 2002 Draft Council and Commission Decision on the conclusion of seven agreements with the Swiss Confederation in the following sectors: free movement of persons, air and road...
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Commissioner Philippe Busquin welcomes Prime Ministers Blair and Kok's call for increased business investment in R&D
Brussels, 21 February 2002 In a letter to José Maria Aznar, President of the European Council, Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Wim Kok have called for determined action by the EU and its Member States...
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Presentation by Gerard Kleisterlee, President and CEO of Philips Electronics, at the Informal Telecoms Ministers Meeting, 21-23 Feb
Brussels, 22 February 2002 PDF Format Speech - Gerard Kleisterlee ­ President & CEO Royal Philips Electronics Informal Meeting of Ministers for Telecommunications and the Information...
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Higher education: EU could do better
Brussels, 22 February 2002 A public hearing on universities and higher education in EU and non-EU countries was held on Wednesday by the Culture Committee with a view to the drafting of an own-...
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ESA Director-General warns Europe not to rely on GPS
Brussels, 22 February 2002 The Director-General of the European space agency (ESA), Antonio Rodotà, has warned that Europe may not be able to rely forever on the American GPS satellite navigation...
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Pakistani President urges Islam countries to catch up with West in science and technology
Brussels, 22 February 2002 The President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf has urged Islamic governments to invest more in science and technology, quoting EU Member States as positive examples....
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Regions' role in creating ERA - conference
Brussels, 22 February 2002 An analysis of how regions will create a European research area and what effect it will have on them will be discussed at a conference on the 'Role of the regions in...
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Conference to focus on excellence in higher education
Brussels, 22 February 2002 The Academia Europaea and International academy of education are holding a conference on excellence in higher education in Stockholm, Sweden on 30 May to 1 June. Bursaries...
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Goals of Next Week's ETSI Workshop on End-to-End Quality of Service
Sophia Antipolis (France), 22 February 2002 In its report to the ETSI General Assembly in November 2001, the ETSI NGN Starter Group outlined four areas on End-to-end QoS that require standardization...
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Graduates must check conditions of employment Graduates should check out whether prospective employers have a policy on "work-life balance," say careers advisers. Working long hours is one of the...
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Hefce boosts Oxford funding by £2.5m Oxford University will be awarded £2.5 million today to encourage applications from ethnic minority and state school students in Bradford. The award from the...
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Fission Yeast Genome Work Opens Door to Future Anti-Cancer and Other Research
Brussels, 21 February 2002 In the edition of Nature dated Thursday 21 February 2002, an international team of scientists report their analysis of the genome of fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces...