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Cream of RAE crop promised extra £30m The government has promised an extra £30 million to help fund the improved results of the research assessment exercise. The extra cash will be given to...
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From today's UK papers
Oxford don leads science force Baroness Greenfield, Oxford professor of pharmacology, is to head a government task force to improve women's careers in science and engineering. The group will report...
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European technology fund to target information technology innovation
Brussels, 17 January 2002 US-based technology fund TechFund Capital has announced the launch of a new capital risk fund, TechFund Capital Europe, to tap into information technology innovation and an...
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A more coherent European Space Strategy
Brussels, 17 January 2002 Konstantinos ALYSSANDRAKIS (EUL/NGL, GR) Report on the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament on Europe and Space...
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Photovoltaic technology to energy solutions - conference
Brussels, 17 January 2002 'PV [photovoltaic technology] in Europe, from PV technology to energy solutions', a conference supported by the European Commission and the Italian Ministry for the...
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EU project to preserve underwater treasures
Brussels, 17 January 2002 An EU-funded project has brought together experts from Finland, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK to help preserve Europe's underwater cultural artefacts...
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Spain moves to make innovation a national priority
Brussels, 17 January 2002 The Spanish government, which currently holds the European Union Presidency, has put innovation at the centre of its national policies with a series of incentives to foster...
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Government's fatal flaw brings delay and despair
Lack of trust in higher education's ability to manage itself is a touchstone for discontent, says Tory spokesman Alistair Burt It was supposed to be the winter when the National Health Service froze...
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Institutions hold trump cards in widening access
Opening higher education to under-represented social groups is perhaps the government's top priority for universities. It is a desirable goal with which, as Conservative spokesman Alistair Burt says...
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From today's UK papers
Reports say Labour has failed poor students Labour's plans to get more poor students to go to university is failing, two reports by parliament's financial watchdog reveal today. The percentage of...
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Honour the people who count
Once again a university boss is honoured while his loyal auxiliary staff go unnoticed, complains Valerie Atkinson The newspaper placards lauded a local hero: "University chef knighted". Amazing - a...
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Why I... I believe creative writing has re-established the role of the university
In our university we acquire lecturers' body parts and trade these on the open market. Hearts, lungs, livers, eyes. We call this "re-establishment". It is part of a government-approved scheme and...
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Interview success is virtually guaranteed
With first-hand experience of screwing up an interview, Peter Hartley set about developing a PC package to help graduates nail that dream job. As a young, fresh-faced undergraduate, I had delusions...
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Talking turtle with local folk
Protecting the populations of green turtles requires an understanding of the impact of humans on turtles and of turtles on humans, writes Mark Hamann. It took just over 100 years of European...
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The shiny secrets that could loosen the grip of a beastly bacterium
Mass killer 0157:H7 is so deadly it earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records . Geoff Watts reports on research that could turn the tables and make its life more hazardous Though neither...