Research initiative brings fillip to North
Investment in energy and molecular engineering centres will boost job and career options. Tony Tysome reports New research opportunities are expected to open up with the launch of five new research...
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Strategic resources
Governors perform an important and complex function in higher education, but what exactly do they do and what skills can they bring to the role? Hannah Fearn investigates.
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Conference round-up: Israel boycott, IQ and class, commercial inroads and mooted merger
- The University and College Union's policy on academic engagement with Israel is "profoundly disturbing", Bill Rammell, the Higher Education Minister, told its annual congress last week.Speaking...
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Expert conference on nanotechnologies - Espoo, Otaniemi, 14-15 September
Helsinki, 12 September 2006 Nanotechnology researchers and experimenters focus on materials at the level of individual atoms and molecules measuring 1 to 100 billionths of a metre. Nanotechnologies...
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Report on the proposed decision establishing a Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) (link)
Brussels, 23 May 2006 FINAL A6-0180/2006 12.5.2006 Type of Procedure: Codecision procedure (first reading) REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council...
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Book of the week: Wars, Guns and Votes
Joanna Lewis gets to grip with the workings of African democracies
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Knowledge is Europe's Equivalent of Oil, says Verheugen, and "We have to defend it like the oil producers defend their resources."
Brussels, 18 Sep 2006 Research and innovation are key to a successful European industrial policy, but more needs to be done to protect intellectual property rights (IPRs). This was one of the...
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Learning to share
Free, immediate and permanently available research results for all - that's what the open-access campaigners want. Unsurprisingly, the subscription publishers disagree. Zoë Corbyn weighs up the...
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All against poor policy
It was heartening to see that you have finally come off the fence against the Department for Innovation, University and Skills' attack on adult and part-time higher education by withdrawing public...
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Cardiovascular disease in the EU
Brussels, 6 November 2006 Cardiovascular diseases (mainly coronary heart disease and stroke) are the main cause of illness and premature death in the European Union. This group of medical problems...
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European e-ID Card Conference - Leuven, 8-9 March
Brussels, 3 November 2006 Find out how the various national e-ID card schemes across Europe are developing and the implications for Governments and business at The European e-ID Card Conference. This...
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Strike it rich by drilling into the vulnerable core
Halting dropous could bring big rewards, says Ormonjd Simpson in our series on new ideas for higher education New students entering British universities this autumn are taking a considerable risk....
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Student voice gets Lord's ear
The student voice is about to get louder with the launch of a new initiative to give students a greater say in government, writes Rebecca Attwood. In the week in which Lord Triesman, the Higher...
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Dating agency brokers profitable partnerships
Scotland marks two years of a venture that helps businesses to make use of university research, says Tariq Tahir. It is a "dating agency" that can boast that it has helped establish lasting and...
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THE Awards 2008 - part 3
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGYSponsored by SunGardDe Montfort UniversityBagRack, a device that fits in a car boot and secures shopping to keep it upright during travel, was...