Senior UCL staff condemn job cuts
Senior academics at University College London fear that teaching and research standards will fall if the institution goes ahead with plans to cut 15 per cent of posts, according to a union survey of...
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WEST OF ENGLAND Photographer and legal expert Blu Tirohl (pictured) has been lured back to the UK from Sweden to establish a photography degree at the Bristol School of Art, Media and Design (AMD) at...
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Edinburgh to delve deeper into paranormal phenomena
Edinburgh University is boosting its pioneering research into parapsychology with an advertisement in this week's Times Higher for three posts, including a chair, in its Koestler parapsychology unit...
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Commissioner Neelie Kroes at the EP ECON Committee: State aid in support of innovation can be acceptable (plus very brief remarks on Endesa, football and the Italian banking sector)
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes told MEPs on Thursday that state aid to support measures for innovation can be approved by the Commission. Speaking to the Economic and...
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Proposed Council Decision Authorising the Placing on the Market of Foods Produced from GM Roundup-Ready Maize Line Ga21 (link)
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 Full text of Document 12815/05 Suite of documents 12815/05 No. Cion prop.: 11928/05 Subject: Proposal for a Council Decision authorising the placing on the market of foods and...
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Proposed Council Decision Authorising the Placing on the Market of Foods and Food Ingredients Derived from GM Maize Line Mon 863 (link)
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 Full text of Document 12820/05 Suite of documents 12820/05 No. Cion prop.: 12197/05 Subject: Proposal for a Council Decision authorising the placing on the market of foods and...
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Proposed Council Decision Concerning the Provisional Prohibition in Greece of the Marketing of Seeds of Maize Hybrids with the GM Mon 810
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 Full text of Document 12818/05 Suite of documents 12818/05 No. Cion prop.: 11834/05 Subject: Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the provisional prohibition in Greece of...
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Amendments 9-23 for the Draft Opinion by JaromÃr KohlÃcek Proposed Decision concerning the seventh framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstrati
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 AMENDMENTS 9-23 Draft opinion Jaromír Kohlícek (PE 360.049v01-00) Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the...
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European Technology Platforms for Information and Communication Technologies: Frequently Asked Questions
Brussels, 6 October 2005 What are European technology platforms? European Technology Platforms (ETPs) help industrial and academic research communities in specific technology fields to co-ordinate...
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Launch Conference for Five new EU-funded food research projects, 11 October in London
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 WHO? Dr Christian Patermann, European Commission, Director of Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food research Prof Chris Elliott, Veterinary Sciences Division, Queen's University...
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Gilles de Robien presents French Pact for research
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 French Minister for National Education, Higher Education and Research Gilles de Robien, presented a new bill on the future national research programme on 5 October, the 'pact...
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CaSE speaks out in favour of commercialising university research while guarding independence
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 The Campaign for Science and Engineering in the UK (CaSE) has stressed the importance of commercialising university research whilst, at the same time, maintaining the...
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UN report highlights internationalisation of research and development
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) issued its annual World Investment Report (WIR) on 29 September. WIR 2005 includes UNCTAD's first-ever survey on...
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Conference: animal tests and alternative methods
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 Vice President of the European Commission Günter Verheugen and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik will host a conference on animal tests and alternative...
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Biotechnology partnering conference, Germany
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 The 11th annual international biotechnology partnering conference, BIO-Europe 2005, will take place in Dresden, Germany from 7 to 9 November. BIO-Europe aims at providing a...