And the ones who got away
Laurie Taylor gets a peek at the minds Prospect turned down and finds out why. It was not an easy matter for Prospect to compile its list of Britain's top 100 public intellectuals. Extensive...
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Squeaky wheels get the grease
With funding in short supply, social work must speak up for itself or it will go without. Terry Philpot reports. Despite the headlines about child abuse cases and the urgent calls for research into...
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FP6 new instruments up for review
Brussels, 21 Jul 2004 Two years into the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) and – as agreed with the Council of Ministers during its negotiation in 2002 – a mid-term evaluation has been carried out on...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, Friday 23 July 2004
Brussels, 21 Jul 2004 Full text of Document 2897/04 1. Commission communication "Science and technology, the key to Europe's future - Guidelines for future European Union policy to support research...
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Ship-sinking monster waves revealed by ESA satellites
Paris, 21 Jul 2004 Once dismissed as a nautical myth, freakish ocean waves that rise as tall as ten-storey apartment blocks have been accepted as a leading cause of large ship sinkings. Results from...
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International cooperation key to future success in space
Paris, 21 Jul 2004 UK Science Minister Lord Sainsbury says agencies working together will achieve space goals UK Science Minister Lord Sainsbury today joined with NASA and the European Space Agency (...
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Today's news
Hawking: I've solved the black hole riddle Eminent physicist Stephen Hawking opened a lecture at a conference in Dublin yesterday with the words: "I want to report that I think I have solved a major...
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British Society of Gastroenterology Research Fellowship
Deadline: 25/08/2004
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Strategic Research Studentships
Deadline: 27/08/2004
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Who are the 'immigrants' in 21st Century Britain?
Deadline: 24/08/2004
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Latest research news
MPs back free access to research results The results of publicly funded scientific research carried out in Britain should be made freely available to all and the government should help universities...
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Two Council measures on satellite radio navigation (OJ links)
Brussels, 20 July 2004 Council Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004 of 12 July 2004 on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radio-navigation programmes (OJ L246/1 20.7...
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5th framework programme for research and technological development - Council conclusions (Other item approved - Extract from: Provisional Version, Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 19 July)
Brussels, 20 Jul 2004 The Council adopted the following conclusions: "THE COUNCIL, having considered the Court of Auditors' Special Report N° 1/2004 and the Commission's response to it7: 1. WELCOMES...
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New Putting GM maize NK603 on the market (Extract from: Council and Commission reports on the Outcome of Agriculture/Fisheries Council of July 2004)
Brussels, 20 July 2004 Ministers did not approve nor reject with qualified majority the application of putting on the market the GM maize NK603. Ministers were asked to approve its authorisation for...
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Agriculture Related Research (Extract from: Provisional Version, Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 19 July)
Brussels, 20 Jul 2004 The Council heard a presentation by the Presidency of an initiative (11209/04 and 11476/04) concerning cooperation in the field of agriculture related research and agreed to...