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Degree grades 'are too crude' The traditional degree classification of firsts, seconds and thirds should be scrapped, a government-backed task group will recommend in the summer. The "scoping group"...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action 536 "Alloy Development for Critical Components of Environmentally Friendly Power Plant (Accept)" (link)
Brussels, 05 May 2004 Full text of Document 265/04 Suite of documents 265/04 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST...
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Public-private partnership to develop new malaria drug
Brussels, 05 May 2004 The World Health Organisation (WHO) is to join forces with GlaxoSmithKline and the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), a non-profit foundation, in order to develop a new drug...
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More SME participation in FP6 needed, says Commission
Brussels, 05 May 2004 The European Commission presented what it is doing to increase small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) at a joint meeting between...
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EURAB report makes recommendations to promote interdisciplinary research
Brussels, 05 May 2004 The EU's research advisory board (EURAB) has produced a new report detailing the barriers that exist to carrying out interdisciplinary research in Europe, and making...
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International conference on technology transfer and innovation
Brussels, 05 May 2004 Technology transfer and innovation 2004 (tti2004), a major international conference on innovation and knowledge transfer, will take place from 29 June to 1 July in Edinburgh, UK...
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International mechatronics symposium
Brussels, 05 May 2004 An international symposium on mechatronics will take place in Linz, Austria, on 22 June. Austrian and German experts from industry and research institutes will address the...
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Seventh International Conference on Current Research Information Systems
05 May 2004 CRIS 2004 is aimed at promoting scientific discussion and information exchange on research information systems. CRIS 2004 continues the tradition of encouraging the sharing of experiences...
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Friendly fishing still kills dolphins Dolphin-friendly tuna fishing could still be killing thousands of the marine mammals each year by separating vulnerable calves from their mothers, a scientist...
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Cambridge plans three new colleges The University of Cambridge is planning to build three new colleges. The local council has agreed to put the university's proposal into the draft local plan to be...
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Bribery scam produces Southern discomfort Lecturers at Southern University, Louisiana, US, have uncovered a bribery scam that went unchecked for up to nine years where students allegedly handed over...
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A Preliminary Risk Analysis of Nanotechnology R&D, Based on the Commission's Workshop Held 1-2 March (link)
Brussels, 03 May 2004 Full text EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General of the European Commission convened a workshop in Brussels on 1.2 March 2004 entitled $#129;...
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OECD acceptance for alternative test methods pioneered at the Joint Research Centre
Brussels, 03 May 2004 Summary: The OECD recently endorsed four toxicity test methods that avoid the use of animals. These were validated by the JRC's European Centre for the Validation of Alternative...
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Save British Science responds to government proposals for a ten-year science plan
Brussels, 03 May 2004 Save British Science (SBS) has responded to a UK government consultation on its ten year investment programme for science and innovation by urging the government not to try to...
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New report urges French government to focus on nanotechnologies
Brussels, 03 May 2004 A report published recently by the French Academies of Science and Technology has urged the French government to set up a 'national research programme', if it wants to avoid...