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Blair backtracks on top-up fees Tony Blair bowed to cabinet pressure last night by ruling out the imposition of large "top-up" university fees on students starting their degrees. The prime minister’s...
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Commission funded project set to deliver innovation assessment tool for SMEs
Brussels, 03 Dec 2002 The product innovation profile score (PIP score) initiative is a collaborative project that aims to define a standard measurement for the level of innovation within a small or...
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Commission publishes FP6 research priorities in IST work programme
Brussels, 03 Dec 2002 DG Information Society has published a final version of its 2003 to 2004 work programme for adoption, outlining research priorities for information society technologies (IST)...
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MEP calls for EU inspectorate to check up on animal experiment labs
Brussels, 03 Dec 2002 UK MEP Jill Evans will present an own-initiative draft resolution calling for improvements in the protection of animals used for experiments and for a body to carry out random...
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Report on the proposed Decision to conclude an agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and Ukraine
Brussels, 03 Dec 2002 FINAL A5-0412/2002 29 November 2002 Type of Procedure: Consultation procedure REPORT on the proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement for...
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IHCP: Plasma Deposition of Nano-Structured and Nano-Layered Thin Films for Biomedical Applications Ispra (I)
Brussels, 03 Dec 2002 This JRC project is focused on the evaluation of the adhesive surface properties under bio-conditions and the biocompatibility of nano-layered films and multi-component nano-...
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Tissue and Cell Standards, Pharmaceutical legislation, bio-terrorism, patient mobility (Extract from Health and Consumer Affairs: Successful Council meeting on 2 December)
Brussels, 3 December 2002 Quality and Safety Standards for Human Tissues and Cells (TM) The Presidency presented a progress report on the human cells directive. The Commission presented its proposal...
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ESA and China prepare for joint satellite launch
Brussels, 03 Dec 2002 Double Star, the joint space programme between China and Europe, has taken a step closer to its 2003 launch with testing of instruments at Imperial College, London. The mission...
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ESA proposes Johannesburg follow-up, hands over CEOS chair
Paris, 03 Dec 2002 The European Space Agency recently proposed to representatives of the world's major satellite Earth observation organizations a pair of initiatives to support the plan for...
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Road testing technologies of the future
Paris, 03 Dec 2002 ESA is offering industry the opportunity to use a van fully equipped to demonstrate the next generation of advanced mobile multimedia equipment and applications. The van can be...
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When more data can mean more fun
Paris, 03 Dec 2002 Tomorrow's spacecraft will be capable of generating more data than they can transmit to Earth. In some cases, this could be more data than can even be comfortably handled by today'...
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Launch of the First Women-Oriented ITU Internet Training Centre at Makerere University
Geneva, 03 Dec 2002 Makerere University in Kampala (Uganda) has been chosen as the site of the first women-oriented facility established by the ITU Internet Training Centres Initiative for Developing...
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Update: 13:30
Students march against top-ups Up to 20,000 UK students were demonstrating in London today because they do not want to live in a society where access to education is based on wealth, according to...
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Today's news
Cabinet rebellion over top-up fees grows A cabinet rebellion over Tony Blair's support for plans to introduce top-up fees for university students gathered force last night. Arch-loyalist Helen...
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Latest research news
Rival joins race to clone first human The race to clone the first human appears to have intensified after claims that a second team is about to begin experiments to clone babies for seven infertile...