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Manchester honours Bannister with degree Sir Roger Bannister, runner of the first sub-four-minute mile, was today presented with a combined honorary degree from the University of Manchester, the...
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French research institutes team up to tackle emerging diseases
Brussels, 25 July 2002 Three leading French research institutes have pledged closer cooperation to tackle emerging diseases transmitted by 'vectors' such as mosquitoes. The Centre de coopération...
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Paris to host European e-work assembly
Brussels, 25 July 2002 The 2002 annual European e-work assembly will take place in Paris, France, from 25 to September. The event provides an opportunity for researchers, politicians, industrialists...
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Russian conference to examine laser and optics applications
Brussels, 25 July 2002 A conference on laser and optics applications will take place in Novosibirsk, Russia, from 9 to 13 September 2002. The event, organised by the VDI Technology centre physical...
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Commission issues call for tender for comparative study of vines
Brussels, 25 July 2002 The European Commission's Agriculture DG has issued a call for tenders for a study on the use of different varieties of interspecific vines. The aim of the study is to examine...
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ESA ice monitoring helps get to bottom of trapped ships
Brussels, 25 July 2002 The European space agency (ESA) ocean/ice unit has been tracking the movements of an unusually heavy Antarctic sea ice pack that has trapped ships attempting to deliver...
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German Science Council recommends large-scale research facilities for government funding
Brussels, 25 July 2002 The German Science Council has recommended government funding for five large-scale scientific facilities that will cost 4.9 billion euro to build, more than any previous...
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US advisory committee to recommend whether the USA rejoins ITER
Brussels, 25 July 2002 The US Department of Energy is to use the conclusions of an international meeting of scientists to decide whether or not to rejoin the international ITER nuclear fusion project...
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News Examining the examiners: are externals on the way out? Features Nobel prize nominee and anti-nuclear weapons activist Helen Caldicott discusses her Nuclear Policy Research Institute; academics...
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Push to get vocational skills into universities
The government should concentrate on getting people with vocational qualifications into further and higher education rather than raising traditional academic standards, the Association of Colleges...
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Amendment secures academic freedom
Vice-chancellors and lecturers struck a blow for academic freedom by securing a key amendment to an export bill on Tuesday. The export control bill, designed to regulate the arms trade, sets out...
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London university merger goes ahead
London Guildhall University and the University of North London will merge next week to create London Metropolitan University. The university, one of the largest in the country, will have 28,000...
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York biological science funding doubled
York University doubled its research council funding for biological sciences last year, receiving almost £10 million. The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council's 2001-02 annual...
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The grid moves a step closer to completion
A key component of the grid, heralded as the successor to the internet, has been completed, UK scientists told a conference in Edinburgh this week. The data access and integration programme will...
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Institutional research debate launched
The Learning and Teaching Support Network has launched a debate on institutional research in memory of Mike Daniel, the late pro-rector of University College Northampton. It believes that measuring...