The little bit of the UK we tend to forget
Many people think of England and Britain as one and the same, but devolution may drive England to take on a separate identity. Huw Richards reports Call a conference on devolution and you can hardly...
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Animal welfare: Commission supports research into better conditions for animal breeding and better food quality
Brussels, 24 April 2002 Where does our beefsteak come from? How are animals fed and treated? In the aftermath of the mad cow and other food scare crises, European consumers are more and more...
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Commission decides to prolong current State Aid framework for Research and Development
Brussels, 24 April 2002 The European Commission has decided to prolong the existing State Aid framework for Research and Development(1) without any modification until the end of 2005. This decision...
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Commission opinions clear plans to dispose of radioactive waste from one French and two German nuclear power plants
Brussels, 24 April 2002 Commission Opinion of 22 April 2002 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste from the Socatri decontamination and uranium recovery plant (IARU) at the...
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COST research action on fire loss to historic buildings
Brussels, 24 April 2002 Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a concerted European research action designated as COST Action C17 "Built Heritage: Fire Loss to Historic Buildings."...
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COST meeting discusses future structure and approves research projects
Brussels, 24 April 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Secretariat. Summary of conclusions. 147th meeting of the COST Senior Officials Committee held in...
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Call for proposal for a European Community/Japan pilot cooperation project in the field of higher education (link)
Brussels, 24 April 2002 Useful documents: Guidelines Application Forms Explanatory Note on Budget
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ESA takes a new look at the Moon
Paris, 24 April 2002 Thirty years after Apollo 16’s lunar module, Orion, landed at the western edge of the Descartes Mountains on 21 April 1972, there is still much that we don’t know about the Moon...
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European students design a satellite
Paris, 24 April 2002 Throughout this week, the European Space Agency (ESA) is playing host to a group of forty young engineers and scientists from all over Europe, who will co-design a satellite. The...
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International conference to examine computational methods and experimental measurements
Brussels, 24 April 2002 An international conference on computational methods and experimental measurements, organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology, UK, the University of Naples, Italy and...
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Today's news
AUT expected to boycott e-learning elite The Association of University Teachers is today expected to boycott online courses run by an elite group of universities around the world. The union’s...
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Update 12:30
Hefce criticised over research fund allocation The Research Assessment Exercise has had its day and the Higher Education Funding Council for England should rethink how it allocates its research...
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Chinese university adopts country's first research misconduct policy
Brussels, 23 April 2002 Following calls by international scientists for research transparency at a recent conference in Shanghai, China, Beijing University, has adopted the country's first policy...
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Commission to fund Latin American researchers at EU universities
Brussels, 23 April 2002 The European Commission has approved a series of initiatives to strengthen regional cooperation with Latin America, including a programme to enable Latin American researchers...
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Energy conferences address efficiency
Brussels, 23 April 2002 The 2nd International conference on energy efficiency in commercial buildings (IEECB) will be held in conjunction with the 'Right light 5' conference (5th European conference...