Makeover mania
Image is everything and universities are lining up to pay branding agencies serious money to create the right profile. But is this market-driven approach a step too far, asks Hannah Fearn
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European coalition against animal testing demonstrates against REACH proposals
Brussels, 22 Apr 2004 The beginning of World Week for Laboratory Animals was marked on 20 April by renewed attempts by the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) to put pressure on both...
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ARCHAEOLOGY- The Tomb in Ancient Egypt: Royal and Private Sepulchres from the Early Dynastic Period to the RomansBy Aidan Dodson, research fellow of archaeology and anthropology, University of...
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UK government unveils its answer to the 'innovation challenge'
Brussels, 18 Dec 2003 The UK government's department of trade and industry (DTI) has published a new report outlining its strategy to boost the country's innovation performance and productivity. In a...
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UK government unveils its answer to the 'innovation challenge'
Brussels, 18 Dec 2003 The UK government's department of trade and industry (DTI) has published a new report outlining its strategy to boost the country's innovation performance and productivity. In a...
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Budget surprise signals research funding revamp
Chancellor Gordon Brown this week announced the biggest potential shake-up of research funding in a generation. In his 2006 budget speech, he said that the Government would merge the Medical Research...
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Research Framework for 2007-2013 - New tools for knowledge and growth: EU scientists propose priorities for research infrastructure (links to background and list of projects)
Brussels, 7 April 2005 The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures today presented the European Commission with its first “List of Opportunities” – 23...
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Eye on enterprise and global reach
Oxford and Wolverhampton represent opposite ends of the league tables. Claire Sanders and Tony Tysome visit them in search of common ground Get off the train at Oxford and the university's Said...
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Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: Transforming life sciences knowledge into new, sustainable, eco-efficient and competitive products - Conference on Knowledge-based bio-economyBrussels, 15 September 2005
15/09/2005 Conference on Knowledge-based bio-economy Brussels, 15 September 2005 Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to open this conference hosted by the European Commission together...
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Institute unveils its blueprint for future
The Cambridge MIT Institute has launched a new strategy, halfway into its initial five-year lifespan. This week's statement follows a mid-term review carried out by new executive directors Michael...
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Forgotten lives, vicious streets
Fractured Cities
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Commission Communication: Security Research: The Next Steps (link)
Brussels, 23 Sep 2004 COMMUNICATION FROM É«ºÐÖ±²¥ COMMISSION TO É«ºÐÖ±²¥ COUNCIL, É«ºÐÖ±²¥ EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, É«ºÐÖ±²¥ EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND É«ºÐÖ±²¥ COMMITTEE OF É«ºÐÖ±²¥ REGIONS Security Research: The...
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Under that 3ft pile of quano...
Universities' property portfolios boast a range of often-forgotten treasures that are being renovated with spectacular results. Michael North reports. Mabel Wilson was bewildered by the...
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An action plan to boost research and innovation
Brussels, 12 October 2005 The European Commission has tabled an integrated innovation and research action plan, which calls for a major upgrade of the conditions for research and innovation in Europe...
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ESA joins UN climate talks in Kenya
Paris, 6 November 2006 The United Nations annual summit on climate change this week in Nairobi, Kenya, seeks to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol strategy, which becomes obsolete in 2012,...