'Fund nanotechnology to keep UK in vanguard'
A report this week called for more government funding to put the UK at the forefront of the nanotechnology industry. The report, by the Advisory Group on Nanotechnology Applications, says the UK has...
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Master Japanese R&D techniques in ten days!
Brussels, 05 Mar 2003 The European Commission and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry are organising training programme in Japan, to take place from 12 to 21 May, advertised under...
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Proposed Council Decision on the signing of the Co-operation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the EU and Israel (link)
Brussels, Apr 2004 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signing of the Co-operation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the European Community and its Member...
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FP6 workshops on IST priorities, UK
Brussels, 16 Jan 2003 The UK department of trade and industry (DTI) is planning three information society technologies (IST) workshop events for late February, to be held in or around London. Each...
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10-year plan poses threat to autonomy
Universities will have to give the Government a year's notice before closing struggling departments, the Treasury announced this week as part of its long-awaited ten-year investment plan for science...
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A disquieting clash of culture
The UK's aid programme draws heavily on academic consultants but, as anthropologist David Mosse is all too aware, this can lead to conflicts of interest. In the late 1990s, Labour's Department for...
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Jobwatch: Push for research cash
The University of East London is advertising for a research director to help staff secure the coveted funds that so often elude new universities. Chris Johnston reports. New universities continue to...
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Improving competitiveness and growth (Extract from: Background note for the Competitiveness Council of 10 Nov.)
Brussels, 07 Nov 2003 The Council will hold an exchange of views on the next steps for enhancing competitiveness and growth, in particular with regard to the "Initiative for Growth" presented by the...
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Improving competitiveness and growth (Extract from: Background note for the Competitiveness Council of 10 Nov.)
Brussels, 07 Nov 2003 The Council will hold an exchange of views on the next steps for enhancing competitiveness and growth, in particular with regard to the "Initiative for Growth" presented by the...
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Where space is concerned, America is from Mars and Europe is from Venus, claims UK report
Brussels, 04 Mar 2004 A new report has been published by the UK think tank Demos, which argues that the EU and the US have fundamentally different approaches to space, but that Europe should stick to...
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Where space is concerned, America is from Mars and Europe is from Venus, claims UK report
Brussels, 04 Mar 2004 A new report has been published by the UK think tank Demos, which argues that the EU and the US have fundamentally different approaches to space, but that Europe should stick to...
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Row rages over 'dirty money'
Fresh controversy over UK universities' commercial links broke out this week as staff in business schools complained of growing threats to their independence while a leading philosopher said...
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Mr José Manuel Barroso President of the European Commission, "Europe: Art or Science?", Dies Celebration Opening Address, Delft University of Technology
13 January 2006 President van Luijk, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Let me begin by saying what an honour it is for me to open the 164th Dies Celebration of Delft University of Technology....
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Opportunities in plant genetics being missed, say European Science Academies
Brussels, 24 May 2004 A report by the European Academies of Science Advisory Council (EASAC) has called for a more coordinated approach, as well as increased funding, so as to enable Europe to...
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ESA selects targets for asteroid-deflecting mission Don Quijote
Paris, 26 Sep 2005 Based on the recommendations of asteroid experts, ESA has selected two target asteroids for its Near-Earth Object deflecting mission, Don Quijote. Don Quijote is an asteroid-...