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Medical research 'stifled by rules' A "catastrophic" increase in bureaucracy from new European regulations has slowed the pace of medical research in the UK and will make academics reliant on funding...
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Preparation of the Competitiveness Council of Ministers, Brussels, 29/30 May 2006 (full report)
Brussels, 24 May 2006 The EU Competitiveness Council will meet in Brussels on Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 March at 9.30 under the chairmanship of Austrian Federal Minister for Economics and Labour Mr...
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Ireland announces closure of high-tech research centre
Brussels, 18 Jan 2005 Media Lab Europe (MLE), the research and innovation laboratory in the field of digital technologies set up by the Irish government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
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Koreans link with Scots in £18m deals A fledgling Scottish firm and the University of Aberdeen have firmed up two multi-million research deals with South Korean partners - the first of what are hoped...
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Oxford dons oppose individual reviews Oxford dons are resisting moves to introduce individual performance reviews in a stand-off with John Hood, the university's new vice- chancellor. In a debate...
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Retired staff urged to teach overseas
Retired British academics who still feel they have something to give to higher education can now look overseas for fresh challenges. A scheme devised by the Association of Commonwealth Universities...
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CBI warning over pure science Universities should not focus on pursuing "pure science", business leaders are set to say. Putting scientific discoveries into action is what makes "the real difference...
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Guide to the variety of global markets
Comparative Economic Systems
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East-West curiosities exchange
Goa and the Great Mughal
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Liberté, égalité and a few Polish plumbers
Politics runs through French veins but, laments Jim Shields, the debate on Europe was anything but revolutionary "You were once my hero," cried a voice from the floor. "Now I think you're an imbecile...
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Spinning yarns with silk road storytellers
Central Asia has a huge hunger for cultural expression and exchange. The UK should do more to satisfy it, says Sally Pomme Clayton. On tour in April with the British Council Literature Department to...
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European notes lost as opus heads west
The Harvard Dictionary of Music
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Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)
Brussels, 14 November 2005 Natural and manmade catastrophes in Europe, America, Asia and Africa, coupled with increased security needs, have further reinforced the case for improved monitoring...
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Commission report Life Sciences And Biotechnology  A Strategy for Europe: Third Progress Report and Future Orientations (link)
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 Report From The Commission To The European Parliament, The Council, The Committee Of The Regions And The European Economic And Social Committee Life Sciences And Biotechnology...