How boom turned to gloom
New blood sought as a generation prepares to retire. Chris Johnston reports Mass recruitment of a new generation of social scientists is needed to replace academics who started their careers in the...
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Research: Commission publishes study on potential conflict between patenting and publishing of scientific results
Brussels, 28 February 2002 The European Commission has published a survey on the effects of the dilemma that scientists said they faced when faced by scientists when they want to publish their...
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Principal rules out merger
The recent announcement that Joan Stringer, principal of Queen Margaret University College, was to become principal of Napier University worried many of the staff. More than a decade ago, many people...
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Global Navigation Satellite System - Galileo (Extract from: Provisional Version, Transport Council, 10 December and Presidency press conference)
Brussels, 10 Dec 2004 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council: Moving to the deployment and operational phase of the European satellite radionavigation programme...
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Investment In Research In Europe  Council Resolution (Extract from the Provisional Minutes of the Competitiveness Council of 22 Sep.)
Brussels, 22 Sep 2003 "Council resolution on investing in research for European Growth and Competitiveness the Council, Recalling the conclusions of the Lisbon 2000, Barcelona 2002 and Brussels 2003...
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Prior information on studies relating to foresight, statistics and S&T indicators
Brussels, 09 Apr 2003 The European Commission has published a prior information notice regarding a call for tenders for studies, data and services within the framework of the 'integrating and...
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Busquin calls on mine clearance researchers to make use of ERA and FP6
Brussels, 19 February 2002 Speaking at a Belgian Royal Military Academy workshop on humanitarian mine clearance on 18 February, EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin highlighted how the European...
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Norway hosts biotechnology event
Brussels, 07 June 2002 Norway will present biotechnology as the next wave of the knowledge-based economy at the 9th meeting of the Norwegian Research and IT Forum on June 20 in Brussels....
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Committee of the Regions calls for expressions of interest for various studies
Brussels, 23 Feb 2004 The Committee of the Regions has issued a call for expressions of interest for studies in research fields covered by the institution. The study and research work (impact reports...
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Committee of the Regions calls for expressions of interest for various studies
Brussels, 23 Feb 2004 The Committee of the Regions has issued a call for expressions of interest for studies in research fields covered by the institution. The study and research work (impact reports...
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It's early days for e-volution
E-supported learning is gaining ground but much more research is required, argues Linda Challis With hindsight it seems obvious that predictions, made only a few years ago, that the e-revolution...
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Target woman
Tuberculosis is no long-gone scourge but a deadly modern-day disease that is increasingly resistant to treatment. Anna Fazackerley meets a woman seeking new ways to attack the bacterium that causes...
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Changing courses continues to disrupt the natural ebb and flow
Dams and Development - Managing Water Resources
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Portal power
Portals are virtual gateways to information sources filtered specifically for the user. Pat Leon looks at why more and more universities are investing in them Three years ago, Craig Gibson, a...
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Human mission to Mars: the second Aurora Working Meeting
Paris, 02 Jun 2003 While final preparations continue for the launch of ESA's Mars Express – the Agency's first mission to explore the Red Planet - European scientists and engineers are also looking...