Call for Irish teamwork
Ireland's seven universities have been told that they need to re-position themselves as a strong system and not just a collection of separate institutions. They have also been warned that the...
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On the move
Mike Pilling , head of physical chemistry at Leeds University, is to chair the government's Air Quality Expert Group . At Cambridge University : Sir John Kingman , retiring vice-chancellor of the...
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The precautionary principle: a rational response to complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity
Brussels, 02 Oct 2003 Precautionary principle expert Professor Ortwin Renn told participants in a lunch debate on 1 October that policy makers and scientists should use one of five risk management...
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The precautionary principle: a rational response to complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity
Brussels, 02 Oct 2003 Precautionary principle expert Professor Ortwin Renn told participants in a lunch debate on 1 October that policy makers and scientists should use one of five risk management...
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Commission supports creation of a European cancer research area
Brussels, 19 September 2002 How to build greater coherence in European cancer research is the key question to be debated at a conference in Brussels today, which brings together around 250...
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EU Research Round-up
Brussels, 16 September 2005 A regular look at what’s going on the world of European research, showing the breadth and diversity of EU-funded research projects. In this issue: Europeans...
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Today's news
Unions cry foul over hike in v-cs' pay Vice-chancellors accepted pay rises twice as large as those offered to their staff, a survey has found. The heads of universities received rises of more than 6...
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Today's news
Unions cry foul over hike in v-cs' pay Vice-chancellors accepted pay rises twice as large as those offered to their staff, a survey has found. The heads of universities received rises of more than 6...
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Analysis: Do we need the 50% target?
What must the government address in its upcoming strategy paper? Alan Thomson opens a series on the vital issues by asking whether ministers' aims to get half the population into HE are achievable or...
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Steamy tales of flora and fornication
Literature and Science, 1660-1834, Vols 1-4
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Steamy tales of flora and fornication
Literature and Science, 1660-1834, Vols 1-4
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Rift over pay threatens expansion
Conflicting priorities within Whitehall in the run-up to the government's strategic paper on higher education are threatening to produce a logjam in academic salaries that could hamper ministers'...
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Liikanen calls for a common framework for innovation policy
Brussels, 14 Mar 2003 EU Commissioner for Enterprise and the Information Society, Erkki Liikanen, has called on Member States and the Commission to work together to create a common European framework...
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Ministers propose themes for next research policy benchmarking
Brussels, Jan 2003 European ministers have indicated that human resources and private sector research investment will be key themes for the next two year research policy benchmarking cycle. Their...
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GMES ready for implementation phase
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 After a three year exploratory period, the EU's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative is ready for the next step on the road to becoming operational,...