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Research infrastructures: the Commission launches a European Strategy Forum
Brussels, 25 April 2002 Synchrotrons, ultra high-intensity lasers or particle accelerators: infrastructures play a fundamental role in European research. The mission of the new "European Strategy...
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Less than zero: Ursula Huws on when capitalism quit caring for workers
The Cold War’s end and the internet’s rise freed employers to go global, leaving workers worldwide wobbling, says Ursula Huws
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How zero-hours won the world
When employers were freed go global, workers worldwide wobbled, says Ursula Huws
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Welcome for capital increase but fears over frozen research spending
The capital budget for science will be increased to £1.1 billion in 2015-16 and maintained in real terms until the end of the decade, the chancellor George Osborne has announced.
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Armed with Expertise: The Militarization of American Social Research during the Cold War, by Joy Rohde
Michael Patrick Cullinane on the military-academic complex
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World conference on biomass for energy, industry and climate protection
Brussels, 21 May 2003 The second world conference and technology exhibition on biomass for energy, industry and climate protection will be held from 10 to 14 May 2004 in Rome, Italy. The event will...
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Student loan forecasts ‘consistently’ wrong, says NAO
Ministers have been accused of “industrial scale incompetence” after a damning report on student loans was released by the public spending watchdog
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Risk Savvy: How To Make Good Decisions, by Gerd Gigerenzer
A good grasp of basic statistics will help us to make the right life choices, finds Omar Malik
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Young universities’ secrets of success
Five youthful institutions that have jettisoned tired thinking are blazing their own paths ahead
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Leader: Are industry links dulling the cutting edge of research?
It has become an article of faith in British higher education that researchers should collaborate closely with business and industry. Doubtless, this month's government strategy document will stress...
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Any cuts to doubled FP7 budget go against Lisbon Strategy, argues Buzek report
Brussels, 16 Jan 2006 The first draft of the report on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) by the European Parliament's committee on industry, research and energy (ITRE) claims that any reduction...
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CPMR calls for increased regional dimension to future EU research strategy
Brussels, 06 Aug 2004 The conference of peripheral maritime regions (CPMR), an association representing geographically remote areas of Europe, has expressed its surprise at the 'unambitious' regional...
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Overt strategy for global learning
In its cover story on "Intellectual Capital" on October 3 last year, Fortune magazine argued that a major challenge facing corporations is how to figure out the worth of their collective knowledge...
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Overseas placements for half of De Montfort students
University plans to give graduates more international experience