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The Wellcome TrustThe 2008 Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships have been announced. Subsequent to an initial offer of 20 awards, 17 newly qualified postdoctoral researchers have been selected...
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Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen: ” Meeting with the ENVI Committee
Strasbourg, 12th June 2006 Dear Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you for the invitation and am very glad to have another opportunity, after some considerable time, to discuss our...
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France selects 13 advanced research networks
Brussels, 31 October 2006 Following a call for proposals, the French Government has selected a total of 13 Advanced Thematic Research Networks (RTRAs), which together will receive € 200 million in...
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Portugal and MIT launch research and education initiative
Brussels, 26 October 2006 The Portuguese government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have signed a five-year partnership agreement to expand research and education links in the...
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Happy to be here
ߣߣƵ's annual Student Experience Survey highlights a host of institutions bent on making the university experience first rate in every way. Rebecca Attwood reports
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The business of being a good v-c 1
A minor flurry of vice-chancellor resignations and retirements, with the prospect of a generation of more "businesslike" vice-chancellors ("Struggle to fill v-c job vacancies", July 21), should not...
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Expert group says Europe could benefit more from research foundations
Brussels, 30 Jan 2006 Seeing an opportunity to boost research funding without asking more of either governments or industry, the European Commission has funded a study on the potential role of...
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French competitiveness clusters unveiled
Brussels, 20 Jul 2005 French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has announced the six industrial clusters and 61 competitiveness clusters or 'pôles de compétitivité...
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- Theories of Population Variation in Genes and GenomesBy Freddy Bugge Christiansen, professor of population biology, Aarhus University. Princeton University...
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Catalytic converters
Industry is greedy for graduates of sustainable development courses to help ensure that it enjoys long-term commercial returns. Matt Baker reports Sustainable development graduates are arguably among...
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Renewable lobby calls for ring-fence
Brussels, 19 Jul 2006 The renewable energy industry associations have expressed their disappointment with the European Commission, who dropped a European Parliament decision to devote two-thirds of...
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingART AND DESIGN- The Borghese Collections and the Display of Art in the Age of the Grand TourBy Carole Paul, lecturer in art history, University of California at Santa Barbara....
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Soas to review library layoffs
The School of Oriental and African Studies is to review its decision to sack two prominent librarians in a last-ditch attempt to avert industrial action, writes Phil Baty. At a special governors'...
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Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen: Promoting the Competitiveness of European Engineering, Orgalime 50th Anniversary
Brussels, 22nd April 2005 Orgalime 50th Anniversary Brussels, 22nd April 2005 Madam President, Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, Let me begin by first of all wishing you happy birthday on this the 50th...
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Cap off: it is time to reconsider profile
Scramble to adjust market status has already begun ahead of 2009 review of tuition fees. Tony Tysome reports For many vice-chancellors, it has become a question of "when", not "if". The 2009 review...