Access top of Brown agenda
The new premier has pledged investment but what does the sector want? Melanie Newman reports As Gordon Brown took over as Prime Minister this week, higher education had been put firmly on his agenda...
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Recycling plastics recovered from electrical waste
Brussels, 25 October 2006 Fraunhofer researchers come top of the league in recycling plastics from electrical and electronic waste. A worldwide comparison was performed by the British non-profit...
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Draft Statement of the Council's Reasons Common Position on 25 September 2006 for a Decision Concerning the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Developmen
Brussels, 22 Sep 2006 Full text of Document 12032/06 Addendum 01 Revision 01 Suite of documents 12032/06 Brussels, 21 September DRAFT STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL'S REASONS Subject: Common position...
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Draft Statement of the Council's Reasons Common Position on 25 September 2006 for a Decision Concerning the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Developmen
Brussels, 22 Sep 2006 Full text of Document 12032/06 Addendum 01 Revision 01 Suite of documents 12032/06 Brussels, 21 September DRAFT STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL'S REASONS Subject: Common position...
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Worldwide webs of capitalism
- Globalization's Contradictions - The Globalization and Development Reader
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Driving innovation through joining forces - the ARTEMIS technology platform for embedded systems
Brussels, 07 Mar 2006 The ARTEMIS technology platform launched its strategic research agenda on 6 March. ARTEMIS (Advanced Research and Technology for Embedded Intelligence and Systems) brings...
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They faced the pit and the political pendulum
Industrial Politics and the 1926 Mining Lockout: The Struggle for Dignity
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Polizei keep the peace with football diplomacy
At the World Cup, Geoff Pearson finds keepy-uppy among the tactics to defuse potential disorder England's first matches of a football tournament are not always a good guide to how things will...
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Nations locked in servitude by a gulf in learning
As long as religious fundamentalist doctrines have influence, Muslim countries will lack a science base, warns Riaz Hassan. Universities in Muslim countries did poorly in the recent Times Higher...
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Work disparity casts doubts on student degrees The degree classification relied on by graduate recruiters has been thrown into question after it emerged that students at different universities are...
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Commissioner Potocnik visits Romanian research community
Brussels, 8 September 2006 Commissioner Potocnik, European Science and Research Commissioner, will be in Romania on 11 and 12 September for an official visit. He will visit two Romanian research...
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Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen: Towards a knowledge-based European economy -- European Investment Bank Forum
Helsinki, October 2005 Mr. President, Mr. Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me to this Forum. I am looking forward to an active exchange of views on the reform efforts needed in...
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What do you do when one size doesn't fit all?
An international initiative will help institutions get the IT services they need and save money, says Philip Pothen How many blades of the average Swiss army knife are never used? How many stations...
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Powerful imperatives to redraw the cultural map
John Gilmore argues it is time to end the marginalisation a subject that is part of the history of everyone in Britain. My 11-year-old has twice studied the career of Mary Seacole at primary school....
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Draft Statement of the Council's Reasons and Delegation Statements on the Common Position for a Decision Concerning the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (extracts)
Brussels, 20 Sep 2006 Council's reasons: Full text of Document 12032/06 Addendum 01 Suite of documents 12032/06 Subject: Common position adopted by the Council on 25 September 2006 with a view to the...