Fellows share £50m pot
Manchester University emerged as the big winner in the second round of Research Councils UK Fellowship Awards designed to nurture postgraduate talent. Manchester won 22 of the 400 fellowships...
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Commissioner Danuta Hübner: “Research, Development and Innovation in new Regional Agenda: Developing Synergies” EP ITRE Committee
Brussels, 29 November 2005 Honourable Members, I am delighted to have the opportunity to join you today and discuss the Commission’s proposals for cohesion and research. Let me start by...
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Regions: the building blocks of a 'European Innovation Area', hears conference
Brussels, 09 Jun 2005 When relaunching the Lisbon agenda for competitiveness earlier this year, EU leaders acknowledged the central role that knowledge and innovation must play if Europe is to...
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How big is nanotechnology for Europe? The Commission launches an open consultation
Brussels, 30 July 2004 The Commission is launching a wide consultation on its Communication “Towards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology” in which it proposed an integrated and responsible...
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Nanotech conference, Belgium
Brussels, 04 Mar 2005 A conference entitled 'Why does nanotechnology concern me?' will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 25 and 26 April. Aimed at scientific and research professionals, legislators...
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Money turns many pages
Reluctant Capitalists
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Preparation of the Competitiveness Council of Ministers, Luxembourg, 6th June 2005 and Space Council 7th June 2005
Brussels, 3th June 2005 6th June 2005 and SpaceCouncil 7th June 2005 (Gregor Kreuzhuber, Oliver Drewes, Antonia Mochan, Phillip Tod ) The EU Competitiveness Council will meet in Luxembourg on Monday...
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Today's news
University grants to include sum for work with business For the first time the Government's block grants for university research will include a sum related to the amount of work an institution does...
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Parliamentary report on FP7 programme for nuclear research and training activities (link)
Brussels, 23 October 2006 Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the specific Programme implementing the seventh Framework Programme (2007-2011) of the European Atomic Energy...
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Commissioner Danuta Hübner: “Research and Innovation – How to take advantage of the unique opportunities offered by the Structural Funds” -- Conference on Research and Innovation – an opportunity for
Warsaw, 13 February 2006 Ministers, Members of Parliament, fellow Commissioner, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to be with you today to present how the Structural Funds support research and...
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Social studies round-up
The Shadow of Marriage: Singleness in England 1914-1960Author: Katherine HoldenEdition: FirstPublisher: Manchester University PressPrice: £55.00ISBN 9780719068928A historical view of singleness, a...
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When the buck stops with you
If you need to become a 'born leader' overnight, says Harriet Swain, you must understand the culture of the group you'll be heading, encourage collaboration at all levels, say what you mean and do...
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Work Begins on "Don Quijote", the Near-Earth Object Deflecting Mission - Jousting with Asteroids
Paris, 07 Apr 2006 If a large asteroid such as the recently identified 2004 VD17 – about 500 m in diameter with a mass of nearly 1000 million tonnes - collides with the Earth it could spell...
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CIP – Innovation and entrepreneurship, ICT and intelligent energy
Brussels, 1 June 2006 CIP is a programme for SMEs bringing together several existing EU activities that support competitiveness and innovation The new CIP programme has a budget of € 3.621...
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Take a 'business-facing' approach, ministers say
The Government's response to the Leitch review is to make employment and training a priority. Rebecca Attwood reports on institutions' early progress A new generation of "business-facing"...