Scots bid to boost contract security
The Scottish Parliament has called for action to give contract researchers improved status and greater job security. A debate on the plight of contract researchers had to be extended beyond its...
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Network and Information Security - forthcoming Commission proposal on a security unit, resolution on a "culture of security" (Extract from: Provisional Version, Telecoms Council, 5 Dec)
Brussels, 06 Dec 2002 Å’ Proposal for a European network and information security unit The Council heard a report from the Commission on a proposal for a Regulation that it intends to present in the...
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Face it, maybe you are a camel
Simon Blackburn goes in search of his inner 'Real Self' and finds his 'Old Self' Many philosophers set a lot of store by authenticity. In fact, the best ever piece of light verse about a philosopher...
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Ex-polys losers in research cull
Up to half the former polytechnics may be effectively stripped of their research role under proposals in the government's strategy document due next month. Education secretary Charles Clarke is...
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Commission to invest EUR 2.2 billion in research projects for SMEs
Brussels, 25 September 2002 The European Commission will present its research initiatives devoted to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at the 4 th SME Technology Days Conference which will...
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Nuna II ready for its debut
Paris, 25 August 2003 On 19 October 50 racing cars will be in Darwin, ߣߣÊÓƵ warming up for the start of the 7th World Solar Challenge; among them, a slick student-built machine that profits from...
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V-cs rail against two-tier threat
Vice-chancellors have warned the government not to create a two-tier system of higher education by taking research degree-awarding powers away from some universities and further concentrating...
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Trends in HE: Pioneers of urban frontier find kinship close to home
A sense of unity will enable new-generation universities to be loud and proud, says Janice Reid Around the world, new universities are feeling the challenges of a changing global economy and...
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U.S. National Academy of Sciences Report on Changes Needed to Improve Operation of U.S. Patent System (link)
Washington, 20 Apr 2004 To enhance the vitality and overall operation of the nation's patent system, federal officials should take decisive steps to increase the system's flexibility, openness, and...
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Flaws in marking revealed by QAA
Exam questions that fail to challenge students as well as questions that are repeated year after year are among the poor assessment practices that continue to threaten standards on university courses...
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Flaws in marking revealed by QAA
Exam questions that fail to challenge students as well as questions that are repeated year after year are among the poor assessment practices that continue to threaten standards on university courses...
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Now the genie is out of its bottle...
Beyond all Reason
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Every trick you will ever need up your lab coat sleeve
The Molecular World Series
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Entrepreneurs lift off with ESA's business incubator
Paris, 16 Feb 2004 European entrepreneurs with innovative ideas now have help in getting their businesses started, thanks to a recent ESA initiative called the European Space Incubator. Its goal is...
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Entrepreneurs lift off with ESA's business incubator
Paris, 16 Feb 2004 European entrepreneurs with innovative ideas now have help in getting their businesses started, thanks to a recent ESA initiative called the European Space Incubator. Its goal is...