Saving lives in spite of the clutter
Name : Guillaume Alinier Age : 29 Job: I am manager of a multiprofessional healthcare simulation centre in Hertfordshire University's Intensive Care Emergency Simulation Centre. I am also a...
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Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am a lecturer in an old university. I have been living with bipolar disorder since my...
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Ride the Cornish job wave
Exeter University has launched a recruitment drive to fill up to 30 posts on a new £100 million campus near Falmouth. Backed by European Union Objective One funding, the campus is a Combined...
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Who's in, who's out?
HULL Peter Rolf Lutzeier is both excited and daunted by his appointment as pro vice-chancellor for teaching and learning at Hull University. There may not be a word to describe these seemingly...
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Reversing car culture
The University of East Anglia takes green initiative and appoints a travel adviser, reports Claire Sanders Staff and students at the University of East Anglia are being encouraged to consider greener...
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Minister admits funding shortfall
Science Minister Lord Sainsbury admitted this week that government support for science departments was insufficient, but said funding chiefs would not consider changing it until at least next year....
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US and Russian scientists claim discovery of newest element
Brussels, 19 October 2006 A research team of Russian and American scientists have claimed the discovery of the newest element, called element 118 after the number of protons in its nucleus. The...
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Dissecting the pros and cons of nanotechnologies
Brussels, 19 October 2006 Will Nanosciences shape future society and how will citizens benefit from it? This was the question put to scientists, policy makers and stakeholders at a Nanocafé on 18...
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Commission to propose strict counter testing of US rice imports for unauthorised GMOs
Brussels, 19 October 2006 The European Commission will table a Decision imposing mandatory counter testing for unauthorised GMOs in all imports of US long grain rice, at the Standing Committee on the...
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Note by Belgian delegation on imports of unauthorised GMOs into the EU (link)
Brussels, 19 October 2006 Full text of Document 14030/06 Suite of documents 14030/06 Brussels, 16 October NOTE from General Secretariat to Delegations Subject: Imports of unauthorised GMOs into the...
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Ozone in the food industry: workshop - Bremerhaven, 27 November
Brussels, 19 October 2006 A workshop on the use of ozone for cleaning and disinfection purposes in the food industry will be held in Bremerhaven, Germany on November. At the workshop, partners in the...
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European researcher develops revolutionary flu vaccine
Brussels, 19 October 2006 Professor Nigel Dimmock from the University of Warwick has developed a vaccination method that effectively turns the flu virus against itself. This new method is...
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Research yields insights into deadly nature of 1918 flu pandemic
Brussels, 18 October 2006 By Charlene Porter Washington File Staff Writer Scientists at the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have developed a vaccine that protects mice...
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EU Forum unveils strategic roadmap for European research infrastructures
Brussels, 19 October 2006 Details of the projects are in "European Research Infrastructures - 35 projects identified" MEMO/06/384 Today the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI...
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EUROCHAMBRES welcomes proposal on European Institute of Technology, but demands clarity on burning questions
Brussels, 19 October 2006 European Chambers of Commerce couldn't agree more on the need to invest in the innovation capacity of Europe. In this respect, EUROCHAMBRES applauds the Commission proposal...