Limber up for role as flexible friend
Mature students often have responsibilities such as childcare, so the more adaptable you are over deadlines and timetables, the better. Harriet Swain offers advice on how best to meet their needs....
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Eating well and speaking volumes
Name : Moira Bent. Age: 49. Job: Faculty liaison librarian (science, agriculture and engineering), Newcastle University. Salary: Not enough Background : I have worked in university libraries for the...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. Having held several research contracts at one university, I have recently been moved on...
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Who got that cash?
Margaret Hosie and her seven-strong team at Glasgow University Veterinary School have been awarded £228,000 from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council over three years to support...
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Bangor bids for big time with new posts
Bangor University has unveiled plans to appoint more than 50 academics, including 23 professors, in its biggest expansion for decades. More than £10 million is to be invested in the posts over the...
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Living wage victory for London cleaners
Queen Mary, University of London, has become the first university in the capital to pay its cleaners a "living wage". From this week, contract cleaners at Queen Mary will be thousands of pounds...
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Polish MEP and inventor Adam Gierek asks Commission about EPO case law
Brussels, 13 Apr 2006 Professor Adam Gierek MEP has asked the Commission whether it still thinks that the case law of the European Patent Office (EPO) should be apply to the Community Patent. He...
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Mixed reception for new proposals to improve EU's GMO decision-making process
Brussels, 13 Apr 2006 The European Commission has announced that it is to propose steps to improve the scientific basis and transparency of decisions on genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The...
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Draft Report on Nanosciences and nanotechnologies: An action plan for Europe 2005-2009 (link)
Brussels, 13 Apr 2006 PROVISIONAL 2006/2004(INI) 23.3.2006 DRAFT REPORT on Nanosciences and nanotechnologies: An action plan for Europe 2005-2009 (2006/2004(INI)) Committee on Industry, Research and...
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Draft Report on the proposed Council decision concerning the specific Programme implementing the Seventh Framework Programme (2007-2011) (link)
Brussels, 13 Apr 2006 PROVISIONAL 2005/0190(CNS) 7.4.2006 * DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the specific Programme implementing the seventh Framework Programme (2007-...
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Draft Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the Specific Programme: "Capacities" implementing the 7th Framework Programme (2007-2013) (link)
Brussels, 13 Apr 2006 PROVISIONAL 2005/0188(CNS) 31.3.2006 * DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision on the Specific Programme: "Capacities" implementing the 7th Framework Programme (2007...
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German floods monitored by satellite
Brussels, 13 Apr 2006 The torrential flooding that has hit the Elbe River in northern Germany has been closely monitored from space by the ERS-2 satellite belonging to the European Space Agency (ESA...
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Understanding FP7 -- A Workshop in Cambridge, UK, on 19 May
Brussels, 13 Apr 2006 A workshop on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) will take place on 19 May in Cambridge, UK. The event will provide an overview of FP7. In addition to the European Commission...
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GIANT project aims to develop safe gene therapy for treating prostate cancer
Brussels, 13 Apr 2006 The detailed knowledge of the human genome has unlocked new opportunities for the treatment of disease. Gene therapy has so far proved to be a controversial as well as promising...
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Projet de Rapport sur la proposition de décision du Conseil concernant un programme spécifique à mettre en oeuvre au moyen d'actions directes par le Centre commun de recherche au titre du 7e programme
Brussels, 13 Apr 2006 * PROJET DE RAPPORT sur la proposition de décision du Conseil concernant un programme spécifique à mettre en oeuvre au moyen d'actions directes par le Centre commun de recherche...