Growing appeal of the Open road
With top-up fees about to drive up the price of a degree, the Open University is becoming the cost-conscious school-leaver's first port of call, writes John Kirkaldy The traditional image of the Open...
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TACD Situation Report: The Role Of "Science" And "Other Factors" in Food Safety
London, 18 Jan 2006 (see Resolution on 'Risk Analysis and the role of Other Factors' Doc Food-16-00 -- in French) Current Situation As consumer organizations within the EU and the US seek to...
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JAF Meeting on 15/16 February 2006, Agenda Items - Draft Terms of Reference for a Mandate of a COST Domain Committee and Draft Rules of Procedure for a COST Domain Committee (links)
Brussels, 18 Jan 2006 Draft Terms of Reference for a Mandate of a COST Domain Committee Full text of Document 2/1/05 Revision 01 Suite of documents 2/1/05 Delegations will find attached the draft "...
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Avian influenza: expectations surpassed as international community pledges US$1.9 bn in Beijing (plus links to other Rapid items)
Brussels, 18 January 2006 The international community has pledged a total amount of $1.9 billion dollars to fight avian influenza and prepare for a possible human influenza pandemic, EU Health and...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, 18 January 2006
Brussels, 18 Jan 2006 Full text of Document 180/06 1. Specific Programme "Cooperation": ­ examination of articles, introductory part to Annex I, Annex III and Annex IV doc. 136/05 RECH 182...
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List of Topics for Open Debate at Council Meetings during the Austrian Presidency
Brussels, 18 Jan 2006 Full text of Document 5363/06 Suite of documents 5363/06 1. Attached is the list of the of topics on which the Presidency proposes to hold open debates at meetings of the...
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Today's news
Unions angered by widening university pay gap Pay talks between university lecturers and employers took a further dive today, when it emerged that vice-chancellors and principals enjoyed pay rises of...
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Exemption of transfer of small quantities or ores, source materials and special fissile materials from Euratom rules on supply (OJ link)
Brussels, 17 January 2006 Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 66/2006 of 16 January 2006 exempting the transfer of small quantities of ores, source materials and special fissile materials from the...
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Today's news
Oxford and Cambridge join elite research alliance Oxford and Cambridge have joined a global group of 10 elite universities to collaborate in research and to exchange staff and students. Launched in...
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Latest research news
Mission set for Pluto Nasa is readying to send a speedy craft out to the edges of our Solar System, to give us our first ever close-up of Pluto. The New Horizons mission, which is due to launch from...
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Lloyds TSB Scotland Foundation: research fellowships
Deadline: 03/03/2006
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Non-Clinical Research Fellowship
Deadline: 28/04/2006
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Individual Research Grants
Deadline: 15/06/2006
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Agnes Higgins Award
Deadline: 10/03/2006
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Internal Market: Commission asks industry and other stakeholders for their views on future patent policy - responses by 31 March
Brussels, 16 January 2006 The European Commission has launched a public consultation on how future action in patent policy to create an EU-wide system of protection can best take account of...