Who's in who's out?
University of the Arts London First we were what we ate and now we are what we wear, according to Frances Corner (left), the new head of the London College of Fashion. Dr Corner, who spent four years...
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RSPCA outrage as experiments on animals rise to 2.85m The number of scientific experiments on animals rose by 63,000 last year to just over 2.85 million, according to data released by the Home Office...
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Second interim report by Ad Hoc Working Party on Nuclear Safety (link)
Brussels, 8 December 2005 Full text of Document 15458/05 Suite of documents 15458/05 Subject: Second WPNS interim report Pursuant to the WPNS working plan, delegations will find attached for their...
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Research and Joint Research/Atomic Questions Working Party: agenda (researchers' charter, Croatia's observer status, transatlantic cooperation) - 12 December
Brussels, 8 December 2005 Full text of Document 4445/05 Subject: RESEARCH AND JOINT RESEARCH/ATOMIC QUESTIONS WORKING PARTY Date: Monday, 12 December 2005 - 10h00 (morning only) Venue: COUNCIL JUSTUS...
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Commissioner Stavros Dimas: Renewables – a Ready to Go Technology to Reduce Greenhouse gas Emissions
Montreal, 7 December 2005 Renewables side-event co-organised with German Government Montreal, 7 December 2005 Minister Gabriel, Dear delegates, Let me thank you all for joining us at this side-event...
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Descartes Prize winner celebrates a first for social sciences
Brussels, 08 Dec 2005 'Until recently, it would have been very unlikely that a major award would go to a team working in the social sciences, and this signifies an overdue and welcome recognition of...
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Raising the impact of COST through competition
Brussels, 08 Dec 2005 One of the oldest organisations supporting European research, COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) is initiating reforms that will...
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Building a new generation of research infrastructures for a competitive Europe of knowledge
Brussels, 08 Dec 2005 Access to effective research infrastructures in Europe is a key factor for competitiveness in both fundamental and applied research, said Science and Research Commissioner Janez...
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The Authority prolongs its State Aid Guidelines on short term export credit insurance and aid for research & development
Brussels, 7 December 2005 The EFTA Surveillance Authority decided today to prolong its State Aid Guidelines on short term export credit insurance until 30 June 2006 or until the date the Authority...
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After 60 days in bed, it's time to get up! Second ESA/CNES experiment ends
Paris, 08 Dec 2005 The second round of the women 'bed rest' experiment being carried out by ESA and CNES has now been completed. The 12 volunteers are back on their feet again, after spending two...
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Laurie Taylor Column
From: Maureen To: All members of department It's that time of year again, so I thought I'd remind you of the traditional treats of the season. 1. Christmas party Last year's decision to abandon the...
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Leader: Cameron faces difficult choices
With Labour's "education, education, education" increasingly reverting to an exclusive concentration on the primary and secondary phases, the presence of "well-funded universities" among the...
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Leader: Unity needs harmony
Academics' enthusiasm for a merged trade union made even the Tories' support for David Cameron look positively lukewarm: the turnout may have been lower, but almost 90 per cent backing for the...
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Hi-tech play is fair game as art 1
I was a little disappointed that computer scientists and English academics alone were asked to "ponder whether computer games could be artistic equals of great novels" ("Lara can hold a candle to...
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Hi-tech play is fair game as art 2
I sense a category error: it is not for the Booker prize that some future computer game will be shortlisted ("The prize for literature goes to...," December 12) but for the Turner prize. And talking...