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SUNDERLAND When Jim Smith steps down from his Department of Health post as chief pharmaceutical officer in August, he will take up a full-time chair at Sunderland University's School of Health,...
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Ucas tests training to aid admissions
Seventeen universities and colleges have signed up to trial a national training programme and qualification for admissions staff being developed by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service....
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Scots duo sharpen competitive edge
Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt universities have this week jointly advertised 20 posts for their pioneering research partnership in engineering and mathematics. This is the type of innovative...
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CRONUS-EU: Using particles from the galaxy to understand the earth’s surface
Brussels, 14 July 2005 CRONUS-EU, an EU-funded research project, will seek to establish a better chronology of the Earth’s surface events. Using cosmic rays, scientists will be able to date...
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First reading of draft 2006 EU budget Council of Finance Ministers
Brussels, 14 July 2005 The EU’s Council of Finance ministers are meeting in Brussels on 15th July at 10.00 a.m. for the first reading of the 2006 draft budget. At 11.00 a.m. representatives...
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We can't afford to 'wait and see' Potocnik tells informal Competitiveness Council
Brussels, 14 Jul 2005 'Concentrating our efforts in Europe on knowledge has no real alternative. I do not underestimate the problems that we currently face,' concluded EU Commissioner for Science and...
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ICT and media heads pledge their help to 'unlock Europe's digital economy'
Brussels, 14 Jul 2005 Representatives from ten of Europe's leading telecom, Internet, television and music companies met with the Commission and the UK presidency in London on 8 and 9 July to discuss...
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European scientists argue case for Extremely Large Telescope
Brussels, 14 Jul 2005 Scientists within the EU funded OPTICON project have formally argued the case for the construction of the European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) - an optical telescope the...
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Craving for nicotine is in the genes
Brussels, 14 Jul 2005 Scientists from the Institut Pasteur in France, associated to the national centre for scientific research (CNRS), have revealed for the first time how and where nicotine...
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Conference on artificial intelligence, Scotland
Brussels, 14 Jul 2005 The 19th international joint conference on artificial intelligence - IJCAI-05 - will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 30 July to 5 August. Hosted by the British...
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PAGES open science meeting, China
Brussels, 14 Jul 2005 The PAGES second open science meeting will take place in Beijing, China, from 10 to 12 August. Past Global Changes (PAGES), a core project of the International Geosphere-...
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Call for Proposals - Doctoral Training Centres in Systems Biology
Deadline: 28/09/2005
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Call for Proposals - Consciousness in a Natural and Cultural Context
Deadline: 15/09/2005
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Call for proposals: Supplying cannabis to young people
Deadline: 13/09/2005
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Today's news
Muslim scholar denied entry to US An internationally renowned British Muslim scholar was this week refused entry to the US with no explanation, it has emerged. Zaki Badawi, head of the Muslim College...