Degree grades 'are too crude'
The traditional degree classification of firsts, seconds and thirds should be scrapped, a government-backed task group will recommend in the summer. The Times Higher has learnt that the "scoping...
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Oxford's future vision could upset colleges
Oxford University is on a collision course with its constituent colleges as it pushes forward a radical academic strategy designed to maintain its reputation as one of the world's leading...
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Revised Text of a Proposed Council Directive (Euratom) on the Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste (link)
Brussels, 06 May 2004 Full text of Document 9090/04 Suite of documents 9090/04 No. Cion prop.: No prev. doc.: 8990/03 ATO 95 ENER 132 8719/04 ATO 43 ENER 118 ENV 248 Subject: Proposal for a Council...
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Human genetic testing: implications and recommendations
Brussels, 06 May 2004 Genetic testing identifies illnesses that might be linked to our genes. It can help recognise hereditary diseases, tailor cures to an individual's genetic make-up and develop...
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IST 2004 Event: The Hague "Netherlands Congress Centre", 15-17 November, 2004
Brussels, 06 May 2004 Welcome to the IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future This year's edition of the European Commission's most important Information Society Technologies (IST) event is...
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Marie Curie Actions - Commission opens gate to foreign scientific talent
Brussels, 06 May 2004 In a bid to attract the best research talent, the European Commission has formally proposed the creation of a specific residence permit for researchers. The EU executive has...
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Students face 40% rent rise at Oxford Oxford undergraduates face rent increases of up to 40 per cent after bursars scrapped historic cost of living subsidies. The increases this autumn, revealed in a...
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New FP6 project to promote women's participation in FP6
Brussels, 06 May 2004 The European Commission is to award 931,000 euro to a new project aimed at promoting women entrepreneurs' participation in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). WomEn2FP6 is...
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Four EU countries in competitiveness report top ten
Brussels, 06 May 2004 A competitiveness report by IMD, a Swiss business school, has put Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg and Ireland in the top ten of a list of the most competitive countries, and found...
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Royal Society clashes with UK Parliamentary Committee over farm scale GM trials
Brussels, 06 May 2004 The UK's Royal Society has attacked the findings of a report by the House of Commons environmental audit committee, which cast doubt on the reliability of results from the...
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EMBO young investigator programme symposium - chemical approaches to the study of biology
Brussels, 06 May 2004 The second European molecular biology organisation (EMBO) young investigator programme symposium will take place at the EMBL in Heidelberg, Germany, on 5 and 6 June, focusing on...
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France to host series of information events on SMEs in EU research projects
Brussels, 06 May 2004 A French National Contact Point (NCP) and five industrial technique centres are organising a series of events on participation in European research programmes by small and...
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Project management in FP6
Brussels, 06 May 2004 A workshop on project management in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place on 8 June in Cambridge, UK. The event aims to equip participants with knowledge and...
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Men who made the world smaller
Innovation and the Communications Revolution
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From an ism to a wasm
Margaret Thatcher: Volume Two