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Bribery scam produces Southern discomfort Lecturers at Southern University, Louisiana, US, have uncovered a bribery scam that went unchecked for up to nine years where students allegedly handed over...
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A Preliminary Risk Analysis of Nanotechnology R&D, Based on the Commission's Workshop Held 1-2 March (link)
Brussels, 03 May 2004 Full text EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General of the European Commission convened a workshop in Brussels on 1.2 March 2004 entitled $#129;...
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OECD acceptance for alternative test methods pioneered at the Joint Research Centre
Brussels, 03 May 2004 Summary: The OECD recently endorsed four toxicity test methods that avoid the use of animals. These were validated by the JRC's European Centre for the Validation of Alternative...
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Save British Science responds to government proposals for a ten-year science plan
Brussels, 03 May 2004 Save British Science (SBS) has responded to a UK government consultation on its ten year investment programme for science and innovation by urging the government not to try to...
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New report urges French government to focus on nanotechnologies
Brussels, 03 May 2004 A report published recently by the French Academies of Science and Technology has urged the French government to set up a 'national research programme', if it wants to avoid...
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Agenda of the Intermodal Questions and Networks  Galileo, Tuesday, 11 May 2004 (link)
Brussels, 03 May 2004 Full text of Document 1747/04 1. GALILEO Proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radionavigation...
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ESA delays deployment of Mars Express radar
Brussels, 03 May 2004 The European Space Agency (ESA) has decided to postpone the deployment of the MARSIS radar onboard Mars Express, scheduled for this week, while it awaits the results of ongoing...
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IST mobile and wireless communications summit, Lyon
Brussels, 03 May 2004 The European Commission is sponsoring the 13th IST (information society technologies) mobile and wireless communications summit in Lyon, France, from to 30 June. The event...
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Luxembourg to sign agreement on accession to ESA Convention
Paris, 03 May 2004 On 6 May, Mrs Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Minister for Culture, Higher Education and Research of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of ESA,...
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The Dragon Programme's architect - interview with José Achache
Paris, 03 May 2004 This last week saw the start of the Dragon Programme: a landmark Earth Observation initiative between Europe and China. Fresh from attending its kick-off symposium, ESA Earth...
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Subjects slot into class divide
Students from poor backgrounds stand less chance of securing a degree place than those from more prosperous backgrounds when applying for medicine and a variety of other subjects, an exclusive...
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Greenfield fails to get on society shortlist
Baroness Greenfield has not been included on the shortlist for membership of the Royal Society, The Times Higher can reveal. The Times Higher reported in February that Baroness Greenfield, a...
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In the news: Lord Selborne
Lord Selborne risked accusations of Luddism this week by voicing concerns about the lack of public debate on the growth of new technologies, including the government's proposals for identity cards....
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Appointments
* Ray Lewis , director of human resources at Glasgow University, will join the merged university in Manchester as director of human resources on May 1. * Brenda Hale , lord justice of appeal since...
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'Graduate glut' claim rubbished
Claims that the expansion of higher education will create a "glut" of graduates who cannot find well-paid jobs are wrong, according to a report on the country's skills gap published this week. The...