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Students welcome Tory plan to abolish fees Tory plans to scrap tuition fees won a rare thumbs-up from the National Union of Students yesterday, but left vice-chancellors nervous about an agenda that...
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Research elitism will make life harder for female academics The government's plans to reform higher education will increase the pay and opportunities gap between men and women in universities,...
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Animal testing: Commission presents new alternative drug testing methods
Brussels, 12 May 2003 Today in Brussels the European Commission presented new methods of drug testing to replace animals with safe alternatives. The set of six tests, developed by EU-supported...
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The National Trust, a Major UK landowner, bans GM crops
Brussels, 12 May 2003 The UK's National Trust has instructed its 2,000 tenant farmers not to grow genetically modified (GM) crops on its land. The charity, which is responsible for some 250,000...
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Athens hosts workshop on EU policy for e-Infrastructures
Brussels, 12 May 2003 A workshop on the subject of developing a new EU policy for e-Infrastructures will take place on 12 June in Athens, Greece. Entitled 'towards integrated networking and grids...
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EU Action Plan to boost research efforts in Europe (Extracted from commission press release ahead of the Competitiveness Council of 13 May 2003)
Brussels, 12 May 2003 Research items on the agenda EU Action Plan to boost research efforts in Europe (FF) Ministers will exchange views on the Communication "Investing in research: an action plan...
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International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) (Extracted from commission press release ahead of the Competitiveness Council of 13 May 2003)
Brussels, 12 May 2003 Commissioner Busquin will present the Communication ( COM(2003) 215 final) on the preliminary status of the ongoing negotiations on the ITER (International Thermonuclear...
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Biotechnolgy 1st Implementation report (Extracted from commission press release ahead of the Competitiveness Council of 13 May 2003)
Brussels, 12 May 2003 Ministers will have an exchange of views on the first annual report on the Strategy on Life Sciences and Biotechnology and will be asked to indicate their main immediate...
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Philippe Busquin: Moins d'animaux dans l'évaluation de médicaments grâce à la recherche européenne, Conférence de presse, Bruxelles, 12 mai 2003
Bruxelles, 12 mai 2003 Mesdames et Messieurs, J'ai le plaisir de vous présenter aujourd'hui le résultat d'une collaboration européenne fructueuse en recherche et développement dans un domaine qui...
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Commission publishes call for expressions of interest for technical, administrative and organisational assistance in the IT section of the FP6
Brussels, 12 May 2003 The European Commission has published a call for expressions of interest for the provision of assistance in various technical, administrative and organisational tasks in...
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UNICE calls for decisive action from Competitiveness Council
Brussels, 12 May 2003 The union of industrial and employers' confederations of Europe (UNICE) has written to the current chair of the EU Competitiveness Council, Apostolos Tsohatzopoulos, urging the...
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Fewer tests on animals and safer drugs: new EU tests save 200,000 rabbits per year
Brussels, 12 May 2003 New, groundbreaking methods of drug testing to replace animals with safe alternatives, saving up to 200,000 rabbits per year, were unveiled today in Brussels by European...
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Green Paper on European Space Policy (Extracted from commission press release ahead of the Competitiveness Council of 13 May 2003)
Brussels, 12 May 2003 Ministers will exchange views on the Green Paper on European Space Policy ( COM(2003) 17 final), as adopted by the Commission on 21 January 2003. The Paper, prepared by the...
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Today's news
Tories say they will scrap tuition fees All students would be entitled to free university education under an audacious Conservative attempt to recapture the middle classes to be announced today. Iain...
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Meet your nano-colleague in the Nordic region
Brussels, 09 May 2003 An information day on nanotechnology in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) and related activities in the Scandinavian region will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 12 June...