Update 12:00
Government in the dark over A-level fiasco Prime Minister Tony Blair today acknowledged that the government does not yet know the full extent of the A-level marking debacle. Estimates have suggested...
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Universities fear vast numbers affected in A-level regrading Universities are growing increasingly frustrated that despite two reports into the A-level grading row no one can tell them how many...
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Commission welcomes Council's green light for EU research programmes
Brussels, 30 September 2002 The Council of EU Ministers today approved the five Specific Programmes implementing the €17,5 billion 6th EU Research Framework Programme (FP6 2003-2006). "I welcome this...
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OECD Promotes International Co-operation to Fight Infectious Diseases
Paris, 01 Oct 2002 New diseases, the resurgence of diseases once thought to be eradicated or contained and the threat of deliberately spread infectious diseases are a major problem worldwide. The...
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Rainfall research to aid flood control
Brussels, 01 Oct 2002 Researchers at the University of Essex, working with partners in Italy, Germany, Denmark and other UK organisations, have discovered a new method of measuring rainfall that...
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Prize to reward technological innovation for early childhood
Brussels, 01 Oct 2002 The Altran Foundation is calling for nominations for the 'Technological innovation and early childhood' prize. Created in 1996, the Altran Foundation for innovation supports and...
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Meeting calls for long term EU-Russia aeronautics and space strategy
Brussels, 01 Oct 2002 A European Parliament sky and space intergroup meeting with representatives from Russia called for a long term strategy for aeronautics and space on 25 September. Participants...
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European Business Angels Congress, Düsseldorf
Brussels, 01 Oct 2002 The first European Business Angels Congress will take place between 4 and 5 November 2002 in Düsseldorf, Germany. The event, hosted by The European business angels network (EBAN...
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UK Food Standards Agency calls for project proposals
Brussels, 01 Oct 2002 The UK Food Standards Agency has released information on the areas in which it is looking to commission research projects. Proposals are welcome from both UK and overseas...
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Update: 13:45
A-level review process will last until 11 October Thousands of students are to have their grades reviewed, the head of the inquiry into this summer's A-Level exams fiasco said today. A total of 31...
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Today's news
First state school alumnus heads Oxford college The first alumnus of a comprehensive school to head an Oxford college has taken up his post. Andrew Dilnot, 42, former director of the Institute of...
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Teaching and Learning Programme Fellowships
Deadline: 04/11/2002
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Teaching and Learning Programme: research training fellowships
Deadline: 04/11/2002
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Research on heart failure
Deadline: 21/11/2002
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Training Fellowships in Health Services Research
Deadline: 21/11/2002