Parliament approves reports on ERA
Brussels, 13 June 2002 The European Parliament approved reports on strengthening and structuring the European research area (ERA) at its plenary session in Strasbourg on 12 July. Parliament, which...
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Belgium's comments on proposal for application of Euratom safeguards
Brussels, 13 June 2002 Proposal for a Council Decision approving a Commission Regulation on the application of Euratom safeguards. Cover note. Brussels, 5 June 2002 (12.06) (document 9630/02 ATO 70...
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Solar loops spring into view
Paris, 13 June 2002 Huge loops of very hot gas rising above the Sun's surface vibrate with enormous energy at times of solar storms. This is the latest surprise from ESA's flotilla of spacecraft -...
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Per Tegnér, currently Director General of the Swedish National Space Board, is the new Chairman of the ESA Council for the next two years (as from 1 July 2002)
Paris, 13 June 2002 Mr. Tegnér was unanimously elected at the 159th meeting of the ESA Council, held at the Canadian Space Agency in Montreal on 12 and 13 June. He will take over from Mr. Alain...
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France's comments on proposal for application of Euratom safeguards
Brussels, 13 June 2002 Proposal for a Council Decision approving a Commission Regulation on the application of Euratom safeguards. Cover note. Brussels, 4 June 2002 (11.06) (document 9602/02 ATO 69...
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Commission to co-finance study of deep vein thrombosis suffered by air passengers: answer to parliamentary question
Strasbourg, 13 June 2002 Verbatim report of proceedings, 13 June 2002 (Part A) Question no 16 by Robert J.E. Evans (H-0442/02) Subject: Aircraft passengers and deep vein thrombosis Answer The...
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Paris to host Fifth Virtual Reality World Congress
Brussels, 13 June 2002 The fifth Virtual Reality (VR) World Congress will take place in Paris, France on 9 and 10 September 2002. The congress, with the theme 'Systems for visionaries,' is timed to...
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Scottish FE colleges pledg ed extra £10m Scotland's enterprise and lifelong learning minister, Iain Gray, has pledged an extra £10 million to help further education colleges buy the latest equipment...
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Today's news
Science in schools gets £1m boost The first wave of schools that will specialise in science to help reverse the decline in the number of pupils taking physics and chemistry at A level has been...
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Nanotechnology project gets €2 million from EU
A team of scientists led by experts from the British BTG Nanotechnology Network has been granted €2 million (£1.28 million) by the European Union to develop a nanoscale biological switch. Six...
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Computer game comes to aid of dying tongue
Linguistics staff at Manchester University are trying to save Tofa, a language spoken by just 40 ageing Siberian reindeer hunters, by translating computer games into it. Tofa could be lost in 50...
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Clarification
The Student Loans Company has asked us to clarify a point in our story ( THES , June 7) about loan payments at Stirling University. Loans to other non-Scottish UK students will be paid on the...
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Standards proposal threatens PhD cuts
Universities that cannot provide supervisors from departments with research assessment exercise ratings of 3a or above will get no cash for PhD students under Higher Education Funding Council for...
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RAE plunges Bristol medics into crisis
Bristol Medical School, one of the oldest in the country, is in financial difficulties after its poor result in the research assessment exercise resulted in a loss of £1.2 million. The school teaches...
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Student joy poll reveals some home truths
Forget all-night parties and binge drinking. The happiest students live in their family home and drink modestly, according to a survey of 21,000 undergraduates. The survey, thought to be the largest...