Update: 12:00
Avearge age of UK academic staff is 42 The answer to life, the universe and everything is also the average age of all academic staff - 42 - according to data published by the Higher Education...
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Crumbling universities need £5 billion British universities need more than £5 billion to make their crumbling campuses safe and to modernise their facilities, concludes research commissioned by...
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COST research action on ecological aspects of denitrification, especially in agriculture
Brussels, 11 June 2002 Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST Action 856 "Ecological Aspects of Denitrification, with emphasis...
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COST research action on animal chlamydioses and the zoonotic implications
Brussels, 11 June 2002 Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST Action 855 "Animal Chlamydioses and the Zoonotic Implications."...
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ESA develops a smarter way to travel through space - ion engines now push satellites into orbit
Paris, 11 June 2002 As scientists demand more from space missions travelling to other worlds and beyond, traditional rocket technologies are beginning to show shortcomings. In response, ESA are...
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Call for tenders for Internet audience measurement
Brussels, 11 June 2002 The European Commission's Information Society DG has issued an open call for tenders for an Internet audience measurement service in Internet users and use. The eEurope 2002...
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New IPR Helpdesk holds launch event
Brussels, 11 June 2002 To highlight the launch of new IPR (intellectual property rights) helpdesk, an event has been organised at the Palais de Justice in Brussels on 4 July. The service boasts...
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OECD Workshop on Ageing-related Diseases - implications for research and health policy - Paris, 20-21 June 2002
Paris, 11 June 2002 Health economists and policy analysts, policy makers and researchers from 21 OECD countries will discuss the implications of Ageing-Related Diseases for research and for health...
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Spectacular images of the Earth are now available in the Envisat Earth Images gallery
Paris, 11 June 2002 [ If you are online, visit the ESA site and view the this text there with the accompanying photographs, then browse through these extraordinary images! ] ESA pages including the...
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Dark clouds cast shadow on FE colleges
Dark clouds cast shadow on FE colleges
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Cosmetic products tested on animals - MEPs vote for ban (amendments, codecision)
Strasbourg, 11 June 2002 Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT (PES, D) Report on the Council common position for adopting a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the...
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Update: 13:10
Dark clouds cast shadow on FE colleges Further education union leaders forecast an "autumn of discontent" for colleges this week after support staff threatened to join lecturers in strikes over pay....
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Today's news
US stem cell lines will falter, scientists say Fewer than half of the embryonic stem cell lines authorised by President George W. Bush for use in research funded by the US government would turn out...
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Second competition for young science writers in NIS
Brussels, 10 June 2002 INTAS is offering young science writers from the New Independent States the chance to put their scientific message across to a wider audience. On 28 May 2002, the International...
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Innovation in environmentally-friendly technologies can drive competitiveness forward, says Industry Council
Brussels, 10 June 2002 Innovation in environmentally-friendly technologies must be encouraged to drive forward competitiveness and sustainable development, state the conclusions of the EU Industry...