Loud and clear
Researchers didn't hold back when EPSRC head Paul Golby asked for feedback on the council's workings. Things will improve, he vows
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Reducing animal testing: Industry commits to action programme, Commission tables guidelines for labelling cosmetics as 鈥渘ot tested on animals鈥
Brussels, 21 June 2006 The fight against animal testing gets more concrete. Initiated by the European Commission, the new “European Partnership on Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing...
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Candidates, follow our curriculum and prepare for global government
Billionaire-backed Oxford school takes leaf out of US book. David Matthews reports
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There and Back Again: J.R.R. Tolkien and the Origins of the Hobbit
Like the road in Bilbo Baggins' song, the Tolkien industry goes ever on. No self-respecting medievalist's pension plan is complete, it seems, without a "pop" book explaining how J.R.R. got it all...
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The old heave-ho
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald Kauvar and E. Grady Bogue on the many reasons higher education leaders end up walking the plank
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Decline and fall of American presidencies
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald Kauvar and E. Grady Bogue on forced departures and how to avoid them
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European industry leaders and EU policymakers meet to plan for security research
Brussels, 7 octobre 2003 The European Commission has kick-started the development of a European security research programme. A group of selected personalities from industry, government and academia...
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European industry leaders and EU policymakers meet to plan for security research
Brussels, 7 octobre 2003 The European Commission has kick-started the development of a European security research programme. A group of selected personalities from industry, government and academia...
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European Advisory Group on Aerospace outlines way forward for industry
Brussels, 16 July 2002 The High-Level European Advisory Group on Aerospace today presented its report, Strategic Aerospace Review for the 21 st Century (STAR 21) to the President of the European...
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News in brief
Jargon competitionCalling all guardians of clarity"Instead of adding to the overall footprint we are looking at the whole envelope of estate in terms of its conditionality." If that sentence makes no...
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Finnish Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen: Growing resources for a green future - investing in science and technology (link)
Helsinki, 20 October 2006 Growing resources for a green future - investing in science and technology Speech by Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen European Conference on Biorefinery...
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Appointments
University of GreenwichDarrick JolliffeA specialist in the psychology of crime and the development of criminal behaviour who has joined the University of Greenwich said he liked the idea of being...
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Italians rethink industry research links
Italian universities are showing signs of backing away from their strategy of developing industrially-orientated undergraduate courses in favour of a general education followed by specialist...
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Lack of support thwarts strong alliances with business, institutions say
Sector embraces partnerships but finds cash and structure wanting. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Brands' central station
Universities are brands whether they like it or not. In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, the right strategy can enhance institutions鈥 reputations and allow them to stand out from the...