Don's Diary: Howard Wright
Tuesday Landing at Bahir Dar in North Ethiopia is unsettling. The conflict in Eritrea is close by and the airfield is a base for government Mig fighter planes. The window blinds are shut for take-off...
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Commission Communication: More Research for Europe - Towards 3% of GDP
Brussels, 12 Sep 2002 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION MORE RESEARCH FOR EUROPE Towards 3% of GDP Table of Contents Full Text EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In March 2000, at the Lisbon European Council, Heads...
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Towards sustainable agriculture for developing countries: options from life sciences and biotechnologies
Brussels, 30 January 2003 Discussion Platform, Brussels, 30-31 January, 2003 Q. What are the background and objectives of this event? The need to increase crop yields in developing countries in a...
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IT offers kickstart to Welsh economy
The University of Glamorgan is developing a raft of programmes that could help foster business regeneration in the valleys of South Wales. As proposals take shape for a super-university created...
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For the record
12 centres to focus on innovation for industry Science minister Lord Sainsbury will launch 12 new research centres in a £120 million collaboration between the Engineering and Physical Sciences...
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Bosses take token line on training
Employers are tokenistic about lifelong learning and are turning the idea of "employability" into little more than a "hackneyed catchphrase", according to an Institute of Employment Studies report....
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From an ism to a wasm
Margaret Thatcher: Volume Two
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For the record
Gloucestershire joins the university ranks England's first new university in a decade was created this week as the Privy Council confirmed that it had awarded the title to Cheltenham and Gloucester...
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Jobs must go to make UK books balance
Universities up and down Britain this week announced job cuts as they struggled to balance their books in the face of falling student numbers and budget cuts. Staff at the University of Manchester...
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Bring this supply in from the cold
The UK's army of part-time lecturers, who teach up to a third of undergraduate degrees, has lacked support and secure employment for too long, says Richard Blackwell. My experience of part-time...
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Entrepreneurs put on research cap
Specialist posts, sabbaticals and secondments for academics and captains of industry and staff training have emerged as Scottish university strategies to exploit the commercial potential of research...
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Glittering prizes
University of Leeds academics have won the following prizes: Richard Smithells , emeritus professor of paediatrics, has won the Kennedy Foundation's International Award for Scientific Achievement for...
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Analysis: How deep must students dig?
In the second of our series on what the government must address in its upcoming strategy paper, Alison Goddard considers the case for top-up and differential fees. Despite prime minister Tony Blair's...
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Anna Birulés: We need to boost the role of the outermost regions as a work platform in the European Area of Research and Innovation
Brussels, 26 June 2002 Minister Birulés highlights these regions' potential for R&D stemming from their geographical features and variety of natural environments Las Palmas, 24/06/2002 In...
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Global earth observation plan takes critical step forward
28 November 2003 Italy Hosts Second Follow Up Meeting to Earth Observation Summit The ad hoc intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) will hold its second meeting on November 28-29 in...