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Westminster to open Uzbekistan branch The University of Westminster is to open a branch in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Courses for bachelors and masters degrees will be offered in economics, management,...
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Plea for French-built synchrotron
France should develop a new-generation synchrotron on its own territory, a parliamentary committee has unanimously concluded, flatly contradicting former research minister Claude All gre's decision...
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Europe's chemists join forces
Europe faces a serious threat to its highly successful chemical industry and must combat it with a common research and development policy for chemistry and chemical engineering, according to a report...
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Record number of research projects outlined at December meeting of COST officials
Brussels, 8 January 2002 European Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research. 146th Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials for Scientific and Technical Research (COST)....
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Monsieur Philippe Busquin: Lancement du programme d'essais cliniques contre les maladies de la pauvreté Caixa Forum Barcellone, 19 avril 2002
Barcellone, 19 avril 2002 Monsieur le Premier Ministre, Mesdames les ministres, Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs, Je suis très heureux de pouvoir annoncer aujourd'hui la première phase d'une...
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UK lags in green research
The United Kingdom has the lowest expenditure per capita on environmental research and development of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, MPs were told this week....
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E-envoy backs broadband bid
Britain has to make sure it becomes the world's number one broadband nation - not least to underpin effective lifelong learning - but it will take more than just government action to achieve that...
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Falling fortunes of the lands of the rising sun
The Great Divergence
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Analysis: Why the smart cash is not so clever
The Russell Group has made all the right moves so far as the research assessment exercise is concerned, but its financial tactics may not make long-term business sense. Alison Goddard reports...
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Report of reflection meeting on future of COST within European Research Area, 28 January 2002
Brussels, 18 February 2002 Full text European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST. Secretariat. Summary of Conclusions of the meeting of the JAF Reflection Group held...
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British struggle with innovation
Many British firms are struggling with what innovation means despite almost universal recognition that it is critical to making companies and nations more competitive, according to a newly published...
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Analysis: Arts and design put on a good RAE show
Creative subjects have started to focus on research. Caroline Davis reports. Funding chiefs have already revealed that half the staff returned in this year's research assessment exercise work in...
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If one sees an haitch, drop it
The New Elites
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The frosty welcome is part of the package
A group of glaciologists has escaped the British weather for somewhere... colder. In the fourth article on what researchers do in the summer, Bryn Hubbard reports from the Arctic island of...
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Ageing issues are not age old
Four research councils are getting together to meet the complex challenge posed by a longer-living population. Terry Philpot reports. Whatever the challenges that will face practitioners and policy-...