Absence of elite distorts picture
Low student reply rate keeps top institutions off tally of campuses and lessens the impact of results. Jessica Shepherd reports. More of the UK's top universities were excluded from the National...
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Commissioner Janez Potocnik: EU R&D Innovation: Opportunities for SMEs Conference “SME in the R&D Framework Programme”
Kortrijk, 23 May 2006 Conference “SME in the R&D Framework Programme” Kortrijk, 23 May 2006 Dear Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me here today and...
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Commissioner Stavros Dimas: General Assembly of the Technology Platform on Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants
Brussels, 12 September 2006 General Assembly of the Technology Platform on Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants Brussels, 12 September 2006 Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour for me...
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Work Begins on "Don Quijote", the Near-Earth Object Deflecting Mission - Jousting with Asteroids
Paris, 07 Apr 2006 If a large asteroid such as the recently identified 2004 VD17 – about 500 m in diameter with a mass of nearly 1000 million tonnes - collides with the Earth it could spell...
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The Commission details its plan for a European Institute of Technology
Brussels, 8 June 2006 Following a wide-ranging consultation of stakeholders and Member States, the Commission today adopted a new Communication fleshing out its plan for the establishment of a...
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How Structural Funds can support Research and Innovation
Brussels, 13 February 2006 Today Commissioners Danuta Hübner and Janez Potočnik will participate in a conference in Warsaw called "Research and Innovation - an Opportunity for...
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Commission takes stock of the GALILEO Programme
Brussels, 7 June 2006 The European Commission today adopted a communication taking stock of the GALILEO satellite radionavigation programme. The communication outlines the key components of this...
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Today's news
Oxford silences animal activists Oxford University served an unprecedentedly strict injunction yesterday to protect students and staff by banning animal rights activists from screaming through...
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'As a student, I was on the front line. I soon realised just how important universities were for Islamist groups: for young people eager for new ideas they provided an environment far removed from the
Shiraz Maher, a former member of the radical group Hizb ut-Tahrir, says universities have been wilfully blind to extremist groups recruiting on campus, where they enjoy freedom to operate away from...
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RAE 2008: Jury has designs on fruits of labour (physical sciences & engineering)
Applied research will receive much greater recognition among the panels for physical sciences and engineering in the 2008 research assessment exercise, writes Caroline Davis. Universities will be...
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Commissioner Danuta Hübner: “Research and Innovation – How to take advantage of the unique opportunities offered by the Structural Funds” -- Conference on Research and Innovation – an opportunity for
Warsaw, 13 February 2006 Ministers, Members of Parliament, fellow Commissioner, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to be with you today to present how the Structural Funds support research and...
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CIP – Innovation and entrepreneurship, ICT and intelligent energy
Brussels, 1 June 2006 CIP is a programme for SMEs bringing together several existing EU activities that support competitiveness and innovation The new CIP programme has a budget of € 3.621...
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Who will iron the papers?
The Servant Problem
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Investing more in knowledge and innovation: Presidency conclusions - Brussels European Council, 25-26 March
Brussels, 24 March 2006 Brussels European Council, 23-24 March 2006 Presidency conclusions 18. In view of the importance of R&D for future growth and in providing solutions for many of the...
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When the buck stops with you
If you need to become a 'born leader' overnight, says Harriet Swain, you must understand the culture of the group you'll be heading, encourage collaboration at all levels, say what you mean and do...