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Discussing the European strategy for biotechnology and the life sciences
Brussels, 05 Aug 2004 The European Commission will host a satellite conference on 'A European strategy for biotechnology and life sciences' at the BIOnale event in Maastricht, the Netherlands, from 2...
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Japan reports 20 per cent drop in doctorates over two decades
With job prospects slim in Japanese academia, PhD students may need to look outside country for further employment, researcher suggests
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Arts and Humanities Research Council cuts funded PhDs by quarter
UK?funder will support fewer PhD studentships as cost pressures from reduced funding and higher doctoral stipends bite
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Parliament calls for more a more scientifically based environment and health strategy
Brussels, 01 Apr 2004 MEPs have responded positively to the Commission's report on a 'European Environment and Health Strategy', although 'In scientific terms, the EU is still making too much...
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Endocrine disruption, an EU strategy in full swing
Brussels, 03 Sep 2003 As evidence came to light of endocrinal changes in mammals and increased testicular cancer and lower male sperm counts, policy-makers knew action was needed. The EU's new...
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Tech challenger universities lead the way on industry links
91茄子?analysis shines a light on institutions that have thought outside the box on research collaboration and funding
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Peers criticise OfS ‘nonchalance’ on ‘looming crisis’ in finances
Lords committee report delivers biting criticism of ‘distant and combative’ English regulator, prompting calls for its chair to resign
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Parliament to debate Commission's ideas for a more coherent space strategy
Brussels, 11 January 2002 The European Parliament will debate a Commission communication on the need to develop a more coherent European space strategy on 16 January. The European Council called upon...
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‘Excessive’ workloads clearing marking backlog ‘unmanageable’
Union members say tight deadlines?not achievable as boycott ends as universities push to allow students to graduate
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Andy Burnham: ‘HE must move beyond strikes and show its value’
Greater Manchester mayor urges sector to get ready to show next government it can ‘kick-start regional growth’
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Are the odds still stacked against the UK’s ‘challenger institutions’?
A decade of English university policy has sought to improve standards by increasing competition. However, new institutions remain small and peripheral. Tom Williams asks whether the prestige gap and...
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Australia spurns boundaries in renewing its science ambitions
Proposed research priorities focus more on broad societal goals than on the mechanisms for achieving them
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Starmer picks Peter Kyle as shadow science secretary
Former schools minister who took A?levels at the age of?25 before getting Sussex doctorate will shadow science secretary Michelle Donelan
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Chris Husbands: English sector calls for fee rise are ‘tone deaf’
Outgoing Sheffield Hallam v-c also urges politicians to stop?expecting?that all universities?should ‘look like a medieval theme park’