Extend PhD funding to reflect ‘modern doctorate’, leaders urge
European doctoral body says funders must recognise that current financial support is often insufficient for PhD researchers
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IT skills and links between industry and universities vital, says Clarke
The government's commitment to a fundamental shift in the relationship between higher education and business was reinforced at a skills launch on Tuesday. Charles Clarke, secretary of state for...
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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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Varsity Blues: businessman cleared in final US admissions trial
Businessman whose daughter won Georgetown admission after large donation successfully portrays his action as normal practice
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Talking leadership 8: Anthony Finkelstein on lessons from government
The City president discusses his personal ties to the institution, the opportunities and threats universities pose to national security, and self-indulgence in higher education
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Biotechnology (Extracted from Industry Council, Luxembourg 6 June 2002)
Brussels 5 May 2002 The Council is expected to adopt Conclusions that address the development of life sciences and biotechnology in Europe. These focus on the overall approach set out in the...
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Talking leadership 32: John Cater on being UK HE’s longest-serving leader
The vice-chancellor of Edge Hill University discusses centralising spending, climbing up the rankings and leading the institution for almost 30 years
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Alumni relations should not be all about fundraising
It matters that non-donating alumni are missing out on much of the aftercare value they could be receiving, say?Andy Shaindlin and?David Williams
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Talking leadership?3: Minouche Shafik on embedding sustainability
The LSE director on the institution’s green strategy, the importance of social scientists working with industry and the advantages of being ‘different’
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No 10 ‘fails to deliver’ ?300 million pledged to maths research
High-profile pledge to spend ?60?million a?year on maths research has not been fulfilled, MPs hear
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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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Informal meeting of Industry and Research Ministers, 1+2 February 2002
Brussels, 31 January 2002 EU Industry and Research ministers will meet for two days in Girona, Spain. During the first day, they will hold three debates together. On the second day they will meet...
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New Zealand international education renews outward focus
New strategy looks outward as well as inward, as government vows to ‘come back even stronger than before’
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Cleaner water: EU Research means better industrial water management
Brussels, 30 April 2002 At a media briefing at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, on 2 May the Commission will report on three successful EU initiatives which have improved the management of...