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Keyword - Universities
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Q+A: Choon Fong Shih - Premium content
The first president of Saudia Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology talks.
15 September 2009
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How green is your campus? - Premium content
Universities are working to bring sustainability to their campuses and classrooms, and could serve as a model for other institutions looking to go carbon-neutral. But there's no single way to grade the initiatives.
9 September 2009
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IN BRIEF: UK government urged to disclose evidence base - Premium content
29 July 2009
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UK universities urged to build more industry links - Premium content
Business secretary calls for wider commercial interest in British science.
27 July 2009
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Iran presidential candidate speaks out - Premium content
2005 contender Mostafa Moin talks about how the international science community can help Iran.
8 July 2009
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Iran presidential candidate speaks out, part 2 - Premium content
Former science minister and 2005 presidential contender Mostafa Moin answers additional questions about how the international science community can help Iran.
8 July 2009
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Iran diaspora responds to protests - Premium content
Iranian researchers abroad help keep information flowing from home.
24 June 2009
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Florida universities hit by funding crisis - Premium content
Stimulus money provides lifeline for cash-strapped public colleges.
24 June 2009
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Historic deal for German science - Premium content
Eleventh-hour agreement secures billions of euros for research.
5 June 2009
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Crunch time for German science programmes - Premium content
Billions of euros in university funding could be delayed or lost.
1 June 2009
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Universities warned about swine flu threat - Premium content
Government agencies in the US and UK issue advisories over flu on campus.
1 May 2009
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French life-science alliance unveiled - Premium content
Coordinated approach aims to derive national strategies.
22 April 2009
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Public universities left reeling by recession - Premium content
Slumping state revenues are putting US public universities under pressure. Rex Dalton reports on how one institution is coping.
4 March 2009
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Strike stalls reform of French universities - Premium content
Sarkozy on the ropes as scientists take to the streets.
13 February 2009
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French scientists revolt against government reforms - Premium content
Strike threatens to undermine Sarkozy's overhaul of universities.
4 February 2009
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IN BRIEF: New York tops US technology-transfer league - Premium content
4 February 2009
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Science adviser should show his independence, says report - Premium content
John Beddington under fire for defending government policy.
28 January 2009
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Science in the meltdown - Premium content
The research enterprise faces many uncertainties in the looming global recession - but it also has many strengths that may help it weather the storm. Nature investigates.
12 November 2008
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UK universities in bed with the military - Premium content
Ethics campaigners highlight extent of research funded by defence agencies.
18 June 2008
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France#25;s research agency splits up - Premium content
The CNRS is being carved up into separate institutes.
27 May 2008
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Q+A: Research revolution? - Premium content
Valérie Pecresse has been a member of the French National Assembly (Yvelines department) since 2002. She rose to prominence as the combative spokeswoman for Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right UMP party during the 2007 presidential race, after which she was appointed minister for higher education and research.
7 May 2008
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Cap on overheads may put universities off defence - Premium content
14 November 2007
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