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EUROPE'S COGENERATION MARKET NEEDS A BIG PUSH FROM GOVERNMENTS TO PROSPER IN THE LONG TERM
BY MONIKA HANLEY, IN RIGA; ALICE TRUDELLE, IN WARSAW; CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS; EUGENE VOROTNIKOV, IN ST PETERSBURG; ROBERT STOKES, IN MALAGA; GERARD O’DWYER, IN HELSINKI; LEE ADENDOORF, IN LUCCA; ALAN OSBORN; MJ DESCHAMPS; AND KEITH NUTHALL
IT is a curious irony that for an industry as technical as cogeneration that maybe the biggest handicap to its sustained growth in Europe is actually emotional.…
OLYMPICS TO REVOLUTIONISE UK rPET MARKET
BY POORNA RODRIGO, IN LONDON
THE London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games have helped to raise hopes of more joint venture deals between UK plastics recyclers and a range of food-grade plastics users keen to reduce their carbon footprints.
Management at ECO Plastics Ltd, has expanded its large and sophisticated plastics sorting facility in Lincolnshire, eastern England, through the May launch of its 10-year Continuum Recycling joint venture with Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd (CCE), making what it claims is the world’s largest recycled plastics processing plant.…
EXPANDING PRESCRIBING POWERS FOR NURSES IN THE UK AND CANADA
BY KITTY SO, IN OTTAWA
BRITISH nurses are not alone in receiving wider prescribing powers that would include special classes of government regulated drugs, considered prone to greater potential for abuse: Canadian nurses are also gaining similar responsibilities.
The UK government changed legislation in April, to expand the prescribing and drug mixing powers of pharmacists and nurses to cover ‘controlled drugs,’ which the government falling under two legislations: the Medicines Act, managed by the UK Department of Health, and the Misuse of Drugs Act, which is controlled by the Home Office.…
RIO CONFERENCE COORDINATOR HAILS ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN CREATING A SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL ECONOMY
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN RIO DE JANEIRO
The executive coordinator of this week’s United Nations Rio de Janeiro conference on global sustainability has told University World News why she has placed higher education at the centre of the international strategy she hopes will flow from agreements made at the event.…
LOTS OF RED TAPE TO SECURE A NURSING JOB IN AMERICA - BUT EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY AWAITS SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS
BY LEAH GERMAIN
AS a British nurse, the opportunities to work in other countries are eased by professional agencies helping foreign nurses relocate. Yet, US nursing sector experts fear their country may be overlooked by internationally-educated nursing candidates planning on relocating because long of wait times for working permits and visas.…
PUBLIC SERVICES FRAUD RISES IN ENGLAND
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN’S National Fraud Initiative (NFI) has reported a 25% increase in fraudulent applications for government services across England, with the recession apparently increasing dishonesty. The NFI said it had identified fraud, overpayments and errors totalling almost GBPounds GBP229 million for 2010/11, compared with GBP 189 million in 2008/9.…
BLUE CARIBBEAN SKIES BECKON BRITISH NURSES
BY GEMMA HANDY, IN PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS & CAICOS, AND POORNA RODRIGO
SWAPPING the grey British skies for the sun-soaked shores of the Caribbean might sound like an easy decision to make.
For 56-year-old nurse Anne Males, there was some initial trepidation at how she would cope living on a tiny island with a population of just 25,000, more than an hour’s flight from the nearest major American city.…
ALGAL R&D DEMONSTRATES MOMENTUM
BY ROBERT STOKES
ALGAE have been heralded as the universal raw material of the future for biofuels, agricultural feed, nutritional supplements, biochemicals and cosmetics. They gobble up CO2, can clean up waste water, and many will thrive in seawater when the fresh variety is usually limited to the sunnier climes where algae can be grown more cheaply.…
ALGAL R&D DEMONSTRATES MOMENTUM
BY ROBERT STOKES
ALGAE have been heralded as the universal raw material of the future for biofuels, agricultural feed, nutritional supplements, biochemicals and cosmetics. They gobble up CO2, can clean up waste water, and many will thrive in seawater when the fresh variety is usually limited to the sunnier climes where algae can be grown more cheaply.…
FEE HIKES ON THE CARDS IN CASH-STRAPPED ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES
BY LEE ADENDORFF, IN LUCCA
The threat of increased fees for Italian students looks set to become a reality in the near future as universities wrestle with shrinking state funding and budget shortfalls. While the technocrat government headed by Mario Monti tries to pass a massive reform package liberalising diverse sectors of the economy and jump-starting growth, the issue of university funding and competitiveness is coming to a head.…