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Harvard abandons fast-track entry that favours elite Harvard University is to drop a controversial fast-track admission system for elite students in an attempt to open up America’s top colleges to...
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GALILEO: negotiations with South Korea
Brussels, 23 May 2005 Today the European Commission sought Council approval for its recommendation to start negotiations on a cooperation agreement with South Korea on the development of a Civil...
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It's better all round if everyone opens up
Fair Trade for All
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Ice cores reveal 2.5 degree Celsius increase in 150 years
Brussels, 20 Feb 2006 Ice cores drilled in Siberia from the Belukha glacier by a joint Swiss-Russian team have revealed increases in temperature of 2.5 degrees Celsius over the past 150 years. The...
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The oral history of a sacred vocabulary
The Language of the Gods in the World of Men
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Technology investment forum
Brussels, 11 Mar 2005 The European Tech Investment Forum will take place in London, the UK, on 23 May. Between 40 and 50 emerging technology companies from across Europe will present themselves to a...
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World Bank to use science and technology to drive international development
Brussels, 21 Jan 2005 The World Bank has signalled its intention to boost the science and technology capacity of the world's poorest countries in order to promote their economic development. Over the...
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On the move ...
* Marian FitzGerald , former researcher in race relations at the Home Office, has been appointed visiting professor of criminology at the Kent Criminal Justice Centre, University of Kent. * Aberdeen...
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Latest research news
What the ape can tell us about that horrific human drug trial New drugs such as the one used in the Northwick Park Hospital trial may be intrinsically unsafe for human beings because of an immune...
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Invention and discovery
What's it about? This conference will take an inventive look at invention in the Middle Ages, between 500 and 1500. This can include technological advances, but also the invention of literary forms...
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What he can teach us about the brain
The engagement of the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist scholars and practitioners with Western science has opened doors into the mind's inner workings and to new interest in 'poetic perception', writes...
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The knowledge business goes into boom time
Industry and higher education are uniting to convert the intellectual resources in London's universities into sustainable economic growth and social gains London has global strengths in economic...
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Pick'n'mix makes for an artful confection
Forgotten Empire - Birth of the Persian Empire
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Manchester offer entices laureate
A US Nobel laureate has been lured to head Manchester University's new World Poverty Institute with an initial salary and support package worth Pounds 250,000. Joseph Stiglitz, a former vice-...
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Fight for an outpost of liberty
Two leading scholars are battling with the Hong Kong Government to maintainacademic freedom. Edward Vickers reports These days, mainland China has become an object of general fascination. Staggering...