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Commissioner Viviane Reding: Pay-as-you-use Computing Power for All – Europe and the Key Role of Grid Technology, European Grid Technology Day - 'Building a European Research Area for Grids and a Comp
Brussels, 31 May 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to be here today to share with you my views on the steps that need to be taken to stimulate a European Research Area for Grid...
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IAA's vision for the next steps in exploring deep space
Paris, 13 Jul 2004 The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) announces the release of its cosmic study, 'The Next Steps In Exploring Deep Space', a vision for the scientific exploration of...
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Shipwrecks and old golf clubs in a sea of information
International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology
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Shipwrecks and old golf clubs in a sea of information
International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology
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Bid to train third world online gets A$200m
The Australian government has committed A$200 million (£73 million) to a World Bank plan to offer education and skills training to developing countries via the internet. The scheme was launched by...
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Project to document plant resources of tropical Africa
Brussels, 04 Oct 2002 An ambitious new project has been launched by African and European researchers to review and document existing knowledge on around 7,000 species of tropical plants. The PROTA...
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Old age and new identities
Age, Narrative and Migration
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European partners help create Pakistan's Virtual University
Brussels, 12 August 2002 Academic institutions in the UK and Denmark are collaborating with Pakistani counterparts under the ASIA IT&C scheme to help create the Pakistan Virtual University (...
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Soeurs still to see true liberté and égalité
From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women
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Curiosity made us great, but it's waning in the West
The decline of intellectual quests and the rise of dumbing down in western universities will make the next century an eastern one, argues Charles Pasternak By the end of this century, North America...
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The Rumsfeld view of comparative lit.
Death of a Discipline
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Scientists paint bleak picture of European marine environment
Brussels, 19 Jun 2003 The combined impact of human activities is posing the biggest threat yet to the European marine environment, a recent scientific report has shown. Carried out on behalf of the...
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Overseas numbers increase in France
An overseas recruitment campaign and simpler entry procedures have helped raise the number of foreigners studying in France, even though the agency set up to attract overseas students has admitted...
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A very peculiar business
Universities are too diverse to be run by profit-seeking chief execs. They need more care, says Wang Gungwu. More universities in Asia of late have turned to headhunters in search of a new vice-...