Scottish jobs spring
A new strategy bringing academics and industrialists together to commercialise Scottish research in science and technology could create at least another 11,000 jobs over the next ten years. This...
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Eye witness
Post-apartheid South Africa continues to face serious economic and social problems as it rebuilds its divided society. The gap between expectations among the non-white communities and the reality of...
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The EU has a key role to play in space, says Growth programme Director
Brussels, 26 February 2002 Knowledge, market exploitation and influence are the three reasons why the EU must now have a space policy, Jack Metthey, the recently appointed Director for the '...
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On the move
Members of the Foundation Degree Design Group, which was announced by Education Secretary David Blunkett last month are: Paul Cohen, divisional manager, and Leigh Hackel, team leader, Higher...
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A holy case of divide and rule
The European Family
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Analysis: You've got to be loud and proud
In an era of increased competition, image is everything and the university that rests on its laurels is destined to lose out. Alison Utley reports. Image is all in the modern university. Parents,...
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Mr Erkki Liikanen: "GÉANT - the benefits of Europe's Broadband Research Network", Global Research Network Summit and GÉANT Commissioning event, Brussels, 22 May 2002
Brussels, 22 May 2002 Ladies and gentlemen, It gives me particular pleasure to close this event, and to send you away from here with a sense of the immense contribution that GÉANT - and research...
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For the record
IT is the student's favourite A quarter of undergraduates want to work in IT or the internet - but less than 1 per cent want a career in education. When website ukplacements.com asked 10,000 students...
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Consuming ecological passions
Journal of Industrial Ecology
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(Full Report) Preparations for the Health Council in Luxembourg on 26 June
Brussels, 25 June 2002 (Thorsten Münch, Per Haugaard) Commissioners David Byrne, responsible for Health and Consumer Protection, and Erkki Liikanen, responsible for Enterprise and Information Society...
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Aberystywth AUT censures management
A MEETING of the Aberystwyth branch of the Association of University Teachers has passed a motion of no confidence in the university's staff management strategy. It follows recent moves to axe up to...
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Access: an unhealthy obsession
Instead of seizing lifelong learning and developing a stimulating vision for an inclusive, interactive yet excellent higher education system, we seem to be driving down a narrow road obsessed with...
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Re-routing world water ways
The global management of water must be rethought, a new report urges. Wendy Barnaby reports. If politics is the art of the possible, this document is a work of art." The first words used by Kadar...
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Year of the dragon
Welsh centres of expertise are linking research innovators with businesses. Iola Smith reports on an initiative that is already attracting interest from abroad Europe lags behind the US and Japan in...
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If we're different, it's for the same reason
In our series on the Big Science Questions, Aisling Irwin looks at the evidence for differences between the sexes beyond the basic mechanics of reproduction. "Why can't a woman be more like a man?"...