A bewildered tribe
As The THES turns 30, Simon Jenkins and Tariq Ali review three turbulent decades within and without academia. After Margaret Thatcher lost power in 1990, her most revealing reflection was over her...
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A woman on the edge of a nuclear precipice
Veteran nuclear campaigner Helen Caldicott says a belligerent, ill-informed US president controlled by staff wanting ever-more exotic weapons has raised the risk of nuclear war to a post-cold war...
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Universities urged to put the future first
Universities need to focus on the future instead of just funding if they are to keep in touch with the business world, the National Advisory Committee for Creative and Cultural Education reported...
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Summary of delegations' comments on the proposed directive on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market
Brussels, 17 Dec 2002 Full text of Document 15321/02 prev. doc. 13987/02 ENER 253 ENV 646 CODEC 1396 No. Cion prop.: 11381/02 ENER 167 ENV 433 CODEC 975 (COM (2002) 415 final) Subject: Proposal for a...
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Funding revamp shifts focus of science
Sweden is restructuring its research network to focus on innovation. Michael de Laine reports on the changes and on the country's key role in arctic studies. A bill to revamp Swedish research funding...
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OECD sparks hike in research
Denmark has announced a new national research strategy in an attempt to meet criticism from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development three years ago. Jytte Hilden, research minister...
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In pursuit of the new paradigm
Oxford's new Said Business School aims to meet the changing expectations of students and the labour market. Deputy director Mari Sako tells Martin Ince how. There are a few things things everyone...
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Blair's 'feeble' dream
TONY BLAIR's dream for a truly learning society is based on "incomplete, one-sided and feeble theory", says one of the UK's leading educationalists. Frank Coffield, who delivered the King's College...
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A plum for Victoria?
Victoria, Australia, is determined to become a key player in the global digital economy. Peter Thomas went to assess its progress Melbourne, in the Australian state of Victoria, is the home of the...
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Genome Valley lessons
A British mission finds much to learn from the United States bioindustry. Kam Patel reports. Functional genomics is the new buzzword in the biotechnology industry in the United States. But if it is...
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Listen to public, GM experts told
Social scientists this week called on scientists to be frank about the limits to their knowledge in order to overcome the public mistrust of genetically modified food. In a report recommending a...
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'Ariane 10 tonnes': added lift capability for Europe
Paris, 28 Nov 2002 To meet market demand, Europe is about to launch, on 28 November, the latest version of Ariane 5, capable of placing up to 10 tonnes of payload in geostationary transfer orbit....
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Queen's Birthday honours
Knights. Anthony Atkinson, warden of Nuffield College, University of Oxford, for services to economics; Roderick MacSween, former president of the Royal College of Pathologists and chairman of the...
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The Looming US-EU Conflict Over Plant Biotechnology and Trade, Speech Given in Washington by Tony Van der Haegen of the EU Delegation to the U.S.
Washington, 03 Oct 2002 Speech by Tony Van der haegen Minister-Counselor Agriculture, Fisheries and Consumer Affairs European Commission Delegation Cato Policy Forum Washington, DC September 25, 2002...
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Golden goals versus local loyalty
In its quest to build a lucrative global brand, has Man United lost touch with its true home fans? Adam Brown reports. It was the small hours of February 25 2001. A conga line of about 300 Manchester...