Break the record
Do I hold something of a British, or even a world, record? I have been on temporary hourly paid part-time lecturing contracts at the same institution since October 1988. As your writer pointed out (...
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Scottish voice
Your article "5% pay offer is asking for a fight" (May 13) again neglects to inform your readers that there are seven campus unions in the Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff and...
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Colour of equality
Reading of the white Jewish lecturer at Barnet College who had to redefine his race to join an equal opportunities committee (May 13), I was reminded of Ali G railing against the police: "Is it...
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Conference watch
While the Grid was designed to boost the computing power of particle physicists, its potential benefits to social scientists are only now being recognised. The First International Conference on e-...
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No rest for the smitten
Christopher Ricks was all set to rest on his laurels until he was given another opportunity to convey the beauty of Eliot, Milton and Dylan (Bob, that is). Michael North meets a dazzling man. There...
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Poems from The Academy selected by Christopher Ricks
A work by Siegfried Sassoon kicks off a series on verse that has been influenced by university life. Founder's Feast Old as a toothless Regius Professor Ebbed the Madeira wine. Loquacious graduates...
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'The ice pack may shut the door in our face'
Scientists will use 'bloodhound' and 'hummingbird' robots to plumb the depths of the Arctic Ocean, despite a huge risk. Anna Fazackerley reports. The underwater robot had always come back before. But...
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What use is a silent witness?
As he faces deportation from Botswana for speaking out on democracy, Kenneth Good looks beyond the tolerance of elected ruling elites for signs of a more egalitarian, participatory form of governance...
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Campus curiosities. 06 Britain's longest fireman's pole, Bournemouth
It sounds like a dream accessory for a student union building. At more than 14m in length, the Victorian fireman's pole that cuts through all four storeys of Bournemouth University's Old Firestation...
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Deep in Davy Jones's locker lies Earth's final frontier...
Our monthly guide to some of the conferences taking place around the world. ... and scientists are meeting to continue the international collaboration needed to to reveal its secrets, says Harriet...
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Instant expert
Conference: The Associated Professional Sleep Societies' annual meeting, June 18-23, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado, US. Fees $425 for non-members, reduced rates for members of...
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Finalised Text of Council Decision Approving the Accession of the European Community to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (link)
Brussels, 25 May 2005 Full text of Document 8824/05 Suit e of documents 8824/05 Subject: COUNCIL DECISION approving the accession of the European Community to the International Convention for the...
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Bt10: Ireland notifies contaminated consignment stopped in port
Brussels, 25 May 2005 Today the Irish authorities informed the European Commission through the Rapid Alert System that a shipment with a consignment of corn-gluten feed contaminated with the...
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Coreper Agenda Entry on adoption of a Council Decision on the accession of the European Community to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Brussels, 25 May 2005 Full text of Document 9153/05 Suit e of documents 9153/05 PROVISIONAL AGENDA for: 2098th MEETING OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (Part 1) date: Wednesday 25 May (10....
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Coreper Agenda Entry on Research, Space and ITER
Brussels, 25 May 2005 Full text of Document 9153/05 Suit e of documents 9153/05 PROVISIONAL AGENDA for: 2098th MEETING OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (Part 1) date: Wednesday 25 May (10....