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It seems a little harsh to label this year's graduates "shy of jobs" (News in brief, July 23). More and more students are spending term time in paid employment. And more are spending their second-...
It seems a little harsh to label this year's graduates "shy of jobs" (News in brief, July 23). More and more students are spending term time in paid employment. And more are spending their second-...
If "'the creative industries' are universally regarded as the future of the British economy" ("Grants for the few", July 30), why does an article in the same issue on how other countries fund...
Alison Wolf writes: ''France far excels the UK in its ability to plan and implement public-sector policies coherently, notably in health, transport and education'' (Opinion, July 30). Really? If she...
Paul Mackney and Sally Hunt are right in thinking that elite academics need a union (Letters, July 30). The trouble is, it is not Natfhe, the Association of University Teachers or the offspring of...
The article "Hardship cash funds 'sprees'" (July 23) stressed that many applicants for such funds are not interviewed, the implication being that if they were, the number of fraudulent cases would...
Iraq's regime was on the brink of collapse before war broke out thanks to the country's underground communities, says Yahia Said. Little was known about Iraqi society under Saddam Hussein; two voices...
Cheating is hogging the headlines but, in the market-led university, there is a disturbing trend towards normalising bad practice, says Frank Furedi. In recent months plagiarism in the British...
Chris Bunting encounters 'Wolfie' Smith as he asks what causes revolutions, while Fred Halliday asks if the conditions for such upheaval still exist. In the title sequence for the 1970s British...
Chris Bunting encounters 'Wolfie' Smith as he asks what causes revolutions, while Fred Halliday asks if the conditions for such upheaval still exist. There are key reasons for wanting to understand...
How were millions of Britons persuaded to vote for the UKIP in the European elections? It certainly wasn't thanks to a couple of minor celebrities, argues Alan Sked. The UK Independence Party's...
Brussels, 04 Aug 2004 Objectives: To perform a series of interlaboratory tests in order to fine tune the test procedures for Enhancement of Microbial Growth and Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry...
Brussels, 04 Aug 2004 The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is providing 10.5 million euro to a new project providing a test bed for intelligent applications in business and science....
Brussels, 04 Aug 2004 Not enough is being done to facilitate return to work in the science and technology sector following a career break, according to a UK survey. The survey was carried out by the...
Brussels, 04 Aug 2004 The idea itself is not new: astronauts entering a state of hibernation while en route to distant locations in order to help reduce the psychological demands of such long...
Brussels, 04 Aug 2004 An international conference on the food factory of tomorrow, organised by SIK (Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology) and France's Laval Mayenne Technopole, will take...