When class counts
David Rose (Letters, June 25) explains why we need to group people by social class using the example of how such classifications reveal social inequalities in health. But the introduction of the...
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Give me guidance
I feel Susan Bassnett perhaps overstated her point when she said "there is so much guidance around (for academics) about how to write (CVs)" (Professional, June 25). There is much advice for non-...
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Reviewer reviewed
The seasoned author/editor is never surprised to run across a less-than-flattering review. One shrugs it off and moves on. But Jacques Guy's review of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's...
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Land where women can really clean up
If Iranian men divorce, they have to give their wives back pay for housework. As the West pushes for democracy in Iraq, Huw Richards asks if we should be focusing on its more liberal neighbour, in...
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You say 'terrorist', I say God-fearing Muslim
As power is handed over in Iraq, academics assess the impact of US foreign policy at home and abroad. Whatever America's intentions in the Middle East, most of the Arab world views the superpower as...
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They may be down, but they're not out
As power is handed over in Iraq, academics assess the impact of US foreign policy at home and abroad. Have the neocons had their day or could they bounce back? ask Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke....
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Loaded, landed and out of luck
As the Anglo-American Conference of Historians gathers, we offer three takes on its theme, wealth and poverty. The fate of the rich over the 20th century has been largely in the hands of the taxman,...
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Jewish fortunes cut from a one-of-a-kind cloth
As the Anglo-American Conference of Historians gathers, we offer three takes on its theme, wealth and poverty. The archetype of successful immigrant entrepreneurs was built on the rise of the rag...
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All mod cons in ye olde 'des res'
As the Anglo-American Conference of Historians gathers, we offer three takes on its theme, wealth and poverty. Adrian Green glimpses the start of the modern property market in a 16th-century estate...
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Mobility of researchers: the EU proposes new prospects and opportunities
Brussels, 30 June 2004 At the conference "Brain drain, brain gain: new challenges" held today in Paris, Philippe Busquin, the European Research Commissioner, launched the new European network of...
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Making research careers more attractive: concrete steps leading to brain-gain results
Brussels, 30 June 2004 In a knowledge-based economy, where new ideas and scientific knowledge are central to innovation and growth, investment in human resources in science & technology (S...
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Commissaire Philippe Busquin: La mobilité des chercheurs : un défi crucial pour réussir l’espace européen de la Recherche Conférence « Fuite ou circulation des cerveaux »
Paris, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, 30 juin 2004 Conférence « Fuite ou circulation des cerveaux » Paris, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, 30 juin 2004 Je tiens...
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Proposed Council Decision authorising the placing on the market of foods and food ingredients derived from genetically modified maize line NK 603 (link)
Brussels, 30 Jun 2004 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION authorising the placing on the market of foods and food ingredients derived from genetically modified maize line NK 603 as novel foods or novel...
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Stimulating research into a common condition
Brussels, 30 Jun 2004 A breakthrough technique of artificially vibrating muscles and measuring neuro-stimulation offers potential for the development of new stroke rehabilitation methods, say Belgian...
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EU network homes in on inflammatory diseases
Brussels, 30 Jun 2004 Current treatments and drugs for chronic inflammatory conditions like arthritis and Alzheimer's can sometimes cause as much harm as they correct. Using post-genomic techniques,...