EURATOM - call for expressions of interest
Brussels, Nov 2003 In the context of the mid-term revision of the EURATOM work programme, the European Commission has published a call for expressions of interest (EoI) that will help define the...
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Envisat images delivered to Antarctic eclipse spotters
Paris, Nov 2003 The great white expanse of Antarctica experienced the eerie darkness of a total solar eclipse late Sunday night. A lucky few people had reached the scene by icebreaker to see it...
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Satellites assist planners preventing floods
Paris, Nov 2003 Virtual floods modelled inside computers are an increasingly useful means for authorities to prepare for genuine river surges. With flooding classed as the world's most costly natural...
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Supertext: The textbook that changed my life
My MA was cross-disciplinary: English literature and fine arts at the Barber and Shakespeare institutes at Birmingham University. It was 1976 - a dim time, when a curry was the only cultural...
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The best Will in the world
Jonathan Bate tells Helen Davies why there will always be room for another edition of Shakespeare. "Editing Shakespeare is rather like painting the Forth Bridge: once you've finished you have to...
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Unhealthy attachment to work
Higher education minister Alan Johnson was last week promised a state funeral if he dropped dead while voting for foundation hospitals within the Palace of Westminster. On the day of the foundation...
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Beeped off with voicemail
Technicians at Warwick University may find themselves left off Germaine Greer's Christmas card list this year. Callers to her office are greeted by a terse voicemail message from the professor of...
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From the campus to the catwalk
Brown jackets, that sartorial staple of campuses the length and breadth of the British Isles, are the must-have fashion item for men this season, The Times announced last week. Its fashion writer...
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A tree-mendous stink
Christmas trees on a university campus in the US will be sprayed with the scent produced by skunks to deter thieves. The University of Minnesota plans to spray between 400 and 500 pine trees with...
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Don's diary: Notes on a natural high
Thursday How do you get 120 students out of bed and on to a freezing-cold bus station at 6.30am? Promise them a fun-filled weekend in Holland. I call a register but they're all here and already in...
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Why I ...believe universities should be more like businesses
Universities are in trouble - financially, organisationally and strategically - with enormous growth in scale, big uncertainties about future revenues, too many claims on limited resources,...
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AUT needs to rethink
Don't scupper the pay offer, says Unison's Christina McAnea. Support staff deserve recognition From official government publications to newspaper reports, universities are portrayed as run by hard-...
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Don't penalise the virtuous
A national bursary scheme is the fairest way to widen access, argues Michael Thorne For a government often accused of pandering to Middle England, the introduction of top-up fees is a brave step. The...
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Beware the trickster god of undead emails
A little restraint may just save your bacon when it comes to corresponding electronically, advises Valerie Atkinson There is never a good day to bury bad emails. And, apparently, never a good way...
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Jobwatch: arts repertoire expands
Loughborough's School of Art and Design wants to signal it is "on the way up", while Exeter's School of Performing Arts hopes new staff will raise its research assessment exercise rating. Pat Leon...