Alison Wolf
...and look at porn without the benefit of a publicly funded campaign' With all the breathless excitement of a cheerleader, the government is relentlessly plugging e-learning. Why? I have just...
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The future masters of the univers(ity)
UK higher education is a multibillion-pound industry, yet most of its 'chief executives' have only limited management experience. Caroline Davis looks at how a new MBA aims to address this lack of...
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Having come so far, where to now?
Disability Studies Today
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Having come so far, where to now?
Disability Studies Today
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Commission takes step Towards the Next generation Internet
Brussels, 21 February 2002 Today the European Commission has adopted the Communication entitled "IPv6 Priorities for Action". The Communication calls for a European action plan to accelerate the...
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Space Shuttle Columbia - Information Note No. 3
Paris, 21 Feb 2003 The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), chaired by retired Admiral Harold Gehman, has taken over full responsibility for the investigation, with support from a number of...
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Ideas gap spurs DTI to act
The "knowledge gap" between companies and academics means that businesses in the United Kingdom are missing out on up to 5,000 potentially lucrative ideas, according to the Department of Trade and...
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Commission raises profile of researchers to stop the brain drain
Brussels, 24 March 2003 In order to achieve the objective of raising Europe's investment in research to 3% of gross domestic product (GDP), as decided at the Barcelona European Council meeting in...
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Artemis, one year after launch
Paris, 12 July 2002 A mission brought back from the edge, a world premiere in space, European engineers meeting the challenge of a launch malfunction: such are the results of Artemis's first,...
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E-college may face delays
A row over which business model to pursue for the e-university threatens to delay its establishment, which is scheduled for early next year, writes Alison Goddard. A meeting of the steering group...
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Surrey seeks escape from state control
Surrey University could become Britain's first public university to opt out of government control and rely on independent funding. In 2000-01, the university was among the institutions that received...
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Question and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU (link)
Brussels, 15 April 2004 What are GMOs and GMMs? Genetic modification, genetic engineering or recombinant-DNA technology, first applied in the 1970s is one of the newest methods to introduce novel...
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Cereals and oilseeds research
Deadline: 31/12/2049
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Measures: Building the knowledge-based economy (Extract from Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council, 20-21 March)
Bruxelles, le 21 mars 2003 Medium-term growth performance in Europe depends on tapping new sources of growth. Efficient and increasing public and private investment in all areas of the knowledge...
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Local centres key to wealth
Innovation centres based in world-class universities and college-based technology institutes were unveiled this week as part of the government's white paper on enterprise, skills and innovation. Both...