Out for the count
The situation in my department following a recent meeting on the upcoming research assessment exercise, due to be completed in December 2000, is a stark one. Apparently, no funding will come forth...
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Kingston's Pounds 1m media future
Greg Dyke, Pearson Television's chief executive, launched Kingston University's Pounds 1 million digital media centre this week with a prediction of massive growth and booming job prospects in the...
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Size does matter in computer future
Liverpool scientists unveil nanoscale electronic components that build themselves. The electronics industry underwent a fundamental change with the invention of the transistor, paving the way for the...
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For the record
Westminster to open Uzbekistan branch The University of Westminster is to open a branch in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Courses for bachelors and masters degrees will be offered in economics, management,...
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Japanese students lured to provinces
Japan's provincial towns and cities are introducing initiatives to attract new colleges and universities and to help existing ones to expand in a bid to stem the flow of young people to the big...
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Do the big shots call the shots?
Industry giants put millions of pounds into university research, but what do they expect in return? The É«ºÐÖ±²¥S spotlights three of the big spenders. The aero-engines and industrial power systems maker...
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The world according to Gates
Why did Bill Gates, the world's richest man, take time off from building his fortune and fighting the US Justice Department to lecture to a bunch of London students? Kam Patel went to find out. A...
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Europe's chemists join forces
Europe faces a serious threat to its highly successful chemical industry and must combat it with a common research and development policy for chemistry and chemical engineering, according to a report...
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Philippe Busquin: Vers une plate-forme industrielle pour les nanotechnologies Conférence "Production durable: le rôle des nanotechnologies" Copenhague, 7 octobre 2002
Copenhague, 7 octobre 2002 Mesdames et Messieurs les journalistes, chers collègues, J'ai le plaisir de faire une synthèse sur les présentations qui vous ont été faites aujourd'hui, mais je tiens tout...
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Old lessons for modern warriors
How do you organise 603 groups - each with its own agenda, political orientation and organising style - into a coherent force that can blockade the centre of a major city, halt an international...
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Master of destiny
TO BRITISH-born Marc Sharpe there was a dynamism and a drive about United States businesses that he had never experienced in this country. It spurred him to save to study for an MBA at Harvard...
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At sea without a chart
It's high time the UK developed a national policy on marine issues, says Jacqueline McGlade The oceans and seas are of economic and social importance to the United Kingdom: they provide natural...
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Why engineers must go back to nature
Kam Patel reports on an initiative that aims to inject green ideas into Britain's engineering courses. Engineers must be aware of their stewardship of the planet, not just during their lifetime but...
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Liberation in merger
The 18th-century Palladian mansion and 260 acres of surrounding parkland and lakes would form an attractive asset to any portfolio. Add to that the internationally acclaimed Yorkshire Sculpture Park...
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Unions reject 1.5%
The two biggest lecturers' unions were on a collision course with their employers this week following the rejection of a "lamentable" pay offer and "sweatshop" industrial relations strategy. The...