Redirect that data
Race is a political myth, argues Tukufu Zuberi, and it is time we used racial statistics to prove it The idea of a cause-and-effect relationship between race and social status emerged from...
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Why UK is going down the pan
To squat or sit, to flush or recycle, to accept top-down solutions or 'bottom-up' revolutions - toilet provision, or the lack of it, reveals a nation's soul, argues Clara Greed There is a great deal...
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Chicago take on the euro issue
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Cutting Edge: Tony Martin
One of the world's unsung endangered species, the river dolphin, can be saved given sufficient funds and the political will. Male pink dolphins make nocturnal forays into the small human communities...
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Obsidian yes, lapis luzuli no
Dictionary of the Ancient Near East
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Japan shy of target
Japan is unlikely to meet its target of having 100,000 foreign students in its higher education system by 2000. The number of foreign students choosing to study in Japan has started to fall after...
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A light for dark Burmese days
George Soros is giving hope to refugees from an oppressive regime. Maureen Aung-Thwin discusses the aims of the philanthropist. People are intrigued that the foundation network created by Hungarian-...
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Commission calls on EU scientific and industrial communities to apply for EUR 5 billion research funding
Brussels, 16 December 2002 On December 17, the Commission will publish the first calls for proposals for the 6 th EU Research Framework Programme (FP6 2002-2006). Research centres, universities and...
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UK faces Gulf crash
Student recruitment efforts worldwide are suffering from crises in the Middle East and Asia British universities and colleges are bracing for a new overseas recruitment crisis - in the Gulf. As vice-...
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Philippe Busquin: The European Union and the Research and Development Gap, Innovation Lecture 2002 Den Haag, 9 December 2002
Innovation Lecture 2002 Dear Mr Wijn, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour and a pleasure to address you here, in the birthplace of Dutch democracy. It is also a difficult task to intervene after...
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Webwise build from bottom up
Small, focused efforts will deliver success in net-based learning, says Roger Waterhouse Everyone knows of the huge potential for e-learning. In a short space of time, the internet could...
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To be 'e' or not to be 'e'?
The first students to enrol at Britain's new e-university will probably be using traditional distance-learning materials, the funding council has said. The e-university was launched last week by...
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English rules the waves
Thirty years ago, it would have been difficult to travel around Western Europe speaking only English. This is not true today. In fact, the standard of English among the educated in some of these...
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Tuned in to vibes of the global tribes
Ethnomusicologists are looking to the future as much as to the past in exploring diverse musical traditions, says Michael Church. Cometh the hour, cometh the man: the fact that we know so much about...
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Euro challenge to US
The Euro could displace the dollar as the major international currency outside the United States and Asia if financial markets integrate rapidly enough, researchers say. Economists Richard Portes of...