Era of gentlemanly capitalism secured jewel in the crown
The Business of Empire
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EU risks brain drain if it fails to adopt new approach on innovation, Finnish State Secretary for Trade and Industry Paasivirta tells CoR Bureau
Brussels, 10 July 2006 Europe risks a “brain drain” to Asia and America unless it makes innovation a priority and invests more in education, research and business knowledge,...
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A lay-by on the road to market
University-business ventures are in desperate need of an R&D rethink, says Simon Davey UK university-business collaboration has been unsuccessful for too long. The UK has an exceptionally...
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English speakers dominate the first 20
The English-speaking world produces most of the leading global players in the arts and humanities, according to academics in the field. All but two of the top 20 universities in the world for arts...
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BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT• Dynasties: Fortune and Misfortune in the World's Great Family BusinessesBy David Landes, professor emeritus of history and economics, Harvard UniversityPenguin, £9.99. ISBN...
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Oxbridge leaves US finest trailing
While the UK comes top in science, no nation takes a definitive lead in technology. Martin Ince reports. Cambridge and Oxford emerge as the first and second highest ranked science universities in the...
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Blood is not the only social bond
The House in Southeast Asia
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Seats of learning
Anyone who feels that research isn't glamorous clearly isn't working at the University of West of England or University College London. The two institutions announced this week that they have forged...
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Eaten away by the acids of modernity
The Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume Eight, World Christianities c.1815-c.1914 - Volume Nine World Christianities c.1914-c.2000
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Mandy Garner asks teachers how they manage Name: Rachel A. Harris Age: 35 Job: Lecturer in ethnomusicology at School of Oriental and African Studies Salary: £24,...
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Flying visits to ancestral homelands
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilisations
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Cambodia is just one part of the story
Angkor - Before and After
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Environmental NGOs Welcome Aarhus Convention Amendment Giving Public Right to Participate in Decisions on GMO-Related Activities
Almaty , Kazakhstan , May 2005 Civil society organizations, gathered at the Second Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention in Almaty, today welcomed an amendment to the Convention giving the...
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Second swig of ancient tipple
Archaeologists from Siena University and botanists from the University of Milan aim to reconstruct the DNA of the vines that the Etruscans and their ancestors used to make wine. The project is...
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Who got that cash?
Cambridge University has netted £283,000 towards a project that aims to post on the web all the writings - published and unpublished - of Charles Darwin. John van Wyhe, project director, said the...