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Forecasters and new meteo satellites
Paris, 23 Jul 2004 The UK Met Office is this year celebrating its 150 years of weather forecasting. Created in 1854 to provide meteorological and sea current information to shipping, it is today one...
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Students 'promised' UK future
Nottingham and Leeds Metropolitan universities have demanded that the European University of Lefke in Turkish Northern Cyprus delete references to them from recruitment materials. The moves come amid...
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Leader: Quality is key to overseas market
Some of the more extravagant projections of future global student mobility have been toned down in the latest studies, but both the Commonwealth and the IDP, the Australian universities'...
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Leader: Quality is key to overseas market
Some of the more extravagant projections of future global student mobility have been toned down in the latest studies, but both the Commonwealth and the IDP, the Australian universities'...
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UK sees visa refusals soar
Chris Johnston reports on the impact of falling overseas numbers The number of foreign students entering the UK fell last year as more visa applications were rejected and higher charges were imposed...
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Martin Ince
Europe's answer to the AAAS could be just the boost scientists need - let's just hope it has something to show off As European commissioner in charge of research, Slovenian economist Janez Potocnik...
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Good sources for the shipping news
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The plight of tainted souls
A Land without Evil
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Malaysia to monitor student prostitutes
The Malaysian government has set up a committee to monitor foreign students who are tempted to engage in immoral activities, including prostitution, during their stay in the country. The move comes...
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Letter: Reward excellence 3
I am struck by the low number of research submissions, relative to other university subjects, for area studies of regions such as the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Given their...
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Dutch Presidency proposes a rethink of the European ICT agenda
Brussels, 20 Sep 2004 A new report commissioned by the Dutch EU Presidency has called for an overhaul of Europe's information and communication technologies (ICT) policy, identifying ten '...
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Dirty war smoulders on in wake of disaster
Aid workers hope their presence can end years of bloodshed in Aceh but the Indonesian military has other ideas, says Damien Kingsbury. As bodies are buried, debris is cleared and rebuilding gets...
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Pollyanna glosses over world's savage reality
Violence and Democracy
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New boss ready to rattle Manchester
The preoccupation with variable tuition fees is a damaging distraction to the wider debate over the future of higher education, according to the incoming president of the newly expanded Manchester...