Queen's Birthday honours
Knights. Anthony Atkinson, warden of Nuffield College, University of Oxford, for services to economics; Roderick MacSween, former president of the Royal College of Pathologists and chairman of the...
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Listen to public, GM experts told
Social scientists this week called on scientists to be frank about the limits to their knowledge in order to overcome the public mistrust of genetically modified food. In a report recommending a...
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The Looming US-EU Conflict Over Plant Biotechnology and Trade, Speech Given in Washington by Tony Van der Haegen of the EU Delegation to the U.S.
Washington, 03 Oct 2002 Speech by Tony Van der haegen Minister-Counselor Agriculture, Fisheries and Consumer Affairs European Commission Delegation Cato Policy Forum Washington, DC September 25, 2002...
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'Ariane 10 tonnes': added lift capability for Europe
Paris, 28 Nov 2002 To meet market demand, Europe is about to launch, on 28 November, the latest version of Ariane 5, capable of placing up to 10 tonnes of payload in geostationary transfer orbit....
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Golden goals versus local loyalty
In its quest to build a lucrative global brand, has Man United lost touch with its true home fans? Adam Brown reports. It was the small hours of February 25 2001. A conga line of about 300 Manchester...
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Analysis: Arts and design put on a good RAE show
Creative subjects have started to focus on research. Caroline Davis reports. Funding chiefs have already revealed that half the staff returned in this year's research assessment exercise work in...
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Blair's 'feeble' dream
TONY BLAIR's dream for a truly learning society is based on "incomplete, one-sided and feeble theory", says one of the UK's leading educationalists. Frank Coffield, who delivered the King's College...
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OECD sparks hike in research
Denmark has announced a new national research strategy in an attempt to meet criticism from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development three years ago. Jytte Hilden, research minister...
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Glittering prizes
Nancy Rothwell will be the 169th presenter of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures this month. Anthony King, 64, professor in the department of government at Essex University, has been invited to...
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What Labour has done so far
THES reporters assess the impact of Labour's first year of government on higher and further education and unravel how they have sold their policies to the country May 1 1997: Labour elected with 179-...
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Railroaders and net buccaneers
INFORMATION RULES: a strategic guide to the network economy. By Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian. Harvard Business School Press, 362pp $29.95/Pounds 22.95 - ISBN 0 87584 863 X. This book is a must read...
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Netgazette
APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS e-Learning Foundation Ray Moore , formerly at Birmingham Local Education Authority where he was programme manager for the city's learning project, has been appointed...
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Reflection on a future eEurope Action Plan proposed by the Spanish Presidency of the EU
Brussels, 15 February 2002 This questionnaire has been sent to the ministers of Science and Technology that will attend the informal meeting in Vitoria, Spain (22/02/2002) 15/02/2002 QUESTIONNAIRE...
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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...