Sources for research funding
Each fortnight this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk European Commission http://www.echo.lu/ iap/ Call for proposals to...
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Building a team for the future
A recent report from the Construction Industry Board has recommended the setting-up of a common foundation course for building industry students, in response to damning criticism of the United...
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The other troubles
Culture and Policy in Northern Ireland
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Yesterday's men, tomorrow's problem
I have been absolutely astonished at the space the educational press has devoted to Natfhe's internal debates regarding the long-running further education new contracts' dispute. I have been even...
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When outsiders take over the IT
DURHAM University's motivation in outsourcing its computing services (THES, May 1) and the knock-on effect are of concern to the Universities and Colleges Information Services Association. The stated...
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Russia's road to modernity
Imperial and Soviet Russia
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Firms 'need digital creativity'
If you want your business to succeed, make creative use of the new digital media. That is the latest word from James Short, associate professor at the London Business School and guru of the early-...
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Highlands plan goes forward
The University of the Highlands and Islands project this week unveiled its blueprint strategy to win university status by 2001, writes Olga Wojtas. Its consultative document sets a deadline of...
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A deity called Elvis
International Journal of Cultural Studies - Cultural Values
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Heavy metal for the data age
Stephen Quigley celebrates the creation of the first working stored-program computer "May 6th 1949. Machine in operation for first time. Printed a table of squares (0-99), time for programme 2 mins,...
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FEFC chair: we must be open
The new chairman of the Further Education Funding Council expects "early action from the government on the issue of governance", writes Phil Baty. Lord Bryan Davies said: "I expect more local...
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War on 'superbugs'
Ian Chopra on developments at Leeds's Antimicrobial Research Centre Before the introduction of antibiotics in the 1940s many people died from bacterial infections. The advent of antibiotics...
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Danes unveil research plan
Danish research should in future concentrate on the environment, health, information technology, the social sciences, the arts and other areas that will ensure sustainable development based on...
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The spin-off and win game
Scottish universities are profiting handsomely by commercialising their research. Olga Wojtas reports. SCOTLAND'S higher education institutions earn more than Pounds 6.7 million a year from...
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Question and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU
Brussels, 01 July 2002 Question and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU This questions and answers fact sheet is divided into two sections; Part A covers legislation in force; Part B covers...