Adapt to survive the next chapter
Picture this scenario. You head off to your university library for an intensive day wading through a stack of journals or books relevant to your research; yet when you arrive you discover not the...
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The price of pro$perity is often war
Why do economies collapse? Harold James notes that global conflict can cause major economic slumps - but that could change as warfare grows cheaper. Below, Simon Targett ponders lessons from the...
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Fading powers and rising stars
"It's the economy, stupid!" This sentence, scribbled on the notice board in Bill Clinton's campaign office, became the soundbite of the 1992 US presidential election. It described the view that the...
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The paradigms of people power
The global anticapitalist movement links millions of ordinary people worldwide and has no historical precedent. So why are so few anthropologists involved? asks Nancy Lindisfarne. The third European...
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GALILEO: the Commission proposes the transition to the deployment and operational phases
Brussels, 6 October 2004 The European Commission today adopted a communication on moving to the deployment and operational phases of the European satellite radionavigation system. On the basis of the...
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Important Step in the Concession Process for Galileo: Galileo Joint Undertaking gives its Evaluation Report to its Shareholders
Brussels, 06 Oct 2004 A further important step in the selection of the Galileo concessionaire has been taken with the Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU) delivering the evaluation report of the...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action 292, "Semantic Multimodal Analysis of Digital Media" (link)
Brussels, 06 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 304/04 Suite of documents 304/04 Attached is the abovementioned Memorandum of Understanding signed in Brussels on 10 September 2004 by Turkey, on 13...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action 293, "Graphs and Algorithms in Communication Networks (GRAAL)" (link)
Brussels, 06 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 305/04 Suite of documents 305/04 Attached is the abovementioned Memorandum of Understanding signed in Brussels on 9 September 2004 by Switzerland, on 14...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST 861 "European Network for Pig Genomics" (link)
Brussels, 06 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 306/04 Suite of documents 306/04 Attached is the abovementioned Memorandum of Understanding signed in Brussels on 8 September 2004 by Denmark, Germany and...
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Proposed Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological co-operation between the Community and Brazil (link)
Brussels, 06 Oct 2004 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological co-operation between the European Community and the Federative Republic of...
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Italy's contribution to FP7 debate raises doubt over the need for an ERC
Brussels, 06 Oct 2004 Italy is the latest country to publish its contribution to the debate on the future of European research policy, the major feature of which is a clear appeal for the EU not to...
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New report calls for a restructuring of French research
Brussels, 06 Oct 2004 To be innovative and competitive, French research must focus on three main issues: developing a clear strategy to define the national objectives; clarifying the roles and...
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UK scientists unhappy with EU Clinical Trials Directive
Brussels, 06 Oct 2004 The EU's Clinical Trials Directive is a poorly drafted law preventing vital medical research, claim UK scientists in an article published in the Telegraph. According to the UK...
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Cost-benefit assessment of the use of B2B e-markets for European enterprises
Brussels, 06 Oct 2004 The Commission's Enterprise DG has published a call for tenders relating to a cost-benefit assessment of the use of business-to-business (B2B) e-markets for European enterprises...
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Today's news
Universities face legal threat for favouring state pupils Universities that try to meet government targets on admitting more state school pupils risk falling foul of the Human Rights Act, funding...