Old block is not a chip
Daniel Dennett proposes that freedom evolves ("An outrageous optimist finds freedom in the cells", THES , February 28). I agree: the evolution of the nervous system has given us brains that enable us...
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Cheap tricks
Phil Baty told a very sorry tale about an alleged waste of nearly £1.5 million of public money ("Virt-u dies with nothing to show but cheap porn", THES , February 28). But words such as "over-egg"...
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Cardinal rules 1
Dennis Hayes' claim that university commitment to both research and teaching is a myth will strike most academics as bizarre ("Intellectual fibre, not nuggets", THES , February 28). Universities have...
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Cardinal rules 2
Dennis Hayes claims that the sole purpose of the university is research and that "the only test of the success of university 'teaching' is whether it produces a new generation of creative and...
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Pedigree partners 1
Higher national diplomas are not being squeezed out ("Awards shake-up set to squeeze out HNDs", THES , February 28). By bringing the HND into the foundation degree framework, the UK has for the first...
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Pedigree partners 2
To widen participation in conservatoires, it is important to reach young people at an earlier age ("Hefce is urged to retune music", THES , February 21). Partnerships between conservatoires and other...
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Aid for part-timers
Richard Blackwell's article highlighting the need for universities to address the training and isolation of part-time lecturers is timely ("Bring this supply in from the cold", THES , February 28)....
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Shutting out horrors
In his review of the late W. G. Sebald's On the Natural History of Destruction ( THES , February 28), André Engel speculates that Sebald might have been astonished by the amount of German media...
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New Date for Kick-Off meeting of CEN/ISSS ICT-SKILLS Workshop - 16 April: Validation of IT practitioners' profiles and higher-education Curriculum development guidelines
Brussels, 05 Mar 2003 Announcement of a new CEN/ISSS Workshop: IT-Profiles and Curricula This Workshop is to validate the "IT practitioners' profiles at professional level" and "Curriculum...
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ESA's first deep space ground station opens in Western Australia
Paris, 05 Mar 2003 The inauguration ceremony for the European Space Agency's first deep space ground station was held today in New Norcia, 150km north of Perth. The completion of the New Norcia...
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Autumn 2003 earliest date for new GMO authorisations
Brussels, 05 Mar 2003 At a meeting of the Environment Council in Brussels on 4 March, the Commission told EU environment ministers that a decision on new authorisations of genetically modified...
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Master Japanese R&D techniques in ten days!
Brussels, 05 Mar 2003 The European Commission and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry are organising training programme in Japan, to take place from 12 to 21 May, advertised under...
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Commission calls on EU Member States to intensify efforts in life sciences and biotechnology
Brussels, 5 March 2003 In its first progress report since adopting the EU strategy on life sciences and biotechnology in 2002, the European Commission today indicated that the risk of diverging...
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Proposed Council Decision concerning the renewal of the agreement with Russia on cooperation in science and technology
Brussels, 05 Mar 2003 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the conclusion of an Agreement aimed at renewing the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community...
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Belgian federal government launches third return and reintegration grant initiative
Brussels, 05 Mar 2003 The Belgian federal scientific policy office has launched its third return and reintegration grant, which aims at encouraging Belgian researchers to return from overseas to...