Fishy tale about pay 2
Your article "More staff earn £50K-plus" ( THES , September ) could be taken to imply, incorrectly, that Southampton Institute has made generous pension "top-ups" to staff taking early retirement,...
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In brief 1
Is it relevant that the new chief executive of the Economic and Social Research Council is "a big man" and, as such, "a strong contrast, physically and personally, with his predecessor"? (Features...
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In brief 2
Leicester University's "Campus of the Future" (News, THES , September ) will incorporate "communal sectors... providing meeting points for academics and students from different subject areas". I seem...
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In brief 3
I am researching the life of Professor Ernest Weekley (1865-1954) and would like to talk to descendants of people who were taught by him at Nottingham University College. I am particularly keen to...
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Rights and wrongs 1
Sir Alec Broers ("Cambridge outrage ill-founded", THES , September 13) fails to address the key issue: where does the ethical and legal right in intellectual property lie? No one (and no group) can...
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Rights and wrongs 2
Ross Anderson has raised alarm that is without foundation (Letters, THES , September 20). He claims that the proposal to bring intellectual property policy in Cambridge in line with other...
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Compromise reached on embryonic stem cell research
Brussels, 02 Oct 2002 Carlos WESTENDORP Y CABEZA (PES, E), chairman of the Industry Committee, was pleased to announce on Tuesday morning that the Commission, Council and Parliament had reached a...
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Integral - tracking extreme radiation across the Universe
Paris, 02 Oct 2002 Integral is the International Gamma Ray Astrophysics Laboratory of the European Space Agency. It is a cooperative mission with Russia and is scheduled for launch on 17 October 2002...
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ESA is helping to make road transport more effective
Paris, 02 Oct 2002 Space is the usual business of a space agency, so it may come as a surprise that the European Space Agency (ESA) is giving some attention to road transport. The agency is designing...
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Des fondations solides pour l'industrie de la construction en Europe: un rôle clé pour la recherche et l'innovation
Bruxelles, 2 octobre 2002 Dans le cadre de la préparation des prochaines actions de recherche communautaires, près de 200 chercheurs, ingénieurs, professionnels de l'industrie européenne de la...
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Philippe Busquin: Un nouvel élan au projet d'Espace Européen de la Recherche, Présentation de l'Association Leibniz Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2002
Bruxelles, le 1er octobre 2002 Monsieur le Président, Mesdames, Messieurs, Avant tout, permettez-moi de souhaiter la bienvenue à Bruxelles aux représentants de l'Association Leibniz. Je voudrais...
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UK SMEs slow to embrace broadband
Brussels, 02 Oct 2002 A study has found that less than 10 per cent of the 1.2 million small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK have taken up broadband. According to the survey, by telecoms...
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'European learning resources space' project launch
Brussels, 02 Oct 2002 The European Treasury Browser (ETB) is a new project funded under the Information Society Technologies (IST) programme of the Commission's Fifth Framework Programme. The project...
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Busquin calls for global, long term approach to construction technology
Brussels, 02 Oct 2002 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has called for a global and long term approach to research in the construction sector. Close to 200 researchers, engineers,...
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Commission study tackles polluted lakes and rivers
Brussels, 02 Oct 2002 A study requested by the European Commission into the problem of phosphorus pollution in lakes and rivers has recommended a ban on phosphate-based detergents and tougher...