When Cambridge University was deciding how its 800th anniversary could best be used not only to celebrate its history but also to raise much-needed money, it turned to US consultant Anthony Knerr,...
The academy was for centuries blind to anything that could not be rendered into text, but a 'sensory' revolution is afoot, discovers Sara Wajid When I asked Sukhdev Sandhu to write about a Muslim...
The Chinese who study in the UK provide a vital source of income, so, Boris Johnson hears on his visit to China, we can't afford to be complacent Ah," said the jovial Chinese don next to me, dressed...
In Burma, teaching has been ravaged by a Government intent on repressing free thought and by monastic schools' rote learning. But, finds William Barnes, there are attempts to repair the damage...
Outraged by Lancaster's links with an arms firm and the prosecution of activists, academics went on a word offensive. Adam James explains In January, a peeved vice-chancellor e-mailed Bill Rammell,...
What the ape can tell us about that horrific human drug trial New drugs such as the one used in the Northwick Park Hospital trial may be intrinsically unsafe for human beings because of an immune...
Brussels, 03 May 2006 Full text of Document 8833/06 Suite of documents 8833/06 PROVISIONAL AGENDA for: 2138th MEETING OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (Part 1) date: Wednesday 3 (11:00) May...
Brussels, 3 May 2006 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) at the heart of the Commission’s job and growth initiative There is a very close link between IPR and the competitiveness of the EU...
Brussels, 03 May 2006 This evening Commission President Barroso, with Commissioners Potocnik and Figel', will meet members of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council, including its...
Brussels, 03 May 2006 The recent Eurobriefing Brussels conference brought together research foundations from around Europe, as well as European Commission officials, and could mark a new beginning...
Brussels, 03 May 2006 The 'Red List' of threatened species, published by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) had been updated, and now contains 16,119 individual species classified as endangered....
Brussels, 03 May 2006 A new study has revealed that men's fertility, like women's, declines with age. Scientists from the French National Institute for Demographic Studies, INED, in partnership with...
Brussels, 03 May 2006 A meeting of G8 health ministers in Saint-Petersburg has concluded that the best way to deal with any outbreak of avian flu is to ensure rapid detection in anticipation of a...
Brussels, 03 May 2006 A conference to mark the launch of the European Biofuels Technology Platform will take place on 8 June in Brussels. Organised by the European Commission with the support of the...
Brussels, 03 May 2006 Aujourd’hui a Bruxelles, le Directeur Géneral de l’Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm,...