Do something positive 1
Those who proposed and voted for the Association of University Teachers' boycott of two Israeli universities would have done well to reflect first on the consequences of Mona Baker's ill-fated...
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Do something positive 2
My colleague Andrew Morgan says that academics in the UK should "encourage our academic colleagues in Israel to challenge what (the Israeli Government) does, rather than merely copy that Government's...
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Friends, Romans and West Countrymen...
Rustic r's were unfamiliar to the Globe's modern audience, but they were just as the Bard would have heard them, says master of pronunciation David Crystal The actors were in a rehearsal room at...
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Burning up with lost soles to pay off the debt of still being alive
Racing for 150 miles in the 49C heat gave Ben Edwards the chance to raise cash and do a bit of research. Alex Klaushofer joins him Standing in the burning Sahara, Ben Edwards refills his water...
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How will history judge cloning?: David Oderberg
David Oderberg finds cloning morally repugnant, but Julian Savulescu sees the birth of a new prejudice - clonism Last month, Italian scientists announced that they had cloned a horse from a castrated...
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How will history judge cloning?: Julian Savulescu
David Oderberg finds cloning morally repugnant, but Julian Savulescu sees the birth of a new prejudice - clonism The cloning of human beings is inevitable. When it happens, it will represent one of...
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Campus curiosities. 03 The Attenboroughs' marks on Leicester
The celebrated Attenborough family name is carved into the fabric of Leicester University - both figuratively and literally, it turns out. The Richard Attenborough Centre, named after the ennobled...
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What have I done that my college won't put me up?
A friend of mine has been made head of school at his university. He was telling me that before taking up the post, he is to be trained to meet its various obligations. I joked that among the most...
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"I do not feel I know for sure what happened, either at Tantura or at Haifa..."
"I have read many hundreds of related articles, interviews and documents ...talked in detail to many of those most closely involved. And I do not feel I know for sure what happened, either at Tantura...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, 11 May 2005
Brussels, 04 May 2005 Full text of Document 1628/05 1. Proposal for the 7th Framework Programme - Continuation of the examination of the proposal: Theme "Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities"...
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Plans for a European polar agency on the way
Brussels, 04 May 2005 By providing 2.5 million euro over the next four years to the European Polar Consortium, the European Commission is laying the foundation stone of a future European polar entity...
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Commission proposes ICT boost to fully exploit Europe's audiovisual heritage
Brussels, 04 May 2005 The European Commission has said that it intends to strengthen actions to preserve and exploit Europe's written and audiovisual heritage through the use of information and...
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Commission approves state aid scheme for SMEs using incubators
Brussels, 04 May 2005 The European Commission has given its approval to a German plan to support the users of technology centres and incubators with state aid. The German government wishes to set...
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Commission requests feedback on energy research publications
Brussels, 04 May 2005 In line with its policy of improving the information that it provides for the EU's research community, the European Commission is asking for feedback on three energy...
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Child safety and mobile phones
Brussels, 04 May 2005 A meeting on child safety and mobile phones will take place in Luxembourg on 14 June as part of the Safer Internet Forum. The objective of the Forum is to contribute to...