ICT in Higher Education, Issue No. 4
ICT in Higher Education, Issue No. 4 Published in The Times Higher on October 22 2004 How students are getting an earful of learning Leader 'Universities are recognising the growing technological...
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Distinct lack of ebony in the ivory towers
The UK has around 10 black female professors. Chris Bunting begins a three-part series on black academics with a report on the poor hiring record of supposedly liberal...
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Man on a mission to boldly go...
Laurie Taylor has a close encounter of the bizarre kind at the fourth European Mars Conference, held at the Open University last week. "What you need to understand," said the delegate at the coffee...
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What if ... Kerry won the White House?
Academics recently debated the likely course of a Democrat presidency. Huw Richards listened in. To be President of the US is, Bill Bradley reflected as he contemplated his run for the Democrat...
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W stands for women, Dubya does not
Before women go to vote in the US presidential elections, they should review the incumbent's record on equality, says Cynthia Enloe As the US presidential campaign enters its final leg, questions are...
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It's a question of them and US
Tariq Ramadan is a European Muslim who could help transform Islam's relations with the West, so why is the US trying to keep him out? asks Malise Ruthven. It is not often that the US Secretary of...
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Leader
To many observers, the reason that e-learning has not made more inroads into the traditional higher education market lies in the impersonal nature of the process. Students are more comfortable with...
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Facing a byte-sized future
E-learning has taken an unexpected turn. It has not, as promised, replaced campus-based learning, but it has pioneered a ‘pick-and-mix’ approach to teaching and studying. Martin Weller explains The...
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Sherpa path leads online
Rising journal costs restrict access to scientific research. Martyn Bull reports on a campaign to get institutions to set up free internet archives If the purpose of scientific publishing is to...
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Learning in the ear and now
Duke University has given freshmen an iPod to aid their studies. Stephen Phillips plugs in to hear how it will be used The only perks most undergraduates can look forward to when they start their...
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Today's news
'Human book of life' paves way for therapies Tailored therapies to target a range of diseases, such as diabetes and breast cancer, may be a step closer after the final draft of the gene-rich part of...
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Draft Summary Conclusions of the 1 October Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (Crest) (link)
Brussels, 20 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 1207/04 Suite of documents 1207/04 Subject: DRAFT SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS OF THE 296th MEETING OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE (CREST) HELD...
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Commission Recommendation Concerning the Approval of an Agreement with Japan on Nuclear Energy and Research Cooperation (link)
Brussels, 20 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 13711/04 Suite of documents 13711/04 Subject: Recommendation from the Commission to the Council concerning the approval of an Agreement between the...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, 25 October
Brussels, 20 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 3801/04 1. Security Research - Continuation of discussions Docs. 10740/04 RECH 134 12368/04 RECH 168 COMPET 143 COSDP 508 POLARM 2. European space...
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Euratom Report on the third review meeting on implementation of the obligations under the Convention on Nuclear Safety (link)
Brussels, 20 Oct 2004 Full text Summary The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) is a regional organisation as referred to in Article 30 (4) of the Convention on Nuclear Safety. It acceded to...