Talk of a truce
Perhaps I can take issue with Jack Cohen's statement that Hamas and Islamic Jihad oppose peace with Israel (Letters, July 30). Abdul Aziz al-Rantissi, Hamas' leader after the murder of Sheikh Ahmed...
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Laurie Taylor column
Inbox - Maureen Lupping14@wanadoo... Dear Maureen URGENT. Please don't disregard this email because of the name and address. This is Gordon Lapping here in France. LAPPING. I couldn't get through to...
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Leader: Tightening up or dumbing down?
When is a move to improve courses an incitement to dumb down assessment standards? Answer: when academics think it is. On the face of it, Middlesex University's policy of instituting a review and...
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Leader: UK faces testing times
Cambridge's tests of thinking skills (TSAs) are too new for anyone to be certain that they are a better predictor of subsequent academic success than A levels, but the early signs are promising....
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Nuclear knowledge is disappearing, warns the International Atomic Energy Agency
Brussels, 11 Aug 2004 In its annual report for 2003, published on 9 August, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has expressed its concern at the ageing of the nuclear workforce and the lack...
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IST project to apply 'augmented reality' to industrial maintenance tasks
Brussels, 11 Aug 2004 Augmented reality may sound like a futuristic concept, but for someone carrying out complex industrial repairs or maintenance, the availability of computer generated information...
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Young people at more risk from CJD, warn French researchers
Brussels, 11 Aug 2004 A team of French researchers has found evidence to suggest that young people may be more likely to contract Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), the human form of BSE, than adults....
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Germany's largest research institute rewards nano discovery
Brussels, 11 Aug 2004 The Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres in Germany has awarded its prestigious Erwin Schrödinger Prize for interdisciplinary research to a team of physicists and...
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Seminar on European funding for international collaboration
Brussels, 11 Aug 2004 A seminar on European funding for international collaboration will take place in York, UK, on 17 September. The seminar will demonstrate how funds can be accessed to enable...
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Olympus Mons caldera (Mars) in perspective (link)
Paris, 11 Aug 2004 Perspective view of Olympus Mons caldera This perspective view, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, shows the complex caldera...
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Today's news
Permission to clone human embryos granted Britain's fertility watchdog has, for the first time, given the go-ahead for a team of university scientists to clone human embryos for medical research. The...
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‘Race’, Ethnicity and poverty: a review
Deadline: 10/09/2004
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Link Programme for Advanced Food Manufacturing
Deadline: 09/09/2004
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Entente Cordiale Cancer Research Bursaries
Deadline: 08/09/2004
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Entente Cordiale Cancer Research Prize
Deadline: 15/09/2004