EU funds project to increase mobile phone reach
Brussels, 18 Nov 2004 The European Commission is funding a new Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) project aimed at developing satellite positioning systems that work via professional wireless networks....
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Switzerland creates science outposts in US and Asia
Brussels, 18 Nov 2004 The Head of International Affairs at the Swiss Science Agency, Claudio Fischer, was in Brussels, Belgium, on 17 November to explain how and why Switzerland is creating outposts...
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Austria sets off on road towards 'milestone' on research landscape
Brussels, 18 Nov 2004 'The Med-AUSTRON project is one of the largest research projects in Austrian history and a milestone for the Austrian research landscape,' declared the country's Education and...
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German government and Länder adopt research pact
Brussels, 18 Nov 2004 The German federal government and the country's Länder have signed a pact on research and innovation. The agreement will see the funding allocated to Germany's large research...
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Today's news
Brown to scrap levy on college spin-out shares Gordon Brown is to announce the immediate abolition of substantial tax liabilities on academics' shares in high-technology university spin-out companies...
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Today's news
Google puts new slant on scholarship Google has already transformed the way the web is used. Now the company behind the internet's leading search engine aims to change the academic world too, with a...
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Laurie Taylor Column
Mind if I sit here? My pleasure. Still keeping busy? Is the Pope a Catholic? Anything interesting in your Higher ? Hardly. Apparently the Government in the shape of the DTI has rejected the advice of...
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Will our family embrace a 'hobbit' as one of its own?
A diminutive relative's bid to join the human race has begun a fierce debate, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto When they found her, her teeth were mashed to pulp, her bones rotted and soggy. She was...
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Leader: Will forum bring research U-turn?
When Sir Graeme Davies was asked to deliberate on the relationship between teaching and research at the height of the Government's difficulties over top-up fees, his forum seemed a classic vehicle to...
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Leader: Save our standards
Even allowing for the self-selecting nature of our survey on academic standards, the number of academics prepared to admit to passing students they believe they should have failed is shocking. More...
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Topsy-turvy terms
I read your article on universities scrapping the semester system with interest ("Return to terms of endearment", November 12). I am a final-year student at Plymouth University. Ivan Sidgreaves, the...
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Derrida's legacy 1
The snide remarks and often incomprehension of his work that greeted Derrida's death in the press have been an unedifying spectacle. Your feature on his legacy redressed the balance, particularly...
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Derrida's legacy 2
Pages and pages on Derrida and nothing of substance about his support for a broadly Marxist view of the world? Keith Flett London N17
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Derrida's legacy 3
Nick Hewitt ascribes US nationality to Anglo-Irish Perry Anderson, for 40 years the most influential New Left historian. I guess my hackles rose because, pace deconstructive nonsense not of Derrida's...
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Grasp the 'tertiary moment' 1
You quote Caroline Neville on the need for greater autonomy for mixed-economy colleges in their higher education work, but suggest that "allowing colleges to break free from partnerships appears to...