You have been 'grey gooed'
Hysteria has set back real discussion of nanotechnology, says K. Eric Drexler The Institute of Physics recently issued a press release, "Nanotechnology Pioneer Slays Grey Goo Myths", on the...
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Set the agenda and make your very own camel
Today you can't escape the committee, but why try? Embrace the five Ps and change your world, says Nick Saunders We all love committees, don't we? Well, maybe. The truth is that sitting on a...
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Jobwatch: Midlands Masterstroke
The retirement of the 1960s boom-years art and design academics is leading Nottingham Trent to recruit creatively by offering jobs with reduced levels of administration. Chris Johnston reports A...
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Who got that job? Professor of British Literature
Richard Todd Job advertised in The Times Higher September 5 2003 Richard Todd is an academic and British but has never been an academic in Britain. The day after submitting his doctoral thesis at...
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The poodle exercise is a novice's best friend
Devising a fantasy dog-clipping course showed Humphrey Evans how to make the most of his professional experience as a college tutor. Poodle clipping had never been a craft whose ramifications I had...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Mandy Garner asks teachers how they manage Name: Rachel A. Harris Age: 35 Job: Lecturer in ethnomusicology at School of Oriental and African Studies Salary: £24,...
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A way to follow in Bloom's steps
Scholars have devised a virtual environment that can help make sense of one of the most complicated episodes of James Joyce's Ulysses . Details of the Bloomsday Machine were revealed in Dublin on the...
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Pillinger launches plea for Beagle 3
Colin Pillinger has vowed to make a second attempt to land a spacecraft on Mars. The Open University professor is determined to launch Beagle 3 despite the failure of his Beagle 2 to communicate...
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Today's news
Graduates lose out on salaries Thousands of graduates still earn less than £20,000 a year by the time they are 30, according to researchers from Cardiff, Bath and Essex Universities. Starting...
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Alternative testing methods - European research to replace and reduce animal tests, 23 June, Brussels
Brussels, 17 Jun 2004 Brussels, 23 June 2004 WHO? Philippe Busquin, Commissioner for Research, European Commission In the presence of H.R.H. Prince Laurent of Belgium, President of the Prince Laurent...
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Decision on genetically modified oilseed rape to be referred to Council
Brussels, 17 Jun 2004 Following vote in the Regulatory Committee (16/06) on the release of genetically modified organisms into the environment, the decision to authorise the import and processing of...
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EU blocks Monsanto's GM rapeseed
Brussels, 17 Jun 2004 A panel of EU national environmental regulators failed to agree, on 16 June, whether or not to allow genetically modified (GM) rapeseed manufactured by Monsanto to be imported...
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Food quality and safety: EU awards €192m to new research projects and networks
Brussels, 17 June 2004 Today at a conference in Dublin (Ireland) on “Thinking beyond tomorrow: a safe and nutritious food chain for the consumer”, the European Commission announced it would award €...
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EU prepares strategy to secure ITER for Europe
Brussels, 17 Jun 2004 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin appealed to the media on 16 June to 'spread the word' that 'Europe is best' to host the international thermonucelar experimental...
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National Research Effort Needed to Secure Water Supply, says U.S. National Academies of Science (link)
Washington, 17 Jun 2004 The United States should make a new commitment to water resources research to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, says a new...