Felicitous typo
My criticism of John Parker's attack on "the tired triadic of social theory" was unfortunately mistyped as "the third triadic of social theory (Letters, March 12). However, "third triadic" carries...
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Boring experiment
You reported in last week's Times Higher that some apes "were observed to yawn more after watching a video recording of a yawning chimp" ("It's very evolved of us to ape a yawn", March 12). If you...
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Party animals
So Labour students are being urged to form a body "to criticise the government and party when necessary" (March 12). Students need no encouragement to party at any time. Tony Williams Manchester...
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Laurie Taylor column
"There has been a fantastic growth in creative writing courses" - The Times Higher , March 12 THE UNIVERSITY OF POPPLETON BA in CREATIVE WRITING Ever quietly fancied yourself as a bit of a writer?...
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Laurie Taylor column
"There has been a fantastic growth in creative writing courses" - The Times Higher , March 12 THE UNIVERSITY OF POPPLETON BA in CREATIVE WRITING Ever quietly fancied yourself as a bit of a writer?...
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Alan Ryan
As fine US institutions are tainted by sporting scandals, some wonder if money-spinning jocks are given too much free rein A sceptical colleague at Princeton University observed that we gave the name...
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Alan Ryan
As fine US institutions are tainted by sporting scandals, some wonder if money-spinning jocks are given too much free rein A sceptical colleague at Princeton University observed that we gave the name...
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Leader: Brown looks on the bright side
Beyond the euphoria induced by the chancellor's promises to boost research and preserve funding levels in higher education in addition to the anticipated fee income, universities now face a number of...
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Leader: Sykes' unhelpful jibe
Quangos need lively minds that are capable of challenging accepted wisdom if they are to improve the services they oversee. Higher education funding councils are no exception: the parlous state of...
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Leader: Brown looks on the bright side
Beyond the euphoria induced by the chancellor's promises to boost research and preserve funding levels in higher education in addition to the anticipated fee income, universities now face a number of...
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Leader: Sykes' unhelpful jibe
Quangos need lively minds that are capable of challenging accepted wisdom if they are to improve the services they oversee. Higher education funding councils are no exception: the parlous state of...
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Today's news
Brown finds extra cash to fund growth Gordon Brown quashed fears that universities would be expanded on the cheap this week by confirming that the government will fully fund rising student numbers...
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Documents from the March 15-19 Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore at WIPO (links)
Geneva, 17 Mar 2004 ADDENDUM TO ACCREDITATION OF CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS Document prepared by the Secretariat TRADITIONAL CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS: DEFENSIVE PROTECTION MEASURES RELATED TO THE INDUSTRIAL...
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EU and Israel reach agreement on GALILEO. Under the auspices of the EU, cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority is also taking off
Brussels, 17 March 2004 An agreement has been reached between the European Union and the State of Israel on its participation in the GALILEO programme. This agreement was initialled in Jerusalem on...
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Standards Consultancy Issues Discussion Paper on a Patent Policy for a Standards Setting Organization - Comments by April 15
17 Mar 2004 DRAFT Criteria (in development) for the Evaluation of a patent policy for a Standards Setting Organization This First public DRAFT Dated Monday March 15, 2004 is intended only...