The efficient management of production cycles
Brussels, 25 Mar 2004 A conference on process automation and control for the efficient management of production cycles will take place at the Milan Fair in Italy on 14 and 15 September. The event...
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New Member States at ESA
Paris, 25 Mar 2004 In the course of its meeting in Kiruna (Sweden) on 24 and 25 March, the ESA Council approved the accession of Greece and Luxembourg to the ESA Convention. The two countries are...
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The roisterer of Tahiti with sin in his stroke
Gauguin - Gauguin Tahiti - The Way to Paradise - Edouard Vuillard
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a love story twice adapted for the opera: "I must begin by taking my reader back to the time in my...
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Hate can't be washed down with a few pints
The Psychology of Good and Evil
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Do you believe in 'zombies'?
How could conscious experiences affect brains? The simple answer is that they could not and do not. Yet we feel as though they do. This clash between the way things seem and the way they rationally...
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Thick on plot, but a little thin on theory
Multiple-choice question. Is this book: (a) "witty and ingenious"; (b) "ecstatically playful"; (c) too clever by half? Going for the third option puts me firmly into the philistine camp, opposed to...
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Ages of reason and rift
How Children Develop - An Introduction to Developmental Psychology
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Just try not to mind the time lapses
The History of Psychology
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Laurie Taylor Column
"The QAA intends to introduce a code of practice to ensure that PhD examining is standardised" - The Times Higher , March 19 Thank you, Gillian. That concludes your viva. If you wait in the Inquiries...
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Leader: Help the union to avoid last orders
The National Union of Students holds its annual conference next week with top-up fees naturally uppermost among the concerns of delegates. There will even be a day's break in the proceedings while...
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Leader: Promise must be kept
When even the prime minister acknowledges an £8 billion funding gap in higher education, it may seem craven to celebrate a budget that guarantees no more than a standstill in state funding per...
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Don't ignore unhappy students
Assessing student performance in examinations based on the content of lectures should be straightforward, but if universities adjust marks when things go wrong, a lack of transparency can leave...
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Testing times 1
Rawaa ("Animal tests 'upsetting but important'", March 19) is a young scientist who believes her experiments on rats are relevant to humans. As she progresses, however, she will discover that an...