Rosetta launch delayed for technical reasons
Paris, Feb 2004 Today's launch of Flight 158 with the Rosetta spacecraft will be delayed by a few days to allow for a minor repair to the external thermal protection on Ariane 5's core cryogenic...
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Lecturers to take action over pay Lecturers yesterday voted to stop marking exams and essays in a pay row. The Association of University Teachers said more than 80 per cent of members had backed...
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Parliament publishes call for scientific consultancy services
Brussels, Feb 2004 The European Parliament has published a call for tenders aimed at selecting a service provider to provide scientific advice to its Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (...
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Letter from UNICE Secretary General Philippe de Buck to Alexander Schaub, Director-General of DG Internal Market, on the Community Patent
Brussels, Feb 2004 The letter as a document image file on the UNICE website Dear Mr Schaub, Thank you for your letter of 9 February 2004 in response to our assessment of the current package regarding...
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Rosetta launch delayed for technical reasons
Paris, Feb 2004 Today's launch of Flight 158 with the Rosetta spacecraft will be delayed by a few days to allow for a minor repair to the external thermal protection on Ariane 5's core cryogenic...
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Today's news
Lecturers to take action over pay Lecturers yesterday voted to stop marking exams and essays in a pay row. The Association of University Teachers said more than 80 per cent of members had backed...
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Controversial thesis
The Times Higher Education Supplement presents a series of debates at the National Portrait Gallery, Ondaatje Wing Theatre. Join leading academics for a series of discussions chaired by...
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BT Exact
Deadline: 09/04/2004
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Study Visits for Senior Academics
Deadline: 15/04/2004
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Short-term research fellowship scheme
Deadline: 09/04/2004
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Supertext: The textbook that changed my life
Although not a standard textbook, The Observer's Book of Astronomy by Patrick Moore did more to set me on a career path in science than any number of standard-issue schoolbooks and humdrum teachers....
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Fervour of a rational treasure
Christopher Wood discovers what really drives biologist Richard Dawkins to wonder. It is too early to describe the landscape of the post-Hutton report world. But just in case the days of a free press...
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Make a killing as a screen icon
In a field dominated until recently by American texts, these three books add to a growing literature that focuses on online business activity from a UK perspective. All three offer case studies and,...
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Top cancer expert, 91: 'I'll go to jail for science'
One of the world's leading cancer researchers, 91-year-old Sir Richard Doll, has said he would be willing to go to prison for breaking one of the many new laws that academics believe are stifling...
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Pay set for local free-for-all
The national academic pay system began to crumble this week as leading universities forged ahead with plans to set their own pay levels - despite the strike by the largest academic union. The...