Russians cash in on Chinese shortfall
Oriental music and the high-pitched tonal sounds of Chinese chatter echo through the central hall of Volgograd's teaching university as students break for lunch. Milling around an exhibition of...
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Sex and drink-fuelled fraternities sober up
The hip series this summer on American TV is about university sororities. In promotional ads for the series, female undergraduates expound on the academic achievement of sorority members, their...
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Afghan exiles face dilemma as UN pushes for return
Every month, a small convoy of buses leaves Istanbul for the Afghan capital, Kabul. The buses are part of a growing exodus of refugees returning home after years and, for some, decades of exile....
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Tel Aviv tackles deficit crisis
Tel Aviv University has launched a four-year downsizing plan to deal with a 161 million shekel (£22 million) deficit. The plan has been approved by the planning and budgeting committee of Israel's...
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Campaigner dies before MBE
The founder and director of Seriously Ill for Medical Research has died from a progressive genetic condition shortly after learning that he was to receive an MBE. Andrew Blake, who suffered from...
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Shine a light on bright future for chemistry
Chemistry in higher education needs to be exciting and realistic, according to David Giachardi In the 21st century, chemistry will be the pivotal science. It will underpin and drive advances in the...
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Customer concerns
Treating students as customers damages the academic community, argues Stephen Burwood It has become commonplace for students to be described as "customers". This is, of course, the sort of...
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More than a research factory
True scholarship involves a range of intellectual activities, writes Stephen Logan What are universities for? One function might be to maintain a degree of historical impartiality about the cultural...
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Why I ..believe guns do not increase violence
Gun control advocates have praised the English model, where the toughest arms restrictions of any democracy are credited with producing a low level of violent crime. But the historical record...
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Life after retirement for Hubble hardware
Paris, 20 June 2002 Two pieces of 'retired' hardware retrieved from the Hubble Space Telescope provide scientists and engineers with unique knowledge of how long-term exposure to the harsh space...
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Germany should not have exempted research in public-sector higher education establishments from VAT: judgment
Luxembourg, 20 June 2002 C-287/00, Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany Judgment of the Court of Justice (Fifth Chamber) on 20 June 2002 (link to English version when...
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Report on the proposed regulation concerning traceability and labelling and traceability of genetically modified organisms
Brussels, 20 June 2002 FINAL A5-0229/2002 12 June 2002 REPORT on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation concerning traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms...
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FP6 rules of participation compromise approved
Brussels, 20 June 2002 A unanimous vote by committee MEPs approving a compromise deal on the rules of participation in the Sixth Framework programme took place on 19 June. The vote, by the European...
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Galileo - ESA and EU working together
Paris, 20 June 2002 The European Union and ESA: the need for closer working relations In Edinburgh in November 2001, Mr Romano Prodi became the first European Commission president to attend an ESA...
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Call for proposals - European Biotechnology Web Portal
Brussels, 20 June 2002 Enterprise Grant Programme 2002: Calls for Proposals Theme 8: European Biotechnology Web Portal deadline 31/08/2002 Call for proposals and other information Contact: Mr Björn...