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The ownership of knowledge
How can the public good of free access to information be balanced against the commercial necessity of paying for its creation? And what is the impact of the digital economy? In March 2001...
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Universities fight South Africa's Aids crisis
As South Africa prepares to lose more than 4 million people to Aids over the next decade, its universities appear to be the country's best hope for survival. Karen MacGregor reports. Like Banquo's...
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Age of growing concerns
Making the leap from adolescence to adulthood has never been more difficult, says social psychologist Terri Apter, which is why greater parental support is not only desirable, but essential. Parents...
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Would you give a great idea away?
In the fourth of our series on intellectual property issues, Stephen Phillips looks at commercialisation in the US, and Caroline Davis talks to a free information radical. The United States has...
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Post revolution, art's revelation
Just as Iran's contemporary art scene was taking off, it was stifled by the Islamic revolution. Only now, writes Rose Issa, after years of war and religious restriction, is it blossoming. In 1997, I...
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian Lecturers and teachers have signalled a series of one-day strikes over pay that could disrupt the courses of thousands of students as early as next month. The Independent After a nine-...
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Latest UK news
Demand for HE almost static Demand for university places is almost static, according to figures released today by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. Just 0.8 per cent more people had...
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Latest international news
Liberal activists' arrests spark protest Students at Tehran University have protested against the arrest of more than 40 Iranian liberal opposition activists including the head of the university's...
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Latest UK news
Student rents rising fast Student accommodation charges are rising much faster than the rate of inflation, according to a new survey from the National Union of Students. The study found that average...
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Latest international news
Bush announces increase in research spending United States president George W. Bush's 2002 budget proposal increases spending on federally financed basic research by 6 per cent but spending on global...
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian According to a National Union of Students survey published today, the large-scale privatisation of university residences is hitting student pockets hard. Unequal internet access for...
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Synchrotron Radiation Source: access to beam time
Deadline: 11/05/2001
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Project Grants
Deadline: 18/05/2001
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Latest international news
Muslims denounce women's football in Kuwait Kuwait University is under pressure to cancel a women's football tournament due to take place today after the Muslim Brotherhood denounced it as a...