Makeover mania
Image is everything and universities are lining up to pay branding agencies serious money to create the right profile. But is this market-driven approach a step too far, asks Hannah Fearn
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Commissioner Piebalgs recalls EU’s support to North Sea oil research in a top conference in Norway
Brussels, 23 August 2006 "The EU has invested a lot of effort and funds in developing efficient European technologies capable of facing the enormous energy challenges of the North Sea. The success...
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Commissioner Piebalgs recalls EU’s support to North Sea oil research in a top conference in Norway
Brussels, 23 August 2006 "The EU has invested a lot of effort and funds in developing efficient European technologies capable of facing the enormous energy challenges of the North Sea. The success...
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Cap off: it is time to reconsider profile
Scramble to adjust market status has already begun ahead of 2009 review of tuition fees. Tony Tysome reports For many vice-chancellors, it has become a question of "when", not "if". The 2009 review...
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Devolution revolution
The big challenge is to adapt to new ways of educating people while maintaining standards, claims Sa'ad Medhat Work-based learning is redefining both the workplace and the classroom. Government...
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Entrepreneurial scientist who loves saving energy
Profile: Ravi Silva, Director, Advanced Technology Institute, Surrey University "I might have to interrupt our interview this morning to sign some papers on a deal. The lawyers are waiting," says...
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Europe must 'stop hiding behind its social model' and create the right conditions for entrepreneurship, Lisbon workshop is told
Brussels, 17 Nov 2005 Europe must 'stop hiding behind its social model' and instead concentrate on creating the right conditions for entrepreneurship to flourish at the local and regional level, a...
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Grant bids face business test
Academics fear plans to judge applications on potential economic impact will stifle innovation, says Mark Rodgers Academics will have to prove the potential commercial worth of their research to...
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Beware of fame-hungry climate change deniers
Dissident academics are helping to give the global warming denial lobby its veneer of credibility, says Bob Ward The most authoritative analysis yet of the options for mitigating climate change will...
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Portugal and MIT launch research and education initiative
Brussels, 26 October 2006 The Portuguese government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have signed a five-year partnership agreement to expand research and education links in the...
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Research jobs fillip at UCLan
The University of Central Lancashire is out to recruit senior academics and their research teams in a bid to boost its academic reputation. The university is advertising in this week's Times Higher...
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Preparation of the Competitiveness Council of Ministers, Brussels, 25 September 2006 (full version)
Brussels, 22nd September 2006 The EU Competitiveness Council will meet in Brussels on Monday 25 September under the chairmanship of Mauri Pekkarinen, Finnish Minister of Trade and Industry. The...
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ARCHAEOLOGY- The Tomb in Ancient Egypt: Royal and Private Sepulchres from the Early Dynastic Period to the RomansBy Aidan Dodson, research fellow of archaeology and anthropology, University of...
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EP Briefing 25-28 September 2006: Galileo programme
Strasbourg, 20 Sep 2006 MEPs will debate and vote on a resolution on Galileo. The debate is based on the following oral question to the Commission: Subject: Taking stock of the Galileo programme...
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Bids invited for mutual gain
As India and the UK strengthen research links through a government-backed strategy, individual universities are really talking business. Olga Wojtas reports Academics and researchers across India and...