War by other means
While the conflict in Iraq grinds on, a parallel 'soft' war is being pursued by a host of new indigenous and Western-backed Arabic television, radio and internet services. Annabelle Sreberny says...
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Defend your core by going abroad
The Only Sustainable Edge
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Academics split over teaching contact hours
Lancaster and Manchester move to give students more time with tutors, writes Rebecca Attwood
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The Book of the Week: Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-first Century
Alex Danchev finds law and war are indivisible
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Beat the odds in an all-new game
The RAE may be replaced by a metrics-based system - but how will it work? How should you play your research hand when you don't know the rules? The simple answer is not to try, says Harriet Swain Ka-...
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David BYRNE: Driving Innovation, Competitiveness and Growth in Europe, Governors' Meeting for Health Care Industry, Food Beverage, Retail and Consumer Goods - WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM - New York, 3rd Febr
New York, 3rd February 2002 Introduction It is a great pleasure to have been invited here this evening to address such a distinguished audience from the health care, food beverage, retail and...
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Research bodies fear DTI bid to siphon off £140m
Research councils fear that the Department of Trade and Industry will attempt to fill a hole in its coffers by clawing back £140 million that is already earmarked for research, it emerged this week....
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Hustings brings out anger over pay dispute
The gloves came off in the fight to lead the University and College Union this week as the two main rivals for the general secretary's job went head to head for the first time at an election hustings...
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European IST Conference - Bucharest, 8 December
Brussels, 31 October 2006 FIMAN Development Services, the coordinator of the European IST project, will organize on 8 December 2006 the "EUROPEAN IST Conference". The event will take place in...
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Now is the age of the discontented
The consumer culture has contaminated higher education and student complaints are rising. Some academics, fearing litigation or poor assessment, offer flattery instead of feedback. Frank Furedi...
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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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Tory plan for ideas agency
A future Conservative government should set up a £1 billion agency to turn research ideas into products and services, a task force has recommended. An Innovative Projects Agency would correct "the UK...
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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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Health forum warns of weak pandemic prevention plans
Brussels, 06 Oct 2006 Participants at the European Health Forum Gastein have heard of calls for improved pandemic prevention strategies and more research into rheumatic diseases. The ninth edition of...