Annual Report 2002 DG Research
Brussels, 28 Mar 2003 Summary This annual report covers the period from January 2001 to March 2002, which was marked by unprecedented development of the Community's research policy. The Commission...
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A very peculiar business
Universities are too diverse to be run by profit-seeking chief execs. They need more care, says Wang Gungwu. More universities in Asia of late have turned to headhunters in search of a new vice-...
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Foreign fields provide an uninspiring look into private future
Pedro Teixeira and Alberto Amaral examine the rise of private provision in education overseas. With the rapid expansion of higher education in recent decades it seemed to make sense to increase the...
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Findings: Camelids give warm feeling
The accepted wisdom is that people began to domesticate flocks for a ready supply of food. But evidence from South America shows that some species may have been domesticated for their wool, writes...
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Mass resignation for French scientists
Brussels, 10 Mar 2004 Some 2000 French researchers have resigned in protest against the government's lack of response to their plea against budget cuts, fund freezes and post reductions. The protest...
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Mass resignation for French scientists
Brussels, 10 Mar 2004 Some 2000 French researchers have resigned in protest against the government's lack of response to their plea against budget cuts, fund freezes and post reductions. The protest...
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Getting to know the local lama
Asian Commitment
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Latest research news
Orbiting debris may have brought down Columbia Nasa engineers examining the break-up of the space shuttle Columbia think a possible cause may have been the clutter of human debris in space. US air...
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New interest in old powers
As the colonial past recedes, Asia is taking a fresh look at what Europe has to offer, writes Wang Gungwu. A shift in the way Asians study Europe has changed for the first time in a century....
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Engineers crave a bit of art and creativity
Engineering degrees in the UK should place more emphasis on creativity, design and the arts to produce the graduates needed by industry and to encourage people to study engineering. A survey to be...
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Pillaging poet died in the Great Game
Diplomacy and Murder in Tehran
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EU moves to close gender gap
The European Commission has asked universities to do more to increase the number of female mathematics, science and technology graduates by 2010. In a communication listing five benchmarks for...
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Outsider with a passion for showing the real Orient
A Portrait of the Hindus
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Top universities face cash crisis
The UK's leading universities could be casualties of a financial "black hole" as they await the income from top-up fees. Eric Thomas, vice-chancellor of Bristol University, has predicted that...
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It's falling apart at the seams
Britain has lost its sense of identity, argues Keith Hart, who predicts that this country is on its last legs. Western values have officially remained more or less the same since the liberal...