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Who's pulling your strings?
When universities get into bed with industry, can academic independence be guaranteed, asks Michael North Reports last week that failing further education colleges could be taken over by private...
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Rich and popular American cousin is not without flaws
Oxbridge could learn a thing or two from Harvard... and vice versa, says Harry Lewis The colonists of New England were a well-educated lot. More than a hundred who arrived before 1640 had Oxford or...
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Digging up a cash crop of fertile minds in dusty fields
Amrit Dhillon explains why India - both urban and rural - is such a popular recruiting ground for UK universities With the battle for international students - and their cash - becoming ever more...
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Can our evil be 'better' than theirs?
By classifying wrongdoing according to its utility, the West seeks to condone breaches of human rights. But the means can never be used to justify the end, argues Conor Gearty Until 1968,...
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On liberty and responsibility
In the year that marks the bicentenary of the birth of John Stuart Mill, A. C. Grayling imagines how the philosopher would respondto the debate on academic freedom in light of the Frank Ellis case It...
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Commissioner Stavros Dimas: Co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops: Freedom of choice Conference on GMO co-existence
Vienna, 05 April 2006 Conference on GMO co-existence Vienna, 05 April 2006 Ladies and gentlemen I am also pleased to be here today. The scale of the event alone demonstrates the considerable interest...
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Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel: Co-existence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming, Conference on co-existence
Vienna, 5 April 2006 Ladies and gentlemen, Let me begin by echoing the welcome message which you have already heard from Dirk and Josef. I’m very grateful to the Austrian presidency of the...
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List of Non-COST Countries and International/European Bodies Participating in COST Actions (link)
Brussels, 05 Apr 2006 Full text of Document 219/06 Suite of documents 219/06 Delegations will find attached the list of non-COST countries and international/European bodies participating in COST...
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State aid: Commission approves €13 million of public funding for R&D project by Abbott Vascular Devices
Brussels, 5th April 2006 The European Commission has endorsed, under the EC Treaty’s rules on state aid, €13 million of public funding for a research and development project by Abbott Vascular...
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EuropaBio posts its principles for accessing genetic resources
Brussels, 05 Apr 2006 EuropaBio members are supportive of the principles embodied in the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) A basic principle of the CBD is that States (Countries...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, 10 April 2006
Brussels, 05 Apr 2006 Full text of Document 1290/06 1. Information by the Presidency and the Commission on budgetary questions regarding FP7. 2. Rules for participation - examination of revised...
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Proofreaders for students' essays A university is providing students with lists of recommended proof-readers because their written English is so poor, it has emerged. Bradford University gives lists...
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