The institute of bad ideas
They knew what Robert Kilroy-Silk was really trying to do, they have all read The Da Vinci Code, twice , they plan to dine on Turkey Twizzlers tonight and they agree that the RAE should be given more...
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It's curtains for the gadfly of the piece...
Theory is dead, rejoices Mark Bauerlein, but it has dragged higher learning with it to the grave after years of dismembering our most prized literature. The Times Higher, though, finds that most...
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...but what a memorable performance
Not so long ago, theory was an unstoppable revolution that swept through English departments amid heated debates and furious polemics. But a straw poll carried out by The Times Higher suggests that...
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The changing of the guard
A British study that revisited the 'Stanford prison experiment' for reality TV has outraged the US academic who inspired the work, says Harriet Swain For viewers, it was the unfolding power struggle...
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Frontiers supplement
 Frontiers: research careers in infectious diseases Published in The Times Higher on October 7 2005 Introduction  Find your niche  Colin Blakemore advises all young researchers to consider a...
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International Fellowships
Deadline: 15/12/2005
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Research Project Grants
Deadline: 25/11/2005
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Law in Upper Austria forbidding use of genetically modified organisms was correctly treated as incompatible with EU law by Commission and EFSA: judgment (T-366/03, T-235/04)
Luxembourg, 5 October 2005 T-366/03 and T-235/04, Land Oberosterreich and Republic of Austria v Commission of the European Communities Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) on 5...
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EU Court overturns Austrian law to ban GM
Luxembourg, 5 October 2005 Upper Austria Region has failed to win its case at the EU Court of First Instance on the region's draft law to ban planting GMOs. The court found against the Region on all...
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Proposed Council Decision authorising the placing on the market of food containing GMO maize line 1507 (DAS-Ø15Ø7-1) (link)
Brussels, 05 Oct 2005 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION authorising the placing on the market of food containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize line 1507 (DAS-Ø...
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A new industrial policy: creating the conditions for manufacturing to thrive
Brussels, 5 October 2005 In the face of globalisation and intense international competition, the European Commission has today launched a new, more integrated industrial policy to create better...
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A new industry policy: Making the EU a more attractive place for industry
Brussels, 5 October 2005 In the context of the Lisbon “Partnership for Growth and Jobs” the European Commission and Member States made a commitment to focus on economic growth and...
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Call for expressions of interest in membership of scientific panels at European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (OJ link)
Brussels, 5 October 2005 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Call for interest, members of scientific panels (OJ C244A/1 4.10.2005). Full text Applications are invited for membership...
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Agenda Details for the 12/13 October Meeting of the JAF (Legal, Administrative and Financial) Group of COST -- European Co-operation in Science and Technology (links)
Brussels, 05 Oct 2005 Delegations, in particular those not represented at the JAF meeting, are invited to submit their comments, if any, to the Secretariat by 10 October at the latest. Agenda Item 3b...
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The potential and limits of renewable energy technology
Brussels, 05 Oct 2005 Following a vote by the European Parliament in support of increasing the deployment of renewable energy sources, the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency...