A long-indulged silly streak
But from naked ambition to plain nudity. Comedian Arthur Smith returned to his alma mater, the University of East Anglia, at the end of last week to give a speech at the university court - the annual...
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Too clever for their own good
Arthur Smith's recollections were followed by a rather more pungent dish at the UEA: a lecture on the education of teenagers by Sir Mike Tomlinson. Sir Mike's refrain this week was that one side-...
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Tristram Hunt returns to whitehall for a new BBC sitcom
'Comparing this with the hideously worthy West Wing is to breathe in the fresh air of British democracy' The thick of it. BBC 4, Thursdays, 10.30pm-11pm (until June 2) The BBC's new political satire...
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Why I... believe science fiction helps our understanding of science fact
"Do you relish science-fiction films but do not have quite the same feeling about science?" Physicist Leroy Dubeck asked this question in 1993 and then, in his book Fantastic Voyages: Learning...
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Show us the money
Universities and funders need to do some radical thinking to boost pay, argues Paul Mackney. For many years, there was a view that academic staff would put up with relatively low pay in return for...
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Practice makes perfect sense
The 2008 RAE should recognise more applied research, but Phil Ternouth remains sceptical. When the members of the review panels for the 2008 research assessment exercise were announced earlier this...
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Next week
BIG QUESTIONS IN HISTORY To launch the book of our series, Benjamin Barber asks why it is that so many of his fellow professionals have heralded the end of history
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Exception from food labelling requirements that is allowed where presence of genetically modified organisms is adventitious and less than 1 percent extends to food for infants or others with special n
Luxembourg, 26 May 2005 C-132/03, Ministero della Salute v Coordinamento delle associazioni per la difesa dell'ambiente e dei diritti degli utenti e dei consumatori (Codacons), Federconsumatori...
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Genetically Modified Organisms: Authorisation Procedures for New GMOS (link)
Brussels, 26 May 2005 Full text of Document 9253/05 Suite of documents 9253/05 Under the procedures established pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 for assessing the health and environmental...
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Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: Working together for the Europe of knowledge, EUREKA Inter-Parliamentary Conference
Den Haag, 26 and May, 2005 Honourable Ministers, Members of Parliament, Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank the Dutch Parliament and the EUREKA Chairmanship for inviting me to speak at this...
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EU health ministers agree to make e-health a reality within five years
Brussels, 26 May 2005 EU health ministers and the European Commission have announced their decision to establish an integrated, compatible and interoperable European e-health system by 2010. At a...
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Hungarian-born mathematician collects 2005 Abel Prize
Brussels, 26 May 2005 The Hungarian-born research Peter Lax was presented with the 2005 Abel Prize for mathematics by the Crown Prince Regent of Norway at a ceremony in Oslo on 24 May. The 780,000...
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FLOSSWorld - strengthening Europe's leadership in open source software research
Brussels, 26 May 2005 The European Union is to provide 660,000 euro funding to a new Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) project designed to strengthen EU leadership and international cooperation in free...
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Development of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies - call for tenders
Brussels, 26 May 2005 The Commission's Energy and Transport DG has published a call for tenders relating to the development of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in a large-scale lighthouse project...
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Today's news
AUT overturns Israeli boycott Britain's biggest university lecturers' union yesterday voted to overturn its controversial boycott of two Israeli universities after weeks of heated debate on its...