Franco's campaign to silence opposition in Spain had surprising support - from a Nobel laureate who was himself a dissident. Jason Garner meets the man who tracked the twists and turns There has been...
Geographer Edward Soja has found postmodernism a powerful critique that has advanced his subject. He tells Huw Richards about the 'third possibilities' that traditional theories missed. Edward Soja...
Our contest to write an opening chapter for a comic novel about a 21st-century vice-chancellor showed satire is alive on campus. Harriet Swain relates the deliberations of the judges, while below is...
Our contest to write an opening chapter for a comic novel about a 21st-century vice-chancellor showed satire is alive on campus. Harriet Swain relates the deliberations of the judges, while below is...
With Cardiff about to unveil a distinctly Welsh landmark building, Adrian Mourby ponders how architecture can encapsulate a country's identity Can national identity be expressed through architecture...
Middlesex abolishes exams for first-years Middlesex University has abandoned exams for first-year degree students in what critics claim is an unprecedented move to make it easier for students to pass...
Geneva, 13 October 2004 Statement by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the Committee on Trade and Environment, Special Session of 12-13 October 2004. Paragraph 31 (i...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2004 At a small signing ceremony in Brussels today, Fabio Colasanti, the Director General of the European Commission's Information Society DG, joined with EURid board members: Pierre...
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 3602/04 First EU coordination meeting will take place at time and venue mentioned above with the following agenda: 1. Finalisation of elements for an...
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 3679/04 1. GALILEO­ Communication to the European Parliament and the Council "Moving to the deployment and operation phases of the European...
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 An EU funded research initiative has identified a new process for joining lightweight materials in shipbuilding, which its inventors say will make shipyards in Europe more...
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 The Cambridge region is ahead of the rest of Europe in terms of technology investment, a survey has revealed. The survey, carried out by financial advisors Grant Thornton, also...
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 Clinical investigators from the Netherlands, Italy, the US and Japan are working with researchers from the University of Kent in the UK on clinical trials for new technology...
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 Germany's Max Planck Society and FIZ Karlsruhe are to work together to develop a platform for web based scientific work, allowing the scientists at the Max Planck Society's 80...
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 A European Earth and Space Week will take place in Brussels from 12 to 20 February 2005. The event is a joint European Commission and European Space Agency (ESA) initiative, and...