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...
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Special - What it means to be British
</a> Â Â Â Â The Times Higher invited five academics to comment on what it means to be British. Together, they ponder a very English identity crisis and chart the decline of formal...
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Women suffer £5k pay gap at UK universities Women earn up to a quarter less than men at some universities despite taking the lion's share of recent promotions, according to new figures. Average pay...
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Commission Communication of the new instruments of the 6th Framework Programme (link)
Brussels, 01 Sep 2004 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION responding to the observations and recommendations of the high-level Panel of independent experts concerning the new instruments of the 6th...
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GALILEO Joint Undertaking - Information Day of the Euro-Mediterranean Satellite Navigation (GNSS) project (links)
Brussels, 01 Sep 2004 Ministry of Civil Aviation Cairo, EGYPT September 2004 Invitation Letter Draft Agenda Registration Form For more information: GJU Energy and Transport DG
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Envisat witnesses return of the South Polar ozone hole
Paris, 01 Sep 2004 The smudges of dark blue on this Envisat-derived ozone forecast trace the start of what has unfortunately become an annual event: the opening of the ozone hole above the South Pole...
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Three new planets in two weeks - the race to discover new worlds picks up speed
Brussels, 01 Sep 2004 US astronomers have found two new planets, the size of Neptune, orbiting stars beyond our solar system. The announcement comes just days after a team of European scientists...
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European ISS observation module ready for transportation to US
Brussels, 01 Sep 2004 The development phase of a European-built observation module for the International Space Station (ISS) has been completed and is ready to be transported to the Kennedy Space...
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Call for study on patent and publication citations and research networks
Brussels, 01 Sep 2004 The European Commission's Research DG has published a call for tenders for a study on highly-cited patents, highly-cited publications and research networks. This study forms...
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Bioturbine project workshop
Brussels, 01 Sep 2004 A Bioturbine project workshop will take place on 24 September in Brussels, Belgium. The purpose of the workshop is to summarise the current activities in the field of biofuels...
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The State of Play, an annual conference sponsored by New York Law School and Yale Law School, explores the next frontier in the evolution of cyberspace: virtual worlds - 28-30 Oct., New York
New York, 2004-01 Sep State of Play will be held this year at New York Law School, Tribeca, New York City from Oct 28-30, 2004. Last year's inaugural event, "State of Play: Law, Games and Virtual...
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INTUITION workshop on virtual reality
Brussels, 01 Sep 2004 The INTUITION Network of Excellence, funded under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) and bringing together 58 virtual reality organisations, will hold a workshop in Athens,...
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Swedish minister calls for European Research Council
Brussels, 01 Sep 2004 With its long tradition of investing in research and development (R&D), Sweden has an important role to play in reforming European research policy for the future, said...
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New study sheds light on photosynthesis
Brussels, 01 Sep 2004 A group of scientists from the Netherlands, the UK and the US has discovered how the component parts of photosynthesis fit together within the cell membrane - and the process is...
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Report examines possible reasons for Beagle 2 disappearance
Brussels, 01 Sep 2004 Following a six-month internal investigation, the project team behind Beagle 2 has produced a report detailing the possible causes of the disappearance of the Mars lander, and a...