Letter: Ethical balances 1
I believe in academic freedom and a researcher's right to study controversial topics ("Don't rock the research boat," THES , January 11), but no researcher has the right to assume that people exist...
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Letter: Ethical balances
I doubt if many members of self-styled "ethics" committees would know cant from Kant or soccer from Socrates. If all they offer is superfluous and often amateur advice on research methodology, why...
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Letter: Oxford's welcome
Godfrey Keller, a lecturer in economics at Oxford University, says he would have liked an induction course (Analysis, THES , January 4). The university provides a handbook about Oxford, its policies...
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St Aldate's to Old Trafford
Are the worlds of Oxbridge and Manchester really so different? Terry Eagleton on swapping the dreaming spires for the ship canal. Last year, I moved to a post at Manchester University after almost 40...
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Gagged by the flag and other patriot games
Stephen Phillips reports how the treatment of critics of the US has sparked rows over academic freedom. Catherine Lutz recalls encountering many diverse campus viewpoints in the wake of September 11...
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US hate: a designer prejudice for our time
Clive Christie argues that anti-Americanism is a betrayal of intellectual integrity. The Afghan crisis has concentrated attention on a phenomenon that is influential in academic, cultural and media...
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A traditionalist with the eye
A hundred years after his birth, essayist and thinker Michael Oakeshott might hold the key to reviving a beleaguered Tory Party, argues David Walker. If Isaiah Berlin's posthumous reputation has been...
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Uniting a nation with bridge and brochure
Bosnia is not an obvious holiday destination, but Chris Bunting reports on a scheme that aims to use tourism to heal the country's ethnic rifts. On the morning of November 9 1993, a tank shell...
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Link to Corrected Version of Amended draft decision on the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in the implementation of the framework programme 2002-2006 of
Brussels, 16 January 2002 Amended proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in the implementation of the framework...
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German university seeks to re-establish links with Afghan researchers
Brussels, 16 January 2002 The University of Bonn is hoping to re-establish its long standing links with the University of Kabul, particularly with Afghan scientists. From the beginning of the 1960s,...
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ESA Director General Gives Evaluation of Ariane 510, Edinburg Ministerial, Other Events of 2001, Outlines Main Events of 2002
Paris, 16 January 2002 Early this morning, ESA's Director General held a press conference in Paris, where he recalled some of the highlights of 2001, and gave an overview of the main events to look...
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EU project shows Antarctica temperature rise in last 170,000 years
Brussels, 16 January 2002 EU project shows Antarctica temperature rise in last 170,000 years Recent data obtained by a team of 22 scientists working on the EU project EPICA (European project for ice...
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Commission issues call for expert evaluators in energy efficiency and renewable energy
Brussels, 16 January 2002 The European Commission's Energy and Transport DG has issued as call for applications for inclusion on lists of experts for evaluation activities connected with the...
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Spanish Presidency emphasises importance of Information society security
Brussels, 16 January 2002 The Spanish Presidency has suggested that a pan-European observatory using the latest research techniques should be instituted to provide protection in the European Union...
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Animal experiments fast track to US British researchers are going to the United States to carry out animal experiments to avoid delays caused by public sensitivity and official bureaucracy. Clive...