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Statistics to dominate research assessment Radical changes to the way British academic research is assessed and funded were announced today by Bill Rammell, the higher education minister. The...
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Flying visits to ancestral homelands
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilisations
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Native vegetables could help solve Africa's food crisis and boost weak rural economies
Washington, 31 October 2006 Full Report Powerful tools for tackling many basic problems in sub-Saharan Africa -- namely hunger, malnutrition, and rural poverty -- could literally spring from the...
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West breaks eastern promise 2
Tim Barrett suggests that unique specialist knowledge on contemporary Uyghur separatism in Chinese Central Asia will simply "disappear" after recent cuts at Durham University ("Asian studies cuts may...
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A new monitoring system to deal with natural disasters: Commission launches pilot phase of GMES
Brussels, 14 November 2005 Natural and manmade catastrophes in Europe, America, Asia and Africa, coupled with increased security needs, have further reinforced the case for improved monitoring...
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'As a student, I was on the front line. I soon realised just how important universities were for Islamist groups: for young people eager for new ideas they provided an environment far removed from the
Shiraz Maher, a former member of the radical group Hizb ut-Tahrir, says universities have been wilfully blind to extremist groups recruiting on campus, where they enjoy freedom to operate away from...
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Rankings spark debate abroad
The Times Higher 's second World University Rankings have fuelled debate in countries concerned about the future of their higher education systems. The response was especially vigorous in Malaysia,...
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Monkey business and the hunt for early man
The Complete World of Human Evolution
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Ice cores reveal 2.5 degree Celsius increase in 150 years
Brussels, 20 Feb 2006 Ice cores drilled in Siberia from the Belukha glacier by a joint Swiss-Russian team have revealed increases in temperature of 2.5 degrees Celsius over the past 150 years. The...
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Hi-flyers make most of import
Asian Business and Management
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Environmental NGOs Welcome Aarhus Convention Amendment Giving Public Right to Participate in Decisions on GMO-Related Activities
Almaty , Kazakhstan , May 2005 Civil society organizations, gathered at the Second Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention in Almaty, today welcomed an amendment to the Convention giving the...
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Universities put forward own proposals for European Institute of Technology
Brussels, 23 May 2006 The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has outlined its views on how a European Institute of Technology (EIT) should look, having previously objected to elements of...
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Liverpool set for final China deal
Liverpool University is close to finalising a deal to build the last foreign campus in China for the foreseeable future. The venture, expected to get the go-ahead next year, involves a unique...
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What's on the horizon for the superpower?
American Power in the 21st Century - The United States and the Great Powers
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Invention and discovery
What's it about? This conference will take an inventive look at invention in the Middle Ages, between 500 and 1500. This can include technological advances, but also the invention of literary forms...