Is the masterplan coming unstuck?
UK business appears to have an insatiable appetite for employees brandishing MBAs, but when the going gets tough it might find that such qualifications really aren't worth the paper they are written...
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Eyeing up the future
Do you have the leadership vision to take your institution forward into the knowledge economy? Steve Molyneux assesses the positions taken by the various players in the field and says the time has...
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Clouded view as two wars collide
A Great Civil War
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Commission launches debate on how to turn European universities into a "world-class reference"
Brussels, 5 February 2003 Today in Brussels, the Commission published a Communication on the role of universities in the Europe of knowledge, as part of an initiative instigated by European Research...
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Lecturers angry at AUT decision to suspend action
The executive of the Association of University Teachers was accused this week of failing to use its democratic machinery in deciding to suspend strike action over pay five months after it began....
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Jobs must go to make UK books balance
Universities up and down Britain this week announced job cuts as they struggled to balance their books in the face of falling student numbers and budget cuts. Staff at the University of Manchester...
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A little lost with A to Z
The Penguin Archaeology Guide
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Commission presents roadmap to increase investment in research
Brussels, 12 September 2002 The Commission yesterday presented its strategy to respond to the March 2002 Barcelona European Council's call to raise research spending to 3% of EU average Gross...
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Vosene four win by a head
Four Strathclyde University students have won work experience with a global promotional marketing agency after devising a marketing communications strategy designed to improve sales of Vosene shampoo...
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Philippe Busquin: Agriculture durable: Enseignement pour une r谷flexion politique Conf谷rence "Vers une agriculture durable dans les pays en d谷veloppement" Bruxelles, 30-31 janvier 2003
Bruxelles, 30-31 janvier 2003 Mesdames et Messieurs, C'est peut-那tre la premi豕re fois que des citoyens d'Europe et du monde entier rencontrent des scientifiques et des sp谷cialistes afin de discuter...
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Commission Communication: More Research for Europe - Towards 3% of GDP
Brussels, 12 Sep 2002 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION MORE RESEARCH FOR EUROPE Towards 3% of GDP Table of Contents Full Text EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In March 2000, at the Lisbon European Council, Heads...
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Cash is lavished on RAE giants
Key points Extra ?1.25 billion for research by 2005-06 Research to be concentrated in top universities New RAE rating for top research departments PhD funding criteria to encourage concentration...
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'We've gone beyond bottom pinching... but this is worse'
Institutionalised sexism discourages many women from a career in science. What's being done about it? asks Helen Hague. Baroness Greenfield broke the pre-publication purdah surrounding her keenly...
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Philippe Busquin: Les sciences de la vie et les biotechnologies dans l'Espace europ谷en de la Recherche Carrefour des biotechnologies Lille, le 15 octobre 2002
Lille, le 15 octobre 2002 Madame la Ministre, Mesdames et Messieurs, Pour un commissaire europ谷en 角 la recherche, c'est une occasion r那v谷e de pouvoir s'adresser 角 une assembl谷e si diversifi谷e d'...
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Access rhetoric fails to impress chiefs
The government's rhetoric on widening participation has not been matched by appropriate action, higher education leaders warned this week. A Universities UK conference on widening participation heard...