Literary sense left for political points
The Politics of Jane Austen
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Re-routing world water ways
The global management of water must be rethought, a new report urges. Wendy Barnaby reports. If politics is the art of the possible, this document is a work of art." The first words used by Kadar...
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A plum for Victoria?
Victoria, Australia, is determined to become a key player in the global digital economy. Peter Thomas went to assess its progress Melbourne, in the Australian state of Victoria, is the home of the...
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Dispatches from the front
Scenes from the End - A War to be Won
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Don's Diary
Thursday The site I founded in my gap year, InfoYouth, for 16 to 24-year-olds, is launching in just under a week. Under the auspices of Schoolsnet, it will provide information for students on...
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Analysis: Challenge 'too huge' for LSC?
Further education colleges need less red tape, simpler funding and support that does not stifle autonomy to thrive. Can the Learning and Skills Council provide the right conditions? Tony Tysome...
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Science projects suffer in squeeze
Strategic research by the British Geological Survey has suffered from a combination of government short-termism, the focused demands of commercial contracts and a long, gradual squeeze on science...
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Work experience gets a cash carrot
A pot of new cash to develop business and community links will reward institutions with good graduate employment records. The Higher Education Reach-Out to Business and Community Fund will eventually...
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'Militants' rally to save jobs
A "new militancy" has taken root in higher education as up to 1,000 academic jobs face the axe in new universities. Support staff are to join academics' industrial action and there...
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Elite logs out of e-university
A complete rethink of the government's proposed e-university risks repeating the problems of the University for Industry. Plans for an elite core of institutions to lead the project - unveiled as...
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Caution: do not use life-saving substance
Pandora's Poison
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For the record
Cambridge resubmits plans for animal lab Cambridge University has resubmitted plans for a pioneering neuroscience research laboratory despite fears that it will become a target for animal rights...
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Report opposed by academics
A group of 1,400 Canadian academics have put their name to a letter that urges prime minister Jean Chretien to reject a report on university commercialisation. The Canadian Association of University...
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Research top of political agenda
PM Howard puts knowledge economy centre stage in green paper. University research and research training are issues flying high on Australia's political agenda. More than a decade after the last...
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Consuming ecological passions
Journal of Industrial Ecology