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'Is EU criminal law a threat to British justice?'

03 Dec 2013

In eurosceptic circles it is widely stated that European criminal justice threatens to undermine the basic values of the common law, and this is put...

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Euro bank notes and coins

Sleepwalking into the Euro nightmare

09 Nov 2013

Eurozone countries are still careering towards a financial and social ‘nightmare’ of their own making according to a leading academic speaking at...

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European Union flag

A European Britain or a British Europe?

18 Jun 2012

Britain does not need to become more European, but Europe should become more British, a leading academic told a debate in the Cambridge series at the...

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Eruptions that shook the world

The Eruption after tomorrow

07 Mar 2012

Imagine the perfect storm. A series of severe volcanic eruptions engulf the globe, spewing ash and sulphur into the atmosphere, causing widespread...

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Detail of a map of the Holy Roman Empire, 1492 - 1618.

Kaiser, Reich and the making of modern Germany

01 Dec 2011

Europe is in crisis and its future is said to depend on Germany. The most comprehensive study of Germany's early modern history ever undertaken...

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Graphene

Graphene: the future in a pencil trace

24 Nov 2011

The European programme for research into graphene, for which the Universities of Cambridge, Manchester and Lancaster are leading the technology...

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The Cap Arcona ocean liner, used by the Hamburg-South America line until World War II

Germany in a global context

29 Mar 2011

A new perspective on German history is changing the way in which we see the country's present, as well as its past.

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European Parliament Brussels

Fair representation in Europe?

11 Mar 2011

Until now, seats in the European Parliament have been allocated by political bargaining. A fairer way has been devised by an international panel of...

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hauser-forum

Expanded support programme will boost growth in Eastern region

10 Jan 2011

A new enterprise and innovation programme will enable businesses and jobs to be created across the Eastern region, it has been announced.

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Ukraine

Cambridge becomes a home for Ukrainian Studies

28 Sep 2010

A major gift from prominent Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Firtash to the University of Cambridge has permanently endowed Western Europe's premier...

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Senate House

Academics to join British Academy Fellowship

23 Jul 2010

The British Academy has today announced the scholars elected for this year’s Fellowships in recognition of their contribution to the...

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THE V&A : London - South Kensington - ENGLAND : United Kingdom : WORLD : SENSE : ART : VIEWpoints

Report assesses arts and humanities research

10 Jun 2010

Research in the arts and humanities deserves wider recognition for the broad range of palpable contributions it is making to the life of the nation...

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