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OECD Finds that Biotechnology Contributes to Industrial Sustainability

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19-Nov-2001

Biotechnology has long held out the promise of providing alternative methods of industrial production that are both environmentally friendly and economically efficient, thus breaking the seemingly inevitable ...

New School Management Approaches

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23-May-2001

Those who manage schools and educational systems today have an arduous task as schools everywhere are being asked to do more than ever before. They also face a complex world and seemingly endless pressures ...

S&T Labour Markets: The Career Trajectories of Knowledge Workers

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01-Jan-2001

The diffusion of knowledge throughout the learning economy is of crucial relevance to economic prosperity and growth. But, as this paper attempts to show, the promotion of flexible labour market policy has to be treated with some caution.

NIS (Phase III) - CLSTR: Clusters and Social Inclusion

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01-Jan-2001

Social and economic inclusion is now a central plan of UK and Scottish government policy.

National case studies on information communications technology (ICT) in schools - United Kingdom results

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01-Mar-2000

Results from United Kingdom schools that took part in this study, which was carried out to understand how ICT relates to educational innovation.

Inclusive Education at Work: Students with Disabilities in Mainstream Schools

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17-Nov-1999

The rights of students with disabilities to be educated in their local mainstream school is becoming more and more accepted in most countries, and many reforms are being put in place to achieve this goal. ...

Children and Families at Risk: New Issues in Integrating Services

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22-Dec-1998

Fears of the prospect of growing social exclusion have become important concerns in recent years for many countries. Improving the quality of education and the standards attained by students to improve ...

Staying Ahead - In-service Training and Teacher Professional Development

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29-May-1998

Society demands more of its schools and teachers than ever before. It expects them to provide broader access to high quality teaching, for an increasingly diverse student body, often with specific needs. ...

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