Decades ago a few visionary academics proposed that the city should convert its boffinry (and especially its comparative strength in the sciences) into wider regional prosperity.
Performers and producers write alongside academics, proposing a shared analysis not just of what it means to look at pictures of adult sexual activity, but also of what it means to make them.
In the mid-nineties, some American academics proposed that, since it has its own rules, and its own citizens (of a sort), the Internet ought be considered "sovereign" in a way.
At a private gathering in Jerusalem yesterday, Israeli academics proposed a plan for divvying up antiquities and control of religious sites between Israel and Palestine when--and if--peace is ever achieved.
"It [the UN] was unprepared for group of academics to propose targets.
So I conducted an informal poll of 14 good-government watchdogs — veterans of the oversight process, former public officials and academics — to propose an alternative set of targets that have been largely ignored by both parties.
School league tables present information that is not useful for up to 40% of secondary schools, writes the FT's Chris Cook (@xtophercook), citing a paper by IoE academics who propose new ways of presenting information designed to allow parents to choose the best school for their children.
In the past months, a series of Chinese academics have proposed using the country's foreign-exchange reserves to finance infrastructure projects in the developing world.
To thwart the gradual erosion of a company's value during years of legal wrangling, some academics have proposed an entirely new system to deal with insolvent companies.
