The study focused on technical indicators that were especially controversial among economists.

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This led to part-time study at a technical school and then evening attendance at the London School of Economics, working as an accountant by day.

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This was not due to a technical flaw in the previous study, but just because the data available at the time was not rigorous enough to reach a definitive conclusion.

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Politicians from both main coalitions repeat the numbers with pride: over 1.1m young people now study in universities or technical colleges, up from just 200, 000 in 1990.

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Read this case study about how poorly assessing technical risk cost one company millions of dollars and months of delay.

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Dr Baker is convinced all the expertise - in composite structures, guidance and avionics, propulsion, etc - exists in the UK to make it happen, but a study would have to prove the technical case and a viable business model.

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Creativity was nurtured by the study of fashion at a Hong Kong technical college.

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It is somewhat technical, and admittedly will take a few issues and some study to get your head around, but once you do, oh my.

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In a study published last year in Conservation Letters, a group of scientists led by Brian MacKenzie, of the Technical University of Denmark, describe how they ran a computer model of the bluefin tuna's population dynamics.

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