Michael Heindorff
(Photograph) - To accompany an exhibition of 72 of his drawings last month Michael Heindorff (above), senior tutor in painting at the Royal College of Art, produced an interactive catalogue on CD-Rom...
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Universities aim for Pounds 100m
Eighteen universities are planning to give the go-ahead later this month to a bond scheme which could raise Pounds 100 million for capital development and further expansion. The scheme is being...
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Promotions
UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD Readerships: John Hunter, senior lecturer, has been appointed reader in the department of archaeological sciences; John Weiss, senior lecturer, has been appointed reader in the...
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER continued from last week. Research grants Drs C. Whitelam and W. Cockburn, Pounds 185,844 from the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (antibody engineering...
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Events
OPTIK. The OPTIK project is a collaborative research project in dance/theatre performance involving musicians, dancers, actors and even video makers. The work tries to extend the boundaries of...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Ewan McKendrick, fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford, and Linnells lecturer in law, has been appointed to the chair of English law from September. UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER...
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Swinging star
(Photograph) - Swinging star: Alison Bailay and Jeremy Killick of OPTIK in performance. Showing at Sadlers Wells the project aims to widen the boundaries of what to expect in theatricals.
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Awards
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH The SmithKline Beecham Foundation Prize, awarded biennially by the British Pharmacological Society for research, has been presented to David Webb, director of the clinical...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a gambler and an epileptic: " 'We've had enough of being carried away by our enthusiasms. It's high time we grew sensible. And all this, all this life abroad, and...
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Speaking Volumes: The Life of Samuel Johnson
Robert Giddings on James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson . Although born a Victorian, my father was a child of the 18th century. He was a Bathonian, and loved the city where he worked as a...
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Tories set up reform team
The Conservative Party launched its own review of higher education this week, to run in parallel with that of the Government. A manifesto group of vice chancellors, academics and business leaders,...
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Professor K. K. Aziz, gives the history of the word "Pakistan"
(Photograph) - In a word: The historian, Professor K. K. Aziz, gave the history of the word "Pakistan" at a celebration of the 62nd anniversary of the name in London this week. The name "Pakistan"...
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Quality and coherence
FE Colleges. The Association for Colleges looks forward to the fusion of academic and NVQ-based learning into a single coherent qualification structure up to postgraduate level. It foresees expansion...
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Labour vote angers students
Student leaders have accused the Labour Party of betraying them after the abstention of the Opposition front bench in Monday's Lords debate on the restoration of benefit. Only eight Labour peers...
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Government reviews Oxbridge funding
The Government is taking a fresh look at funding arrangements for Oxford and Cambridge universities, including the automatic payment of college fees. Ministers are preparing to make a final decision...