Chairs
University of Stirling. Jackie Stewart, three-times world motor racing champion and "Entrepreneur of the Year" in 1997, awarded by the Entrepreneurial Exchange, has been appointed to an honorary...
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Traces on vellum offer clues to the definitive Chaucerian text
Researchers at the Sheffield Humanities Research Institute are building an enviable reputation for their joint investigations into classic manuscripts. Tony Durham reports. Xpyment" has the Microsoft...
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Michael Pinsky
(Photograph) - Digital Brighton exports art revolution to Siberia Michael Pinsky, ArCade II artist: "Stripe Passage". In Paris, Pinsky became fascinated by an installation near the Louvre by Daniel...
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Digital Brighton exports art revolution to Siberia
This month's degree show confirms the University of Brighton's far-travelling reputation for digital art, says Sue Gollifer. At the University of Brighton the third-year fine art printmakers are...
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Yvonne McSherry
(Photograph) - Digital Brighton exports art revolution to Siberia Yvonne McSherry, third-year BA printmaking student. Top: "Sydney 2000 on 14 March 1997" and (above) "London 2000 on Good Friday 1998...
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Elections
The Chinese Academy of Science. The Indian National Science Academy Robert Cahn, professor in the department of materials science and metallurgy at the University of Cambridge, has been elected a...
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Slog on the Tyne
(Photograph) - Slog on the Tyne: Durham University triumphed on Sunday at the second Northumbrian university boat race against Newcastle University. The 1,800-metre course between Dunston Staithes...
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Fellowships
The London Institute. Honorary fellowships have been conferred on: John Hegarty, creative director and chairman of Bartle, Bogle and Hegarty, a graduate of the London College of Printing; Bill...
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Grants
University of Reading. Research contracts Dr S. Maybank, Pounds 50,000 from the Defence Research Agency (raising collision alert by tracking traffic); Dr S. Belcher, Pounds 43,324 from the Defence...
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Anti-gay message to medics
CAMBRIDGE University medical school has come under attack for its admissions procedure, which members of the British Medical Association claim could be interpreted as discriminatory against gay men...
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Meacher, the preacher on taxes for a green world
SUSTAINABLE development is unobtainable unless there is a world shift in production and consumption, environment minister Michael Meacher said yesterday in this year's Natural Environment Research...
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Physicist sues for libel on Internet
A BRITISH physicist has sued two United States universities for libel over Internet messages posted from their computer systems. Laurence Godfrey, described as a lecturer in physics, mathematics and...
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Fillip for state-funded scientists
A THIRD of United States patents filed in 1996 cited scientific papers, 75 per cent of which were produced by public-funded research centres, such as universities or government laboratories, writes...
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Tighter rules on title use
TIGHTER rules on the use of the title "university" were introduced by the government this week with the warning that anyone ignoring them could face court action. The regulations do not make title...
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Low fees policy upsets balance
Quebec and British Columbia are the odd men out in Canada where other provinces have let student tuition fees spiral since 1995. They have kept fees low for political motives but are starting to...