Chairs
Queen Mary and Westfield College Stefan Priebe, professor of psychiatry at Freie University of Berlin, chair of social and community psychiatry; I. Sanderson, Harvard Medical School, Genegal Hospital...
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Fellowships
Sheffield Hallam University Fellowships have been awarded to: Dorothy Dixon-Barrow, founder member of the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination and the Sheffield and District Afro-Caribbean...
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Honorary degrees
University of Leeds. Honorary doctor of science degrees were awarded to the following on the opening day of the British Association Annual Festival of Science: Richard Sykes, director and chief...
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Dance and drama crisis
Dance and drama schools' intakes are up to 50 per cent below target because students cannot afford to take up places, ministers have been told. The failure of an interim support scheme for dance and...
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Lecture series
The Legacy of Independence: South Asia 1947-1997 A series of four lectures, organised in association with The Times Higher Education Supplement, with support from City University, commemorating the...
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Hat trick
(Photograph) - Hat trick: in Philip Treacy's design the embryo's developing heart tubes spout out of a creation fashioned from milliner's straw
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Appointments
The Rockefeller Foundation. Gordon Conway, vice chancellor of the University of Sussex, has been named the 12th president of the foundation, effective April 1, 1998. University of Wolverhampton John...
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Killing them softly
Our archaic murder laws should be modernised to encompass mercy killing, argues Mary Warnock whose husband, Geoffrey, was helped to die in 1995 In discussing whether to permit euthanasia, the first...
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Sir Geoffrey Warnock
Sir Geoffrey Warnock, distinguished philosopher, former vice chancellor of Oxford University and Mary Warnock's husband, died in 1995, aged 72. He was suffering from a rare lung disease which was, in...
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The neuron in black Lycra
Out of the whole collection, writes Perminder Kalsi, my favourite design to work on was the black "neuron" dress made from black Lycra jersey with an asymmetric hem and embroidered twisted yarns...
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Waves help reveal the Sun's secrets
Astronomical figures provide rays of hope Applied mathematics has proved a key research tool in investigating the mysteries of the Sun. It has been known for about two decades that the Sun is an...
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Degree costs compared
FINANCE officers should know by next summer how far the cost of teaching diplomas and degrees differs between further education colleges and higher education institutions. The Higher Education...
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Fact file
* 53 per cent of applicants to the Open University are women, 47 per cent are men * 51 per cent of admissions to the OU are women, 49 per cent are men * Social sciences are the most popular OU...
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Sound calculating cuts noise
Equations silence motorways Predicting noise levels from major developments such as motorways, checking the impact of sound barriers and measuring the flow of fuel at power stations are all a...
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Bidding invited for extra students' money
TOP-quality university and college courses will have the chance of extra students next year, under a funding council bidding scheme. The Higher Education Funding Council for England will provide cash...