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Trees of life run rings round creationists
NEW USES FOR NEW PHYLOGENIES Edited by Paul H. Harvey, Andrew J. Leigh-Brown, John Maynard Smith, and Sean Nee Oxford University Press, 349pp, Pounds 39.50 and Pounds 19.99. ISBN 0 19 854985 7 and...
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First Impressions
This week's First Impressions was probably written at night: "For a long time I used to go to bed early." The winner of last week's competition, who correctly identified J. D. Salinger's The Catcher...
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Awards
SCOTTISH COLLEGE OF TEXTILES Christopher Maddox, professor and principal of the Scottish College of Textiles, was awarded the Weavers' Company Silver Medal at an international Textile Institute...
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The Korean connection
Foreign investment in manufacturing industry can have a huge pay-off for British universities and research if all sides are willing to build a partnership, Yong-Doo Cho argues. The Koreans are coming...
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Firm foothold for leap to Europe
Already 130 South Korean companies are operating in Britain and there are more to come. Elaine Carlton reports on how universities have greeted the newcomers. British universities expect significant...
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The temptation for Taiwan
The number of Taiwanese students at university in Britain has soared over the past ten years. In 1986, only 167 were studying here. This year there are more than 12,000. The explosion reflects the...
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Keeping a welcome in the valleys
Brian Morgan reports on the secret meeting to build a South Korean plant for making semiconductors in Newport, Wales. Welsh academic institutions have yet to see evidence of any financial benefit...
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People who put the widget in a can of ale
Success breeds success, argues Frank Hartley. And the cash pouring into Cranfield University from industry is proof. This year's figures of university earnings from industry revealed two interesting...
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Appointments
CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE. Keith Scribbins has been elected the first chair of the college, formed from the former Brunel and South Bristol colleges on August 1, 1996. He is a former deputy director of...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL G. Macdonald, former reader in applied social studies at Royal Holloway College and research fellow at Green College, University of Oxford, has been appointed to the chair in...
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Fellowships
INSTITUTE OF UNITED STATES STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON John Adams Fellows for 1996-97 are: John McCusker, Ewing Halsell distinguished professor of American history and professor of economics at...
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF READING (continued) Research contracts Professor D. Bassett, Pounds ,642 from New Energy & Industrial Technology (fundamental studies on crystallisation of polymer with emphasis...
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Honorary degrees
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER Honorary master of arts degrees have been awarded to: John Thaw, actor and star of Morse and Kavanagh QC; Paula Thomas, international athlete and key figure in the Sports Aid...
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Free speech limits probed
London University's vice chancellor-to-be Graham Zellick is to head a new working party on extremism and intolerance on campus. Set up by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals, the six-...