Visionary
(Photograph) - Visionary: Steve Mann. a researcher from the MIT Media Laboratory in the United States, transmits the world he sees on to the Internet and views his reality from a miniature TV screen...
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The digit as a rule of thumb
No longer content to take a back seat and lament the seeming demise of copyright in the electronic environment, creative organisations all over the world are rallying to protect a tradition that is...
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Appointments
LINK BOARD. Victor Parsons minister for science and technology at the Department of Trade and Industry, announced that David Smith, director of research and development at Whatman plc, has been...
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Chairs
CHELTENHAM AND GLOUCESTER COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Professorships have been awarded to: Celia Brackenridge, professor of sport and leisure; Mary Fuller; Paul Selman; Michael Winter; Lindsay...
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Events
GRADUATE EXHIBITION 1995. To celebrate the Textile Conservation Centre's 20th anniversary the first exhibition of graduate students' work at the Courtauld Institute of Art will be held until January...
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ENGLAND IN BIRMINGHAM. Research contracts Ian Oakes and Tim Burden in partnership with two research technology organisations, Pounds 264,367 from the Department of Trade and...
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Honorary degrees
QUEEN MARGARET COLLEGE, EDINBURGH. Leslie Rodger, author, marketing expert and former chairman of the college's governing body; Lisbeth Hockey, former member of the governing body and an expert in...
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Fellowships
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND. Gordon Beveridge, vice chancellor of Queen's University of Belfast has been awarded an honorary fellowship. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING. John McCanny, professor...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from comparatively literate polymath: "Then a group leader leapt from the ranks and performed a kind of violent, intricate dance. He was acting out in pantomime the...
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Waste changes in the pipeline
Domestic waste water is a complex and delicate subject, particularly the various items which find their way into sewers and are technically known as "gross sanitary solids". These include sanitary...
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White males fight the freeze
White male professors at Northern Arizona University have brought a lawsuit claiming they are the victims of sex equality run amok. George Rudenbusch, an associate professor of philosophy, claims he...
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Hangings provoke student unrest
Security was stepped up at Nigerian universities this week as students staged a two-day boycott of lectures in protest at the executions of novelist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight pro-Ogoni campaigners. In...
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Colony opens women's rights centre
The first academic research centre promising to put feminist issues at the top of the political agenda has opened in Hong Kong's most prestigious university. At the inauguration of the Hong Kong...
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'Anarchists' on rampage
Several people were injured and property burned down or damaged from molotov cocktails thrown by a handful of "anarchists" and hooded "indignant citizens" during a university students' demonstration...