Promotions
UNIVERSITY OF READING Readerships: John Abraham, reader in sociology; Jennifer Ames, reader in food chemistry; Grenville Astill, reader in archaeology; Leszek Frasinski, reader in atomic and...
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Research contracts Dr S Bond, Pounds 622,862 from Department of Health (organisation and delivery of direct patient care services): Professor J Burn, Pounds 74,869...
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Fellowships
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING Honorary fellowships Douglas Cullen, senator of the College of Justice in Scotland and Lord of Session; Norman Foster, director, Norman Foster & Partners; Robert...
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Events
DEBATE ON EUROPE A debate on "Making the European Union Work" led by Helmut Schmidt, Valery Giscard d'Estaing and Edward Heath, and chaired by John Ashworth will be held at the London School of...
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Chairs
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ARTS Deanna Petherbridge, an artist who writes on art, architecture and drawing, has been appointed professor of drawing from September 1995. Deanna Petherbridge has held sessional...
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Euro network crisis
A shake-up in Europe's academic networking organisation has followed the resignation of its president and executive committee, writes Helena Flusfeder. Dissatisfaction among members with the way the...
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Web 'bomb recipe' student disciplined
Dundee University is to mount an internal publicity campaign on its computing code of conduct following the discovery that a student published an alleged bomb recipe on the university's Internet...
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Publishers opt for site licence deal
In a bold bid to break the vicious circle of rising journal prices and cancelled subscriptions, academic publishers and the funding councils have agreed a pilot scheme under which the entire United...
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A solar-powered miniature radio transmitter
(Photograph) - Peace dividend: a solar-powered miniature radio transmitter is mounted on the back of a stork as part of a joint Israeli-German research project. Transmissions are monitored by...
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Key code team deny secrecy
Royal Holloway College academics have defended their research on controversial "key escrow" systems which could be used by government agencies to monitor private phone calls, faxes and email. They...
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The new bank that likes to say yes
As the United Nations' Women's Conference in Beijing propels gender issues to the top of the international agenda, Stella Hughes (right) describes the fury in France ignited by perceived male...
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Light shed by lone scholars
The Humanities Research Board was established by the British Academy in April 1994 following the Government's decision not to set up a Humanities Research Council. This was done with the support of...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a work which describes a novel use for liver: "So (said the doctor). Now vee may perhaps to begin. Yes?" The winner of last week's competition, who correctly...
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Speaking Volumes: Studies in the History of Education
Gary McCulloch on Brian Simon's Studies in the History of Education . The books that have shaped my academic development in the field of the history of education have fallen into three camps: the...
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Nouveaux hommes commit old sins
As the United Nations' Women's Conference in Beijing propels gender issues to the top of the international agenda, Stella Hughes (right) describes the fury in France ignited by perceived male...