The influence of clouds, wind and reign
Divination, Mythology and Monarchy in Han China
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The munificent seven
The Seven Cultures of Capitalism
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To focus is to foam
The Yoruba Artists
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a sharp-eyed lawyer: "With increasing distance our knowledge fades and fades rapidly. Eventually we reach the dim boundary, the utmost limits of our telescope. There...
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Speaking Volumes: The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Graham Farmelo on Paul Dirac's The Principles of Quantum Mechanics . I shall always be indebted to Jeremy Thorpe's Liberal Party. As a teenager, it enabled me to earn my spending money and the job...
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Honours
ANGLIA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY. On May 6, the following honorary degree was conferred: LL.D.: Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Bin Zain, deputy president of the Muslim Welfare Organisation (Perkim) and chairman of...
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER. Research contracts: Professor Gerald Cain, Pounds 70,000 from Dialog Semiconductor (consultancy). Research councils: Professor Peter Morse and Dennis Carroll, Pounds 128,...
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Events
THE LONDON INSTITUTE. The London Institute Gallery is exhibiting the work of final year fine art students from three of the London Institute Colleges (Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of...
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Chairs
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART. Nigel Coates has been appointed professor of architectural design. Noticeboard is compiled by Lynne Williams. For further information see also NetGazette on gopher.timeshigher....
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Appointments
LEICESTER UNIVERSITY. Michael Atiyah, president of the Royal Society, has been appointed chancellor. UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE. Janice Webster, senior lecturer in computer graphics, has been appointed...
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Bubble trouble
No smiles at Glasgow University, whose staff newsletter offered champagne for replying to a questionnaire. But instead of replies, it was objections that fizzed in to the next newsletter: "I find it...
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Foresight's six of the best
Six "strategic themes" have been identified by the Foresight steering group as offering opportunities and technologies likely to emerge in the next ten to 20 years. These are: materials; genetic...
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Degree level for third of workers
The Government has called on universities and colleges to help achieve the higher level national education and training targets unveiled this week. It wants at least 30 per cent of the workforce to...
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Kickstart for small business
Small firms are to be the main beneficiaries of a host of measures to boost the competitiveness of British industry. They will get the lion's share of Pounds 200 million, of which Pounds 125 million...
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Stewart urges togetherness
Big changes in the type of research supported by the higher education funding councils could be on the cards following this week's publication of the Foresight implementation report by the Office of...