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  1. Geneticist to explore Dutchmen's extra inches

    In the first of an occasional series on up-and-coming researchers, Graham Lawton talks to biologist Armand Leroi. Why are Dutchmen taller than Pygmies? Why are elephants bigger than mice? According...

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  2. Owl of Minerva sought as MPs fail to talk turkey

    Brian Brivati calls on academics to sweeten the foul air of politics with refreshing ideas. The first real skirmishes of the 1997 general election have left a nasty taste in my mouth. If this is as...

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  3. Chairs

    University of Lancaster. The following consultants from Lancaster Acute Hospitals Trust have been appointed honorary professors: Allen Brown, consultant general physician with a special interest in...

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  4. Grants

    Queen's University, Belfast Charities. Dr D. Bell, Pounds 52,7 from British Heart Foundation (fellowship); Dr S. Doran, Pounds 20,516 from Airey Neave Trust (judicial responsibility); Professor P....

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  5. Honorary degrees

    University of Northumbria. DCL: Laing Barden, former director of Newcastle Polytechnic and vice chancellor of the university until 1996; Martin Trow, founding director of the centre of studies in...

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  6. Search

    Deborah Davies, a part-time masters student in legal practice at the University of Westminster, has undertaken a research dissertation on the legal practice implications of students as consumers of...

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  7. Appointments

    Unesco. Federico Mayor, director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, has set up a 56-member international scientific advisory board to encourage greater...

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