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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL. J. Cowpe, senior lecturer and honorary consultant in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Wales, College of Medicine, to the chair in oral surgery; T. Hirst,...
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Honorary degrees
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE. DUniv: Tessa Blackstone, master of Birkbeck College, London; Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, professor and president of Tokyo University. DLitt: James McMillan, composer. DBA: Ralph...
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Grants
SWANSEA INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. The Product Development Centre has received Pounds 546,838 from the European Regional Development Fund (development of a medical technology transfer centre and...
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Awards
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AND É«ºÐÖ±²¥ INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS. Founder's Medal: John Woods, professor and dean of the graduate school of the environment at Imperial College, for contributions...
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Fast-track students lead way
Students on "fast-track" degree courses tend to out-perform their peers on traditional undergraduate programmes, a study has concluded. But they are also more likely to drop out, or to have problems...
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Lasers for Scottish eyes
Dundee will be the first Scottish centre offering laser treatment for corneal diseases through the National Health Service following the appointment of Charles McGhee as Dundee University's first...
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Pro-fees lobby told to donate pay
An attempt to defuse the debate in Germany over tuition fees by the Gutersloh- based Centre for Higher Education Development provoked noisy student protests this month. Students demonstrated their...
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Science writers: facts and fiction
There are a number of factual errors in an article about me by Jon Turney that appeared on page 15 of the É«ºÐÖ±²¥S on May 10. 1. Turney states that three of this year's Rhone-Poulenc science book prize...
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Beauty is in the eye of a Greek chisel holder
Do we find certain people sexy because we have been unduly influenced by the anatomical preferences of a sculptor who has been dead for over 2,500 years? George Hersey looks at the enduring and...
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Taking the plunge
(Photograph) - Taking the plunge: modern societies are full of risks, many man-made. Mad cow disease, genetically modified organisms, fertility-threatening chemicals, polluted water, the list grows...
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Failed Lancaster college cast adrift
Lancaster University is to hive off its teacher training operation at Charlotte Mason College following a controversial Ofsted report that rated important areas of the college's work as...
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Shrewd stampings
Hard on the heels of Michael Heseltine advising British business to stay afloat by late payment of bills comes the audit division of the Higher Education Funding Council for England with its own...
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Oxford to study gender differences of degree
Academics at Oxford University are hoping to conduct Britain's first-ever systematic study of the differences between men and women's degree performance. The study, to be carried out by Margaret...