Grants
É«ºÐÖ±²¥ QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST Research contracts Dr S Thompson, Pounds 169,775 from the Department of Economic Development (industrial research and technology unit, science and technology...
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Events
É«ºÐÖ±²¥ HITTITE EMPIRE. The Hittite Empire, a Black performance group, will change its Los Angeles home for a Leeds campus for four days of workshops and performance, September 26-29. On September and 28...
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The dissent of man: the how of science v the why of humanities
The two worlds of science and the humanities are still being pitted against each other. John Carey, Oxford's Merton professor of English literature, has no doubt which is winning. For him, as he...
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Don's Diary
THURSDAY. To the Scottish Office for the first meeting between the Scottish Trades Union Congress and Michael Forsyth, the new Secretary of State for Scotland. As Scottish Office education minister,...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF WALES COLLEGE OF MEDICINE A personal chair has been awarded to Bryan Williams, reader in the section of rheumatology. Paul Smith, expert adviser to the International Atomic Energy...
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Political groupies
The Reverend Moon's mass production of weddings had its equivalent at the recent American Political Science Association conference at Chicago. Adding to the mildly cattleyard feel implicit in any...
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Student challenges Essex over Net rights
An Essex student's human rights database on the Internet has been disrupted during a six-month dispute with his university over control of the information. The university's registrar admits that a...
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In-flight entertainment
(Photograph) - Members of Bosnia's Tuzla National Theatre and the Youth Theatre of Tuzla enjoy a break at Kingston University, which offered them accommodation after their aeroplane home was delayed...
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Internet News
The É«ºÐÖ±²¥S Internet Service, É«ºÐÖ±²¥SIS, gets a new look next week. New World-Wide Web pages will bring graphic design and easy navigation to parts of É«ºÐÖ±²¥SIS which were previously text-only. The new look...
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Agriculture row
Members of lecturers' union Natfhe have voted for industrial action at Merrist Wood agricultural college, Surrey, over plans to make 12 lecturers redundant and appoint lower-paid practical...
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Rural recordings
Essex University is supporting an oral history project aimed at recording rural life in the county. Steve Hussey, Essex County Council Research Fellow in Local History at the university, is seeking...
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TEC success
Training and Enterprise Councils in England and Wales have made progress in securing jobs for trainees, according to Department of Education and Employment figures to be published this week. The...
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Bristol twosome
Governors of South Bristol College and Brunel College of Arts and Technology are considering a merger of the two institutions, it was announced this week. Union leaders do not expect a merger would...
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HIV link confirmed
A 15-year study of haemophiliacs by the Medical Research Council has proved conclusively that HIV is the cause of AIDS. MRC researchers believe the findings will silence critics who have argued that...
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Ulster fears FE jobs strife
The decision to remove the funding of further education colleges in Northern Ireland from local authorities has led to fears of job losses. The 17 colleges will in future be financed directly from...