The Apollo gods with a devil's past
Yves Beon, a slave labourer forced to build V1 and V2 rockets, tells Stella Hughes about his bid to discredit his former German masters who went on to run the Nasa space project A memoir by Yves Beon...
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Chairs
University of East London Kerry Hamilton did not have a train set as a child nor did she play with Dinky toys. Until very recently these facts would have damaged irreparably her credibility in the...
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Fellowships
University College, London Honorary fellowships: Thomas Bingham, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and formermaster of the rolls, visitor of UCL (1992-96); Patricia Easterling, regius professor...
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Lectures
University of Luton The university's programme ofinaugural lectures will include:Brian Birch on "The Proper Interaction between Academia and industry for Analytical Science"on May 7 at 4.30pm Room 1...
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Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/6 reveal that: * 54.4 per cent of first degree qualifiers who gained a first class honours degree were men. * 64.3 per cent of first degree...
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Sci-fi and history
From Edward James THE CASUAL reader of "The Virtual Past Master" (THES, April 4), about Niall Ferguson and his counterfactual history, might be forgiven for believing that the reporter thought he had...
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Astronomers spot galaxy
A NEW galaxy close to our own has been spotted by astronomers hunting through photographs of the night sky. The Antlia Galaxy appears so dim relative to the night sky that until now astromoners...
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Further and higher education manifesto promises
Huw Richards takes a hard look at what the parties are offering in further and higher education CONSERVATIVE * Teacher training curriculum to stress traditional methods * Learning credits for...
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Dithering scientists make a sound profit from loss
Helena Flusfeder reports on compression that uses noise to improve quality Researchers at Tel Aviv University have found that noise can improve music. But it has to be the right kind of noise....
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Comet Hale-Bopp
(Photograph) - Astronomers at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, and Queen's University, Belfast, are studying Comet Hale-Bopp as it passes the sun. According to Iwan Williams of QMW, the...
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Kent axe hovers over 33 jobs
THE UNIVERSITY of Kent is considering heavy cuts to combat a funding shortfall of Pounds 2 million, and whether to create a development fund for staff and research initiatives. An internal document...
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Fender backs dual support
THE DUAL support system of funding research is an effective way of combatting universities' understandable though potentially damaging short-term pursuit of project grants, according to Higher...
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Crippling blow for FE
Funding cuts hit nearly nine out of ten further education colleges this week, casting doubt on the future of some institutions and blighting the educational hopes of tens of thousands of students....
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Campus Tories vanish
Support for the Conservative party among university and college lecturers has all but evaporated, according to a poll conducted for The 探花视频 Supplement by ICM Research. Beaten into...
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Iron Lady heir shows his mettle fatigue
Can John Major rely on his "nice man next door" persona to woo the electorate? Will Tony Blair inspire voters with his personal charm and fixed smile? Or can Paddy Ashdown persuade the waverers to...