Kites, planes and other high-flyers
Barings' Bankruptcy and Financial Derivatives
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Privatisers on parade
Privatisation And Economic Performance
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Scaling the mountain
Thomas Mann
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The dismal science enters the lab
The Handbook of Experimental Economics
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The morbid poet and merciful friend
John Keats
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The ties that bind
Trust
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Fellowships
IMPERIAL COLLEGE. Eric Ash, director of the Student Loans Company and former rector of Imperial College; Hon-Kwan Cheng, government of Hong Kong structural engineer and pioneer of open university and...
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Events
FETISHISM. A touring exhibition from the Hayward Gallery and Brighton Museum will make its final stop at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich between October 17 and December 10. Fetishism...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ST MARTIN, LANCASTER. Alan Beattie, honorary senior research fellow, has been awarded a personal chair in health promotion. UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL Peter Mathieson, director of...
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Promotions
QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE. Readerships: D. L. Bader, lecturer in biomaterials and biomechanics; S. E. Curtis, senior lecturer in geography; M. J. Griffin, lecturer astrophysics; L. Hutson,...
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Appointments
QUEEN MARGARET COLLEGE. Margaret Hall has been appointed chairwoman of the board of governors at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, succeeding Leslie Rodger. Ms Hall was executive director of legal...
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Don's Diary
WEDNESDAY. New Labour is in town. The bars of the Grand and the Metropole are thronged with politicians, journalists, lobbyists, fixers and spin doctors. The Committee of Vice Chancellors and...
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Malaysian college plan falters
Plans for a privately-financed London University college in Malaysia are in danger of collapse over disagreements between the university authorities and the sponsors about the status of the new...
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Surprise rise in intake could bring penalties
Early estimates from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service indicate that there has been a 6.4 per cent increase in admissions for this academic year compared to 1994/95. This means that...
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Leeds censors access to Internet
Leeds University has decided to withdraw access to a range of Internet newsgroups because of their "appalling" content, which computer staff say often includes pornographic material. But some...