Appointments
University of Aberdeen David Wilson, chairman of Scottish Hydro Electric plc and a former governor of Hong Kong, will be installed as chancellor on May 17. He succeeds Kenneth Alexander in the post....
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The Chernobyl game
When John Surrey was asked to chair a panel to assess the case for replacing the Chernobyl nuclear station, he was swept up into a world where the rules of the energy market meant very little. Martin...
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Dissent of man on ape art
Art historian Thierry Lenain tells Harriet Swain why paintings by monkeys are not art, a view which runs counter to prevailing wisdom About 40 people are sitting in the Institute of Contemporary Arts...
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The bacon and eggheads
An experiment using, a packet of sweets and a computer suggests that pigs may be the smartest animals on Earth. Tim Cornwell reports The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has...
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Key changes and pitch battles
Julia Hinde tunes into the music of the past with the medievalist and Radio 3 presenter Christopher Page Christopher Page, medievalist, musical director and Radio 3 DJ, is an expert on top of the...
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Drugs and art meet on campus
THES survey reveals that Irving Welsh's novel Trainspotting is the student favourite, reflecting a penchant for hard and soft drugs. Katrina Wishart reports You might expect students to prefer...
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Another country
Robert Hazell has spent the past two years devising ways of reforming the constitution. Lucy Hodges hears his tips for Tony Blair For the past two years a small team of ex-civil servants in the law...
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Architects of the great depression
Rather than responding to the rise of mental disorders pharmaceutical companies have nurtured demand for their drugs and affected scientific progress, argues David Healy In the past five years the...
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Life and marriage
A study of newly-weds has shed light on the factors which make or break the marital bond. Frank Fincham explains Sue and Allen's marriage over the last year was a rocky one. The pressures of a new...
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1997 University League Tables
In the 1997 University League Tables, printed in the THES on May 23, the good honours degree data and some of the graduate destinations data was unfortunately corrupted. The correct figures are...
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Grants
University of Plymouth. Charities Dr A. Evenden and Professor M. Depledge, Pounds 71,966 from the Wellcome Trust (development of mRNA differential display as a technique for the screening and...
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Awards
Institution of Electrical Engineers The Faraday Medal has been awarded to John Midwinter (below),professor and head of the department of electrical engineering at University College, London, for his...
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Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/96 reveal that: * More than 90 per cent of English and Scottish full-time and sandwich students stay in their own countries to study * Only...
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Virtual v-c for BAe
BRITISH Aerospace has appointed Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, a chemical physicist, as vice-chancellor of its planned "Virtual University", writes Kam Patel. Using electronic communication, the...
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Wealthy few win top prizes
A SELECT band of universities is sitting on millions of pounds of reserves while the rest are struggling for cash. Figures released by the Higher Education Funding Council for England this week show...