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DESIRE BY DESIGN. 'Desire by Design: Body, Territory and Technology' is a one-day symposium and exhibition organised by Cutting Edge, a university research group focussing on issues of gender, design...
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A fat lot of good
Gail Vines talks to Caroline Pond, the zoologist who has uncovered the benefits of adipose tissue. We think of adipose tissue as an ill-defined repository for excess calories - as something to be...
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Nicholas Negroponte in London for the launch of his book, Being Digital
(Photograph) - Outline of the future: Nicholas Negroponte, director of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in London for the launch of his book Being Digital. An obsessive...
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Cuts cast doubt on NRI sale
University interest in bidding for the Natural ߣߣÊÓƵ Institute could be damaged by the cuts it will undergo over the next year, according to Greenwich University, one of the bidders. Eight groups...
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All my own work
(Photograph) - All my own work: Sonja Kielty, Bradford University Gallery II visual arts assistant with Frank Darnley's burnished steel sculpture, "The Unfettered Spirit of DIY", part of his ten-...
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Israel warns students on UK study
Attempts by British universities to capture part of the market for first and second degrees in Israel have led the Israeli government to issue a warning to students over non-approved courses. The...
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Funders float modular formula
Welsh universities and colleges are considering plans for a new funding system for part-time higher education courses. A consultation paper issued by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales...
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Reds flagging
Whatever the outcome of Labour's conference on Clause Four tomorrow, Brian Brivati argues that the debate has illustrated the power of the proceduralists and the eclipse of the ideologues. We know...
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Getting granny wired
With the average age of Internet users 23 and declining, Nicholas Negroponte has produced a guide for parents lost in cyberspace. Kam Patel reports. Within minutes of arriving at the Langham Hilton...
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Admission impossible
Californians are anxious these days. Calamities of Biblical proportions bedevil the state. The worst flooding in memory occurred this year, the worst fires are but yesterday and will return tomorrow...
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Ethnic experience at Oxbridge
The article by Pat Younge (April 7) on the experiences of black and other minority ethnic students demonstrates the need for a shift of attention from access to pedagogy in debates about equality of...
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Seeing the light not blight
In the week after the leaders of British universities met to debate their roles in "Cities of Learning", it is salutary to consider the group of urban universities in the United States that are...
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False dichotomy for Asia
Perhaps the emergence of democracy in East Asia is not so different from the western experience during the 18th and early 19th centuries. In both cases, "social changes induced by rapid economic...
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The busy body
Gail Vines meets Emily Martin, one of America's most original anthropologists. Why, all of a sudden, is "the body" such a hot topic in academic circles? Emily Martin, professor of anthropology at...
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Cunning humans, selfless machines
Using neural networks to mimic the way the brain works brings us no closer to understanding consciousness, argues David Salt. Neural network technology seems to cause rational researchers to start...