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DRAWN THREADS. An exhibition of 13 large images by Sarah Cawkwell is an expression of the warp and woof of many women's lives. Her work will be on show (9am-9pm daily) at New Hall, Cambridge, until...
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The beauty of beasts
SOCIETY AND ANIMALS: SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF OTHER ANIMALS Edited by Kenneth Shapiro The White Horse press Twice a year, Pounds 32.00 (institutions), Pounds 16.00 (...
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A bellyful for an architect
ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT Edited by Ronald McCaffer Blackwell Science Quarterly, Pounds 120.00 (institutions), Pounds 55.00 (individuals) ISSN 0969 9988 This new journal...
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Collection of the abstruse
International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering Edited by Hoang Pham World Scientific Quarterly $220.00 (institutions) $100.00 ISSN 0218 5393 The title of this new American-based...
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Telling the lie of the land
LAND DEGRADATION AND REHABILITATION Edited by C. J. Barrow - John Wiley Quarterly, Pounds 142.40 (institutions), Pounds 110.00 (individuals) ISSN 0898 5812 Amid all the concern with global...
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Student nurse shortage
(Photograph) - Nurses have called for higher bursaries to support training and more robust quality assurance arrangements to protect standards on courses. Delegates at the Royal College of Nursing's...
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Unions urge colleges to accept redundancies
Further education unions have this week held talks with two Scottish colleges in the hope of staving off compulsory redundancies. Both Falkirk and Jewel and Esk Valley Colleges are facing cuts as the...
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Ancient foundation courses
Even a superficial acquaintance with England's past brings with it a realisation of the central role of Latin and of ancient Greece and Rome in the development of our culture. Shakespeare, Milton, T...
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Doctors leaving South Africa
Advisers to the South African health ministry are suggesting national service for new doctors in response to a brain drain. The ministry wants to ensure that they work off some of the state money...
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Human eco centre under threat
Edinburgh University's unique centre for human ecology has launched an urgent appeal for Pounds 250,000 after discovering that it faces closure in September. The 23-year-old centre, which straddles a...
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Ancient foundation courses
Does the absence of classics in the national curriculum foreshadow their demise in universities? Peter Jones (left) fears it may, Nick Tate (right) is more optimistic. Sir Kenneth Dover, classicist...
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Taking the tablets
Paul Bompard reports on the most amazing archaeological discovery since the second world war, the lost city of Ebla. In 1962 a 22-year-old graduate student from Rome University might have been...
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Don't ask, don't get
When the vice chancellor of an Irish university ran into a prominent alumnus, he asked him a question that had been bothering him for some time. "I heard you gave a major gift to another university...
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Flying kites for adult learners
This is adult learning week. A wide range of events, activities, open days and media programmes have been taking place throughout the country to help to focus attention on adult learning. What is...
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Don's Diary'
TUESDAY. The invitation came out of the blue. A photograph of grimy old houses in a grey street. One of the buildings, towering over the others, is crowned by one large and two smaller golden cupolas...