Gadget inspector yearns for a simple life
Calculators, cellphones, faxes, televisions, VCRs and watches were among the gadgets criticised by Harold Thimbleby, an expert in human-computer interaction, in his inaugural lecture as professor of...
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Delightful ways to cheat learning
EDITIONS AND ADAPTATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE Chadwyck-Healey telephone +44 1223 215512 Pounds 2,500+VAT Macintosh CD ISBN 0 85964 303 4 Windows CD ISBN 0 85964 1 2 One of the qualities by which Gibbon was...
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Tidied out of existence
The new unfashionableness of corporate downsizing has arrived a little late for David Evered, second secretary of the Medical Research Council. He leaves in September after a senior management review...
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Awards
JAPAN FESTIVAL AWARDS. The following were 1996 prizewinners from higher education in the sections listed: Visual arts: The British Museum (for its exhibition "The Passionate Art of Utamaro"); Royal...
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Fellowships
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY. Clive Humby, strategic director of DunnHumby Associates, has been awarded an industrial fellowship. LEVERHULME RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP Jonathan Ree, staff governor and reader in...
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Dice game music
KOAN PRO. Sseyo +44 1344 712005 Pounds 139.95 + VAT Windows diskettes (16 and 32 bit versions included). GENERATIVE MUSIC 1 BRIAN ENO Sseyo +44 1344 712005 Pounds 38.29 + VAT Windows diskette (16 and...
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HyperHarrow
The University of Westminster is to offer an MA in hypermedia studies, beginning this autumn, at its Harrow campus. The course is run by the Hypermedia Research Centre, where the staff are equally...
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Appointments
ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC. Clara Taylor, professor at the Royal Academy of Music, has been appointed chief examiner, succeeding Jean Harvey. THE WELLCOME TRUST Trust governors...
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What a geek
Academics suffering from low self-esteem should stay out of earshot of Mark Jones, a specialist in Internet recruitment, if the Institute of Personnel and Development is to be believed. An IPD press...
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UCAS limits damage
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service said this week it was mounting a damage limitation exercise after a national newspaper reported on Sunday that a formal warning was to be issued to...
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It's not always good to talk
The amount of electromagnetic radiation produced by mobile telephones is below the level regarded as safe in Britain, according to research by Bradford University. Researcher Peter Excell said all...
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Killer professor gagged
A scholarly journal that had planned to publish an article by the man who murdered four professors at a Canadian university has cancelled the piece after one of the victims' widows intervened....
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Ministers: minister
Scientists are entitled to feel gloomy this week: many years of work went bang on Tuesday and will take years to recover. But this week's report on research equipment (page 6) shows that less...
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Easy paths to great grades
Frank Webster is on thin ice when he associates the proportion of assessed work with the maintenance of standards. Since students obtain marks that are significantly better on course work than in...
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Persuading tomorrow to remember
It is not easy to be optimistic in a world that has slaughtered your family and incarcerated you in the hell of Auschwitz. But Elie Wiesel tries. He talks to Huw Richards. When I dream about my...