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• Cambridge University tries to soft soap elitist image

  - 2008-09-02

  LONDON AFP — Cambridge University is trying to shake off its elitist image by courting the scriptwriters of Britain's favourite soap operas, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday. The university's PR department has suggested appropriate plotlines to story editors at "EastEnders", which chronicles life in a modest east London square, and...

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• Theophrastus and his world

  - 2008-08-01

  Theophrastus and his world. Millett, Paul. Cambridge Philological Society 2007 188 pages $90.00 Hardcover Cambridge classical journal. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society; supplementary; v.33 PA6304 Theophrastus' Characters written in Athens in the fourth century B.C. has been translated, imitated and...

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• SpinVox Targets Cambridge for Speech Recognition Skills. Dr Tony Robinson - world-renowned academic and entrepreneur - joins to build new centre of expertise.

  - 2008-03-17

  M2 PRESSWIRE-17 March 2008-SpinVox: SpinVox Targets Cambridge for Speech Recognition Skills. Dr Tony Robinson - world-renowned academic and entrepreneur - joins to build new centre of expertise.C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17032008 London -- SpinVox, the founder and global leader...

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• BT Chief Technology Officer Receives Fellowship From Pembroke College, Cambridge.

  - 2008-02-20

  M2 PRESSWIRE-20 February 2008-BT: BT Chief Technology Officer Receives Fellowship From Pembroke College, CambridgeC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20022008 BT's Chief Technology Officer Matt Bross is today set to accept a William Pitt Fellowship at Pembroke College, Cambridge, in ...

  Tags: British Telecommunications, Cambridge, Collaboration, Groupware, INTERNET, SOFTWARE, University of Cambridge

• "East African Revival: History and Legacies".(Announcing)

  - 2008-01-01

  The Henry Martyn Centre and the African Studies Centre of the University of Cambridge will cohost a conference titled "East African Revival: History and Legacies" in Cambridge, April 25-26, 2008. The conference is being held to mark the opening to researchers of the private papers of...

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• Get a taste of life at uni

  - 2007-12-04

  A FORMER Tyneside pupil studying at Cambridge University is backing a scheme to encourage applications from young people attending state schools. Stephen Harrison, who comes from Cullercoats and used to go to Marden High and Whitley Bay High schools, is studying history at Christ's College. He was elected...

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• Reciprocal Comparison and African History: Tackling Conceptual Eurocentrism in the Study of Africa's Economic Past

  - 2007-12-01

  Abstract: This article argues for constructive responses to the dominance, in the analysis of African economic history, of concepts derived from Western experience. It reviews the existing responses of this kind, highlighting the fact that some of the most influential ideas applied to African economies, past and present, have been...

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• The Cambridge Companion to Shelley

  - 2007-09-22

  The Cambridge Companion to Shelley. Timothy Morton, editor. Cambridge University Press. [pounds sterling]45.00 (US$80.00). xvii + 219 pages. ISBN 0-521-82604-7. This latest number in Cambridge's 'companion' series follows the usual format: essays introduced by the editor and pre-ceeded by a chronology of the poet's life. The ten essays, by a...

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• Cambridge hosts Printed Electronics Conference.(global news)

  - 2007-04-01

  Printed Electronics is the ability to print electronics and electronic components, using inks and conventional printing techniques. What if you could print electronic circuits providing diagnostic or added value features on every package at a similar price to printing normal graphics on every package? What if...

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• Student wins top place

  - 2007-02-09

  A bright Northumber-land student has been accepted for a place at Cambridge University. Lydia Keen, 24, from Ashington, is at present studying a Higher Education Foundation Course in psychology, quantitative methods and human biology at Northumberland College. She had to get through two panel interviews and submit a...

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