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1. In Papers of Newton, a Portrait Of the Physicist as a Young Sage.

Author

Chang, Kenneth

Subjects
ENGLAND, CAMBRIDGE (England), NEWTON, Isaac, 1642-1727, UNIVERSITY of Cambridge
Abstract

Reports on the plans of the Earl of Macclesfield to sell its family's collection of Isaac Newton writings to the University of Cambridge in England. Concern of academics in the sale of the writings; Benefit of the acquisition for the university; Content of the Macclesfield papers.

Published
2000

2. Newton's Alma Mater Is Passing the Hat to Purchase His Papers.

Author

Cowell, Alan

Subjects
*FUNDRAISING
Abstract

Highlights the fund raising efforts of Cambridge University in England to purchase the Macclesfield Newton Collection, a collection of works of physicist Sir Isaac Newton. Selling price of the collection; Significance of the collection; Why the Macclesfield family is selling the collection.

Published
2000

3. Scanning the horizon for emerging issues.

Author

Margerison, Ceri

Subjects
*ECOLOGY periodicals, *CONSERVATIONISTS, *ENVIRONMENTALISM, *CONSERVATION biology
Abstract

The article offers information on horizon scanning of emerging issues to be selected for a paper titled "Trends in Ecology and Evolution: A Horizon Scan of Global Conservation Issues for 2010" by University of Cambridge, England professor Bill Sutherland. Sutherland cites that the emerging issues should be unknown to the majority of senior conservationists, like the greater volcanism in the Antarctic. Sutherland aims to highlight the use of horizon scanning to the conservation community.

Published
2010

4. Historians battle to save A-level projects.

Author

Stewart, William

Subjects
*A-level examinations, *HISTORIANS, *HISTORY education
Abstract

The article reports that pupils appearing for A-level history examination will be required to choose their own topic, contrive a research question and investigate on it. The examination watchdog thinks this step will help the students gain the requisite skills to become historians. The secretary of the Historical Association Séan Lang thinks this way the efficacy of the students is often calculated more effectively than by the planned or artificial exercises on examination papers. The practice of individual history assignments was started by the Local Examinations Syndicate of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England in 1970.

Published
2006

5. He's good, but not that good.

Author

Wallace, Jennifer

Subjects
*LITERATURE, *HIGHER education
Abstract

Opposes the idea of a compulsory special paper devoted to the works of William Shakespeare at the Cambridge University in England. Suggestion on how the works of Shakespeare should be studied; Several literary authors with cultural significance; Suggested year in which Shakespeare should be studied.

Published
2000

6. Cambridge moves to scrap entrance exam.

Author

Cassidy, Sarah

Subjects
*A-level examinations, *EXAMINATIONS, *UNIVERSITIES & colleges, *UNIVERSITY & college admission
Abstract

Discusses the move of Cambridge University in England to abolish its entrance examination in favor of the British government's world-class tests. Significance of the abolition taken in the recruitment of state-school pupils; Role of the world class test to the government package of A-level reforms; Introduction of the Sixth Term Examination Papers to universities.

Published
1999

7. Researchers Organize Boycott of a Publisher.

Author

LIN, THOMAS

Subjects
*BOYCOTTS, *PERIODICAL publishing, *SCIENCE periodicals, *RESEARCH
Abstract

More than 5,700 researchers have joined a boycott of Elsevier, a leading publisher of science journals, in a growing furor over open access to the fruits of scientific research. The protest grew out of a provocative blog post by the mathematician Timothy Gowers of Cambridge University, who announced on Jan. 21 that he would no longer publish papers in any of Elsevier's journals or serve as a referee or editor for them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012

8. TONY & TACKY.

Subjects
*EXAMINATIONS
Abstract

Reports on the decision of the English literature department of Cambridge University in England to drop compulsory exam paper devoted exclusively to William Shakespeare. Comments of critics to the decision.

Published
2000

9. Thatcher seeks to endow `free enterprise' chair.

Author

Walker, David

Subjects
*FREE enterprise, *ENDOWMENTS, *UNIVERSITY & college alumni, *HIGHER education, *POLITICAL attitudes
Abstract

Reports on efforts by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to endow a professorship at the University of Cambridge focused on free enterprise. Negotiations and considerations by the university of its academic integrity; The University of Oxford's rejection of a proposal to give Thatcher, an alumnus, an honorary doctorate; Thatcher's donation of her personal and political papers to Cambridge's Churchill College.

Published
1997

10. Scott's Antarctic Photographs.

Author

Bild, Nathan

Subjects
*PHOTOGRAPHIC plates, *PHOTOGRAPHERS, *RESEARCH institutes
Abstract

Reports on the grant awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to the Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge University in England which enabled the institute to acquire the photographic plates taken by expedition photographer Herbert Ponting between 1910 and 1912. Amount of funds received by the institute; Number of the photographic plates acquired by the institute; Significance of the photographic plates; Plans of the institute for the photographic plates.

Published
2005