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The article highlights a conference titled "The Islamic Manuscript: A Conference on Conservation, Cataloguing, Accessibility, Copyright and Digitization," held on July 4 to 6, 2005, at King's College in Cambridge, England. The purpose of the conference was to asses the current threat to the preservation and the recording of the numerous and priceless manuscripts which are under threat worldwide. At the conference, Imtiaz Ahmad presented two papers on the current situation.

Presents updates on various projects of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Great Britain as of June 2004. Success of the RCN International Nursing Research Conference in Cambridge; Objective of the position statement "Promoting Excellence in Care Through Research and Development," published by the organization.

An early twentieth-century assemblage dating to ca. 1913-21 associated with staff that worked for and lived in the associated hostel of the Robert Sayle department store in Cambridge, England, contained a mixture of material that was supplied by the business for communal activities and personal items. The contrast between these two types of material allows the relationship between the business and its staff to be explored. The assemblage is also considered in terms of the class, gender and age composition of the hostel population and the concept of resistance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A case study of a pioneering enterprise founded in 1934 by a Cambridge scientist is used to explore the distinctive strengths and weaknesses of technology-based companies with academic origins. The case exemplifies the importance of a knowledge network for technology transfer and of collective effort by a professional team. The need for a close relationship with a major company is identified. Small innovative enterprises are vulnerable to takeover by a larger corporation, which provide needed resources at the price of a reduction in innovative capacity. Technology based ventures of this kind contribute to and are shaped by processes of technology transfer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author discusses the impact of immigration cap on British science academic and research institutions and scientists. The author says that there are many specialized science positions which are vacant in Great Britain such as molecular geneticist and bone biologist. The author cites Sanger Institute as one of the British institutions which are in danger of the immigration cap. The author adds that over 230 scientist had been disqualified to have their entry visas in Great Britain.